What happens when you fail the spear throw...the traverse wall...and a new balance obstacle? You end up doing 90 burpees and trying to chase people down. Ugly race on my part. ("U G L Y you ain't got no alibi, you're just ug, ugly ugly")
Tip: Spartan has started tethering the spears, so racers can pull a thrown spear back. Don't step on the rope/tether when you throw the spear. It won't go as far. Lesson learned. (I actually thought the rope was short, so I threw it again...nope, plenty long. I'm an idiot.)
I ended up 5th, but I had climbed back to 3rd after missing the spear. I was with Brakken, his brother (who didn't finish for some reason), and one other dude at the spear throw. Brakken was in the lane next to me. Like bowling, I should have let him roll (err: throw) and then taken my shot.
And of course the traverse wall was the first obstacle my family got to watch me complete after running the first five miles. And I fail about half way. I'm not sure what happened, but I had to make a reach that I shouldn't have tried. I'm going to cross that wall again tomorrow. Things will be different.
The balance obstacle (see picture) can be done. The dude in front of me did it. I didn't. Things will be different tomorrow here also (but that's because the Sprint doesn't have this obstacle...ha!).
Beautiful day. Sara, my kids, and my parents were there. My kids killed the Jr. Spartan course. And one of them lost a shoe in the rolling mud and still finished the race! (The volunteer later helped find the shoe and my son gave her a big, muddy hug.)
Tip: Spartan has started tethering the spears, so racers can pull a thrown spear back. Don't step on the rope/tether when you throw the spear. It won't go as far. Lesson learned. (I actually thought the rope was short, so I threw it again...nope, plenty long. I'm an idiot.)
I ended up 5th, but I had climbed back to 3rd after missing the spear. I was with Brakken, his brother (who didn't finish for some reason), and one other dude at the spear throw. Brakken was in the lane next to me. Like bowling, I should have let him roll (err: throw) and then taken my shot.
And of course the traverse wall was the first obstacle my family got to watch me complete after running the first five miles. And I fail about half way. I'm not sure what happened, but I had to make a reach that I shouldn't have tried. I'm going to cross that wall again tomorrow. Things will be different.
The balance obstacle (see picture) can be done. The dude in front of me did it. I didn't. Things will be different tomorrow here also (but that's because the Sprint doesn't have this obstacle...ha!).
Beautiful day. Sara, my kids, and my parents were there. My kids killed the Jr. Spartan course. And one of them lost a shoe in the rolling mud and still finished the race! (The volunteer later helped find the shoe and my son gave her a big, muddy hug.)
