Spartan obstacle course races are known to leave competitors physically spent and slathered in mud from head-to-toe, proudly worn like a hard-earned battle scar. The dirtier, the better. But in the ...

Hold on to your horses, the Spartans have descended on Santa Margarita’s wine country hills for the weekend. On the Santa Margarita Ranch, thousands of runners dashed through rows of grapevines, ...

SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. – Santa Margarita Ranch is slowly being transformed this week from what is typically a vineyard into the host site of an international competition that is expected to draw ...

Spartan brought its popular brand of obstacle-course racing to Snowmass for the first time on Saturday, with the terrain itself providing more of a challenge than any of the obstacles themselves. “It ...

Scenes from the movie “300” might come to mind when envisioning a Spartan race, but instead of battling an army of Persians the athletes get to battle themselves as they navigate over and through as ...

In recent years, “obstacle racing” has exploded in popularity, and by some accounts, at its peak it was the fastest growing participant sport in history. According to USA Today, by 2015 total ...

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Robert Killian has always been a gifted athlete. He was a high school track star, collegiate runner and during his career in the U.S. Army, was a member of the Special Forces, otherwise known as the ...

FORT CARSON, Colo. - Thousands of Soldiers, military members, Family members and civilians made Fort Carson Training Area 4 a personal playground May 5, 2018, and May 6, 2018, as they took part in the ...