Spartan Race

[Anonymous]

I'm thinking of doing the spartan race this year. I'm in good shape (do CrossFit 5-6 times a week, and run 2 times a week). I'm curious to hear about other people's experiences with Spartan races. What to expect, how long you trained for it, how long it took etc.? There's a Spartan Sprint in the fall in MD that I want to participate in. Never done anything like this before and am very excited to try.

[Anonymous]

DH did CrossFit 5-6 times a week like you. He didn’t do any further training. He did the Spring race. He had a blast. Go for it! My little kids did the kid race and also loved it. I think it is just a lot of fun but not frightening like the Tough Mudder ones.

[Anonymous]

I've done over 20 OCRs and compete in the age divisions for Spartan races

It depends on the race distance, and what your expectations of yourself are.

If you just want to try something new and have fun, your fitness level should suffice for a Sprint, their shortest distance(in fact, if you may find yourself a little surprised at how easy it may be)

If you want something more challenging, then do a super or a beast and commit to doing the penalty burpees if you fail an obstacle.

At the end of the day, its more trail race than obstacle course. So get in the woods and start doing hill repeats on difficult terrain.

For the obstacles, focus on grip strength and increase how long you can hang from a bar as long as possible

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've done over 20 OCRs and compete in the age divisions for Spartan races

It depends on the race distance, and what your expectations of yourself are.

If you just want to try something new and have fun, your fitness level should suffice for a Sprint, their shortest distance(in fact, if you may find yourself a little surprised at how easy it may be)

If you want something more challenging, then do a super or a beast and commit to doing the penalty burpees if you fail an obstacle.

At the end of the day, its more trail race than obstacle course. So get in the woods and start doing hill repeats on difficult terrain.

For the obstacles, focus on grip strength and increase how long you can hang from a bar as long as possible

Thank you!! I was going to try the Sprint this fall. I'm just looking to try something new and fun and this seems like a good way to be introduced to this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH did CrossFit 5-6 times a week like you. He didn’t do any further training. He did the Spring race. He had a blast. Go for it! My little kids did the kid race and also loved it. I think it is just a lot of fun but not frightening like the Tough Mudder ones.

Thank you. Did he do the sprint race or the longer 10K race?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH did CrossFit 5-6 times a week like you. He didn’t do any further training. He did the Spring race. He had a blast. Go for it! My little kids did the kid race and also loved it. I think it is just a lot of fun but not frightening like the Tough Mudder ones.

Thank you. Did he do the sprint race or the longer 10K race?

He did the 10k.