10/18/2026
Hours of training, countless burpees, and one very fair question: why do I pay to do this?
Every Spartan race this year started months earlier, in the long runs, the grip work, kettle bell swings, and the burpees in the basement. Hundreds of hours of training for a few hours on course, and I’d do it all again.
This past weekend I completed the 21km Beast. Absolute insanity and never ending mountain climbs but we cross that finish line! This weekend also marked a goal of mine which was to complete the Trifecta!
The reason I’m doing any of it is because of my buddy, Obie. He got me into Spartan, and now I plan my weekends around mud, barbed wire and heavy buckets. He was injured most of this season and still showed up to every race, cheering, carrying gear and keeping the energy up. Absolute legend. 👊
Get healthy, because next year you’re running with me.
To my wife for putting up with the craziness, and to everyone out on the course: see you at the next one.
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