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Schedule of Events

September 21, 2015
Saturday, Sept. 19 6 a.m. Festival/ Registration/ Bag Check Opens — Festival Area 7 a.m. SGX Warm Up Area Opens — Festival Area 7 a.m. Spartan 12 Hour Hurricane Heat Begins 7:30 a.m. Men’s Beast Elite Start — Start Area 7:45 a.m. Women’s Beast Elite Start — Start Area 8 a.m. Beast Morning/ Open Waves Begin — Start Area 10…

By the numbers

September 21, 2015
The first Spartan Race event was held in 2010 at the Catamount Outdoor Center in Williston, Vt. Roughly 500 competitors were asked to “run, crawl, jump and swim” over obstacles to successfully complete the race. Since then the race has grown to 250,000 to 350,000 competitors participating each year. Obstacle racing, as a sport, has…

What are the Spartan Races?

September 21, 2015
Spartan Race is a series of obstacle races of varying distance and difficulty ranging from 3 miles to marathon distances. The series include the Spartan Sprint (3+ miles of obstacle racing), the Super Spartan (8+ miles), the Spartan Beast (12+ miles), and the Ultra Beast (26+ miles). Trifecta Spartan racers can obtain a Trifecta medal…