MONTANA BEAST/SPRINT WEEKEND by Adam Kuhn

Big Fork, Montana once again played host to the Montana Spartan Beast and Sprint Weekend. The weekend consisted of the Beast on Saturday, Hurricane Heat Saturday evening, and the Sprint on Sunday. The Beast course was ~20.4 km long with 34 obstacles and ~940 m of elevation gain. The Sprint course was ~8.6 km long
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Canada Owns Half The Podium at the Spartan Race World Championships, Again!

The Spartan Race World Championships returned to Squaw Valley in Lake Tahoe for its second consecutive year marking it the sixth world championship event held by Spartan Race dating back to 2011. The competition steadily increased every year in the young sport of Obstacle Course Racing (OCR), however, Canadians manage to consistently remain atop the
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L'Ultra-Beast et Beast de Sun Peaks : Une course « paradis ou enfer » par Vincent Lacroix

Alors que les gens parlent encore de la Beast de Kilington ou se préparent en vue du Championnat du monde de Lake Tahoe, une course se déroulait en Colombie-Britannique organisée par Spartan Western Canada : l’Ultra-Beast et Beast de Sun Peaks. Dès notre arrivée à Sun Peaks, l’ambiance était festive. Nous pouvions voir que tout le
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Mon experience à la Spartan Race Beast de Killington, Vermont, USA

Depuis mes débuts en course à obstacles en 2013, La Spartan Race Beast du Vermont à toujours été pour moi l’objectif ultime. Depuis le début de l’année 2014, lorsqu’un ami m’a demandé si je voulais l’accompagner à cette course, moi qui n’avais que 4 courses à obstacles à mon actif, je lui avais répondu que
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Red Deer Spartan Super and Sprint Weekend by Adam Kuhn

The Heritage Ranch in Red Deer Alberta was the site of the only double event weekend in Alberta. The Spartan Super took place on Saturday September 3 and the Spartan Sprint took place on Sunday September 4. The Super course was ~12.5 km long with 29 obstacles, and the Sprint course was ~5.2 km with
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Calgary Spartan Sprint 2016 by Adam Kuhn

The Calgary Spartan Race Sprint took place at Wild Rose Motocross Park, which is located right in the heart of Calgary. With a venue located inside the city limits I was a little unsure of the quality of the course that’d I’d be racing on. The Wild Rose Motocross Park is roughly 650 m long
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The 2016 Montreal Spartan Beast and Ultra Beast had the most vertical gain

Chances are that by now you’re either sick of climbing Owl’s Head, the venue of the 2016 Montreal Spartan Beast & Ultra Beast, or you’re sick of hearing about how hard it was to climb Owl’s Head. The final race on Spartan’s Eastern Canada circuit ended in style with hot/humid temperatures, a drinking water shortage and 2,075
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Spartan Canada – Montreal Beast – July 2016 by Walter F Hendrick

This was the back end of what was probably my hardest race weekend to date, I raced in Ohio on Saturday after driving from NY to Ohio overnight and ended up with a bad case of insomnia and was awake for over forty hours. I spent most of Saturday driving from Ohio to Montreal and
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Man, that was a rugged course by Allison Tai

Man, that was a rugged course. The kind of course that makes you audibly yelp when the shower water hits your skin. Anywhere. It was no real surprise I left a good deal of skin out there. The majority of the route involved following flags through knee high prickly brush. Brush that seemed to harbour
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Americans! Canadians are taking half the Spartan Race US Podium Spots in which they compete

I’m not sure if you’ve noticed but Canadians have been taking over half the podium positions at US Spartan Races as of late…and we’re not just talking about Ryan Atkins and Lindsay Webster. Whether it’s at race venues within close proximity to the US/Canada boarder or Spartan Races of the highest profile including the 2015
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