Spartan Race this year! (Wait, a Spartan?? Me???)
Hi all - I have not checked in too much in the last while, but drop in now and then. Maintaining 120# loss since 2013 RNY. Somehow along the way I found out that I really really like working out. Hard. I run, do a LOT of body weight exercises, swim, cycle and - my favorite - I throw iron. I have a long, long way to my goal but I regularly bench 65-75 and deadlift 185 (lost a bit when I got sick last year but am back at my PR). And all the other fun stuff :)
So.....long story short: Now that I'm slim and fit (wow, I can't hardly believe that yet) I got into my workouts. Then I decided to see what I should do to pu**** up a level. Enter Spartan Races.
We don't have them in my state, so I've never seen one. But thanks to the magic of YouTube I've watched some, joined their platform and committed to a race this year. I'm doing the Spartan Sprint near Tampa this December.
I will be 66 when I run. It's 5K plus 20 insane INSANE obstacles. ANY obstacle not completed you must complete 30 burpees to avoid being disqualified. Rope climbs, wall climbs, hand-over-hand bars, carry an 80-100# rock for a quarter mile, carry a bucket full of gravel (1/4 mile), throw a javelin (one chance, if it doesn't stick it's burpees for you)....and so one. Way hard stuff.
So cheer me on - I'm going down from Alaska a couple weeks early to train in that Florida heat. Lot of weeks left for training and it won't be easy. Just kinda wanted to let you all know here what's happening. :)
I did it. I went to Florida to run the Spartan race that was in Sebring on Dec 12. Almost the hardest part was getting to the start line. I ran in the 60+ age group...21 obstacles instead of 20 and it ended with having to leap over a fire (an unexpected add-on for this race).
Completely impossible, but I'm so glad I did it that I'm signed up for two more Spartans this year. But I can see a lot more trail runs this summer...the ground was very difficult to run across because there were many many thousands of people there just churning things up!
I'm going to try to post a couple of pics though I look awful (this Alaska girl is NOT used to the Florida heat). I learned a lot, had a very long journey home and was just glad to get back to my home gym this morning.
If you like to challenge yourself, consider this race if you're able! :)
