Spartan brought its popular brand of obstacle-course racing to Snowmass for the first time on Saturday, with the terrain itself providing more of a challenge than any of the obstacles themselves. “It ...

WINNSBORO, S.C. - There's an old joke about a college professor whose Philosophy final was a lone question: "Why?" In large part, that question and its answer explain why nearly 4,000 people - ...

It was the same noise I heard in Philadelphia last year after finishing my first Spartan Sprint as a Trifecta medal clanged against a finisher medal. It was a foggy Saturday morning as I hiked up to ...

What: The third season of an international obstacle course race held on the slopes of Breckenridge, with divisions for Ultra Beast (26 miles), Beast (12-14 miles), Sprint (3-5 miles) and kid (1 mile) ...

Scenes from the movie “300” might come to mind when envisioning a Spartan race, but instead of battling an army of Persians the athletes get to battle themselves as they navigate over and through as ...

When Breck plays host to its first-ever Spartan Race today, competitors from across the country are in for one hell of a learning curve — and it has everything to do with elevation. A look at the two ...

Growing in popularity, obstacle races or mud runs have become the newest fad among the road race set, who now are adding climbing walls, barbed wire and fire to their training regimes. Whether it goes ...

This spring, Brad and Joni Bailey are hoping to finish three Spartan obstacle course races, a series called the Trifecta. It ends with the 12-mile Beast race next month in Montana. When they booked ...