My 2023 OCR season closed on December 2-3 at Skipper Ranch near Sebring, Florida. The Central Florida Trifecta weekend would my third of the series (Colorado Springs and Seattle), marking the most races I’ve done since 2017. Having previously ran the course when it was located in Mulberry, Florida, the Ranch presented an entirely new […]
In 2023 I took the plunge and purchased the Spartan Rd Pro “Trifecta” Shoe by Craft. Having run most of my races in Salomon Speedcross (check out my review of those), I decided it would be nice to have a back-up pair of OCR shoes and try out the shoe that was designed specifically for […]
My “triumphant” return to Spartan racing, the first since December 2017, took place in Colorado Springs, Colorado throughout “The Bowl” at Fort Carson military base. I had been there before in 2017 completing the Super and Sprint races (10k and 5k respectively) back then, and knew this was going to be a dusty, dry and […]
I had been “retired” from semi-pro football since a 2010 quadriceps injury, but always needing some kind of athletic outlet, I played co-ed indoor and sand volleyball with some friends in South Dakota since to stay active. A friend in Nebraska texted me in May of 2015 about this race coming up in June called […]
After a long layoff from Spartan Race competitions, January 2023 marked my return and first ever run through a Deka Strong event in Rapid City, South Dakota. Why Rapid City? It was the first event available in my region that I could drive to! (7 hours). A little background on the Deka format. There is […]