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The Spartan Kids Race was created for boys and girls ages 4 to 13 to encourage exercising. The Kids Race is segmented into 3 different age groups: Ages 4–6: ½ Mile with Obstacles. Ages 7-9: 1 Mile with Obstacles. Ages 10–13: 2 Mile with Obstacles. Ages 11–14: In select cities only, a 5 Mile Course with Obstacles.
Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained homing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance.The time it takes the animal to cover the specified distance is measured and the bird's rate of travel is calculated and compared with all of the other pigeons in the race to determine which animal returned at the highest speed.
Spartan Up: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life. Television. Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge. Joe De Sena (born January 2, 1969) is the CEO and founder of Spartan and the Death Race. [1] He is also a NY Times best selling author of Spartan Up, [2] Spartan Fit [3] and The Spartan Way.
Messenia, homeland of Sparta's helot population, from Mount Ithome. The Crypteia, also referred to as Krypteia or Krupteia (Greek: κρυπτεία krupteía from κρυπτός kruptós, "hidden, secret"; members were κρύπται kryptai), was an ancient Spartan state institution. The kryptai either principally sought out and killed helots ...
A modern day racing pigeon wearing an electronic timing ring. The homing pigeon is a variety of domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica), selectively bred for its ability to find its way home over extremely long distances. Because of this skill, homing pigeons were used to carry messages, a practice referred to as "pigeon post".
Amelia Boone (born September 27, 1983) is an American obstacle racer. She used to be an attorney for the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, [1] but now works for Apple Inc. in San Jose, California. As one of the most accomplished obstacle course racing (OCR) athletes in the history of the sport, she has won both the Spartan Race ...
Cynisca (/ s ɪ ˈ n ɪ s k ə /; or Kyniska, Greek: Κυνίσκα; born c. 440 BC) was a wealthy Spartan princess. She is famous for being the first woman to win at the Olympic Games; her horse teams competed in the sport of chariot racing, driven by male charioteers. Cynisca first entered the Olympics in 396 BC, where she won first prize ...
A pigeon fancier. Pigeon keeping or pigeon fancying is the art and science of breeding domestic pigeons. People have practiced pigeon keeping for at least 5,000 years [ 1 ] and in almost every part of the world. In that time, humans have substantially altered the morphology and the behaviour of the domesticated descendants of the rock dove to ...