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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
The first Spartan Race World Championship was held in December 2011 in Glen Rose, Texas as an eight-mile Spartan Race course comprising 36 obstacles and included a US$20,000 prize purse. Beginning in 2012, the Spartan Race World Championships were held annually in Killington, Vermont, and at Squaw Valley, CA since 2015 with a total of $500,000 ...
ROC Obstacle Course Argentina: Ongoing [11] Rough Runner United Kingdom: 2015: Ongoing [12] Rugged Maniac United States: 2010: Ongoing [13] Savage Race United States: 2011: Ongoing [14] Spartan Race United States: 2010: Ongoing [15] [9]: 21 Strong Viking Netherlands: 2013: Ongoing [16] The Suffering Race United Kingdom: 2012: 2017 [17] Terrain ...
Colby Baumann tries to honor his late father, Phil, as he goes through his life. This summer, that meant spontaneously running a Spartan Race.
In addition to running the Death Race [15] and Peak.com De Sena founded the Spartan in 2009 as a less strenuous obstacle course test. [7] He is currently serving as the company's CEO. [ 16 ] In August 2012, the Raptor Group , an equity firm run by Jim Pallotta , invested in Spartan with John Burns from Raptor Consumer Partners joining the Board ...
The Mudderella, created in 2013, is a 5-7 mile long obstacle course series targeted toward women. [15] In 2014 the company also expanded to Ireland and New Zealand, [14] [16] with an 11-to-12-mile (18 to 20 km) military obstacle course in Auckland, NZ. In 2015, Tough Mudder hosted more than 50 events in seven countries across three continents. [17]
The concept of an international governing body for Obstacle Racing was originally proposed by Joe DeSenna, the founder and owner of Spartan Race.This was announced in May, 2014 [2] when world champion adventure athlete Ian Adamson [3] [4] accepted the job of leading the federation and sport, originally called the International Obstacle Racing Federation.
As one of the most accomplished obstacle course racing (OCR) athletes in the history of the sport, she has won both the Spartan Race World Championship (2013) and World's Toughest Mudder (three times 2012, 2014 and 2015). In 2014, she won the WTM title eight weeks after major knee surgery.