Spartan Race 2012

Casey and his father-in-law, Scott, thought it would be a fun challenge to compete in the Spartan Race so they signed up together.  You're probably wondering "what does it take to become a Spartan?".   Well, you have to run 13 miles as well as successfully complete 25 obstacles along the course.  For any obstacle you could not complete you were required to do 30 burpies instead.  Both of them did really well considering it was their first time and not really knowing what they were getting themselves into. 

Pre-race photo

Casey cruising along on the course

Casey shooting a gun - scary!  He hasn't had many experiences with guns so it wasn't a shock when he missed the target and had to do burpies.

Casey not happy about having to do burpies.  The next obstacle was throwing a spear into a bail of hay.  His went in but popped out so he had to do more burpies.  These were the only two obstacles that he had to do burpies on:(

Casey finishing the race and checking his time even though he was doing it "just for fun".

Casey finished 9th overall and 2nd in his age group.  He's a freak of nature!

Scott climbing over an obstacle which was half way through the course.

Scott looking strong

Scott still running at a steady pace.  He didn't have as much time to train for this race so we thought he might walk towards the end, but he didn't.

Ready to be done but still moving along at a good pace

Scott taking his shot.  He hit the target so no burpies for him:)

He wasn't as fortunate at the next obstacle.  His spear didn't stay in the hay either - 30 burpies for him!

Scott almost to the end

Up, up, up, and over the large wall

All muddy and done with the race.

Scott finished in 3:04 which put him 10th in his age group.

Both of them had such a great time that they signed up for next year's race - no joke!