We did it! Super proud to say we are now officially Spartan Finishers! Phil, my brother-in-law Gary, and I represented Team OTGL and trained 4 months before the race. The event took place at Angel Stadium of Anaheim, CA on July 23, 2022.
What is a Spartan Stadion Race? It’s a 5K sprint up and down multiple flights of stairs throughout the upper, middle, and lower decks of the stadium. Then, it runs outside a large section of the parking lot, and back around onto the field. In addition, athletes must complete 20 obstacles:
- Low Cord crawl
- Weighted Jump rope
- Monkey bars
- Titan Fitness Multi-rig rings
- Slam balls
- Jerry Can Carry
- 4-ft, 6-ft, and 7-ft walls throughout
- AC+Ion Z wall
- Rolling epic
- Fit Aid Rope climb
- Pipe lair
- Hercules hoist (70lbs for women; 100lbs for men)
- Craft A -frame cargo
- Spear throw
- Atlas carry (70lbs for women; 100lbs for men)
- Sandbag carry
- Hurdles over 4-ft walls
- Box jumps
- Weighted burpees (33lb ram for women; 55lb ram for men)
- Gauntlet
It’s a true test of speed, strength and willpower. The consequence for failing any obstacle is a penalty of 15 burpees.
We each had different strategies going in and quickly learned what we needed to improve. But I managed to make it through all the obstacles and did NOT have to do a single penalty burpee, thanks to the amazing training from Coach Crystal Salaz! Many thanks to my OCR gym, Fitness On Fire for their support.
Although we had our share of leg cramps, burpees, and close calls, we are all thankful to have finished. These medals are earned, not given and we are proud to have the distinct honor of calling ourselves Spartans. Aroo! Aroo! Aroo!
