2023 Spartan and OCR's and who wants to? (paging Landrover)

[OleTomTalker]

For the Houston Spartan we have teams set up for the Super 10k on Saturday 3/11 and the Sprint 5k on Sunday 3/12. If you are interested in racing with us, by joining the team it just means you will be put in our same start time. Welcome to run with us or take off and will catch up to ya at the end.

Saturday 3/11 Super (10k 25 obstacles) 10:45 start.
Me (Greg Shelby) Team name: SC Overcoming Obstacles

https://account.spartan.com/team_invite/2b590b497f198026352bb3912bc26f88

Sunday 3/12 Sprint (5k 20 obstacles) 10:15 start
Alien 77721 (Greg Wise) Team name: Mud Militia

https://account.spartan.com/team_invite/9b7ffe84a17092a45d28f44f53c42ee7

[OleTomTalker]

If you use one the links above, once you get to the team (think you have make Spartan account first) just click on upcoming events to see the race sign up.

[jshouse]

get it fellas

[OleTomTalker]

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[OleTomTalker]

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[Brad96]

For those that are running the "Houston" (Cat Springs) race, how is your training coming along?

I'm in good shape for the running part, but have recently added more weight lifting. I need to build my upper-body strength up a little more. I also need to start practicing the obstacles that I struggle with, like the spear throw.

[OleTomTalker]

For those that are running the "Houston" (Cat Springs) race, how is your training coming along?

I'm in good shape for the running part, but have recently added more weight lifting. I need to build my upper-body strength up a little more. I also need to start practicing the obstacles that I struggle with, like the spear throw.

I had a little setback with some bicep strains. Completely avoiding preacher curls and backed off weight for any pulling motions Running/jogging feels pretty good. Between now and race am focusing good bit on hanging type exercises. My big challenge is bringing down body weight. Even 10lbs makes a huge difference on many the obstacles.

[Pedernal]

Mark me down as interested; living out in Hell Rio (3 hours from civilization) I don’t know of any place near by that might have obstacles to practice on.

How do you folks train for the actual race/obstacles aside from obviously getting as fit as possible?

[OleTomTalker]

Mark me down as interested; living out in Hell Rio (3 hours from civilization) I don’t know of any place near by that might have obstacles to practice on.

How do you folks train for the actual race/obstacles aside from obviously getting as fit as possible?

It doesn't seem like a lot but doing body weight hangs is really helpful. Find a time you can reasonably hang and then try to add longer increments each week. Many the obstacles are body weight hanging. Keep an eye out at playgrounds too for monkey bars. If you haven't done one before look on Spartans website or youtube some videos that show the different obstacles. Other than spear throw and rope climb, most obstacles break down to climbing, carrying, hanging and crawling.

[Brad96]

OleTomTalker, sorry to hear about the bicep strains. As I get older, staying injury-free during training becomes more of a challenge.

I completely agree on the body weight comment. I need to clean up my eating, especially cutting back on desserts, between now and the race. I'm carrying a few extra pounds around that just make the body-weight obstacles more difficult.

Pedernal, I've started setting up some simple obstacles at home. This isn't practical for everyone, but I hung a climbing rope from the ceiling of the shop. I also made my own Spartan spear, using the instructions that are available online. I use a cardboard box full of bubble wrap as my target. I haven't found any good monkey bars nearby, but I have an old extension ladder that can be set up for practice purposes.

[lovemylegacy]

My daughter is planning on running the one in March

[OleTomTalker]

My daughter is planning on running the one in March

You know if she's doing the Super on Saturday or the Sprint on Sunday?

[OleTomTalker]

There's still time.

[OleTomTalker]

2 weeks out to Houston race!

[Brad96]

2 weeks out to Houston race!

Looking forward to it! I have a 9:00 start time on Sunday.