TRAIL2SPARTA​

As I wrote a few weeks ago, a large part of the reason I decided to go to China to participate in Spartan’s Agoge 003 was to “Find My Inner Farm-Boy.” Who knew that they would actually “let” us do farm work on an actual farm in China as part of the Agoge. I keep getting asked: “How did it go?” The short version is it was Epic, Amazing, Awesome, Inspiring, Uplifting, Challenging, and Wonderful. Was it a good use of my time? Absolutely. In all honesty, I can’t even begin to exp

I’m going to the Agoge in China. If you’ve never heard of the Spartan Agoge, you are not alone. The Agoge is a new 60-hour long endurance event put on by Spartan (they also put on lots of Spartan Races, Spartan TV shows, and used to put on the “Death Race.”). In October, 2016, Agoge 003 is being held in China, right on the Great Wall. It is the hardest event that Spartan offers, and is specifically designed so that no one can finish it alone. It’s referred to as an endurance,

I signed up for the Montana Spartan Beast in July of 2015. After much thought and contemplation, I decided to sign up to run in the Elite heat, knowing that to really feel like I belonged I would need to train hard all winter long. I think if I hadn't committed to the Elite heat, then those days in January when it was -10 degrees Fahrenheit I wouldn't have gone out and done my training. Not all went as planned. During the month of February my IT Band started giving me problem

All pictures are used by permission and were taken by Luis Alberto Iniguez Farias. Special thanks to him for following us around all night, to the medical staff that kept us safe, all of the volunteers that made the event a memorable experience, and especially to the Krypteia for the Hurricane Heat; Cody Allen, Dingo Dominguez, and Map Dominguez. The guy with the bright orange camelback in the pictures...that's me. Maybe you’ve never heard of the “Hurricane Heat,” it’s been p

If you've never done a Spartan Race, Tough Mudder, or other "extreme" mud run, your first question may be "Can I even survive that kind of a race?" While there is a "you may die" element to the races, your chances of actual death are very small. If I had to guess, I'd say you are more likely to die choking on potato chips in front of the TV than you are during a Spartan Race, Tough Mudder, etc....and really if I had to choose one or the other, I'd much rather not be known as

Deciding to complete the Salt Lake Spartan Super race was where it all started for me. It was in my home state of Utah, easy to get to, and the date was open. When I first decided to race, I wanted to set a goal that would push me hard for the six months I had to train. I looked through the results of several of the 2014 Spartan Super races and did some research on-line, and figured that about 50% of the competitors finished in under 2 hours and 30 mintues and that about 15%

I signed up for the Boise Spartan Sprint to be a "warm-up" and learning experience for when I ran the SLC Spartan Super on June 27, 2016, and so that I could get a feel for the obstacles and where my weak points were. My brother-in-law Paul Fuller, was doing the race with me (he had already done a few, and so I trusted him to get me where I needed to go). Once I got out on the course, any thoughts of taking it easy and using it as a warm up completely disappeared and I went a