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 […]
After an “unsuccessful” debut at World’s Toughest Mudder, I gave the Hoplite Compression socks another go with a new shoe combo in the Spartan RD Pro. Donning Hoplite Socks for the Sunday events of the Spartan Super 10k, followed by the Spartan Sprint 5k in Central Florida, this would be another good test. With portions […]
I had never run a Tough Mudder event prior to taking on the crown jewel of the Mudder offering on Nov 4-5 down in Granbury, Texas. To be honest, I probably wouldn’t have taken up this endurance race if the Thursday prior hadn’t been the first Unbreakable Pass Holders event hosted by Joe DeSena, founder […]
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 […]
Beast 21k – Saturday Sep. 16, 2023 My first trip to the Snohomish-area for a Spartan was surprisingly NOT a mountain goat event as one might expect that close to the mountains. The event did, however, make use of the inclines and during the Beast, specifically challenged runners along the river’s edge and the ankle-turning […]
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 […]