OBSTAHOLICS

Tougher in Texas

Christian Griffith — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:51:29 +0000

Texas Spartan Beast Season Finale Race Just finished this Texas Spartan Beast today in Glen Rose, Texas, and had the best obstacle race experience since I’ve started running them; and instead of just rattling off a blow-by-blow of tough obstacles, I’m just gonna share my personal stoke. Maybe, just maybe, if you haven’t done one yet, you’ll [...]

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Shock at the Jungle Cup

Christian Griffith — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 23:00:43 +0000

First of all, I guess I should start an obstacle racing race report website since clearly these aren’t ultramarathons, and that’s what people expect at this site. Stay tuned for Obstaholics.com, but in the meantime… Let’s Get Ready to Jungle photo: chillin’ with some local obstacle racer pals. Scored 7th AG, 32nd Overall. I’ll admit [...]

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Spartan Sprint Is Too Easy

Christian Griffith — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:38:44 +0000

Not really, but I want you to read and knew a strong title would get me eyeballs. suckers… Spartan Sprint is a Different Kind of Hard This is more accurate. After selecting the grueling 13-mile Spartan Beast as my first Spartan race, I was concerned that perhaps the Gulf Coast Spartan Sprint race, with a [...]

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Raw at the Rogue Runner

Christian Griffith — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:05:39 +0000

“Are you bleeding?” asked the pair of girls running straight at me. “uh…, I dunno.” I answered as I quickly scanned my body, “but, probably.” Her and her friend were about 2 miles into a later heat, and I was approaching the finish of the 9:00 a.m. elite heat, so I could have cared less about a little [...]

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WOW.

Christian Griffith — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:52:25 +0000

Bam! 13.28 miles, 3:32, placed 257 out of 2,133 athletes, and had a blast! When my friend, and race director extraordinaire, Josue Stephens started talking on Facebook about training for the Spartan race, I thought to myself, “what??? this dude is a gnarly ultrarunner who either races hard, or doesn’t race.” It’s not a machismo thing for him, [...]

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