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Death Race

Which Watch Would a Wayfaring Death Race Wanderer Want?

July 10, 2019By Tony MatesiDeath Race, Product Reviews No Comments
Which Watch Would a Wayfaring Death Race Wanderer Want?

Finding which watch to watch for wandering around in the mountains could mean the difference between earning a skull and not. With what’s available today, I can only wish I had this kind of technology back when I first participated in the Death Race, not that it didn’t exist, but battery life was poorer as … Read More

Picking an Axe to Wield at the Death Race

July 2, 2019By Tony MatesiDeath Race, Product Reviews No Comments
Picking an Axe to Wield at the Death Race

When it comes to choosing the best axe for the Death Race, you’ll find a lot of veterans agree on the Fiskars X27 being THE go-to axe for this event. It isn’t the lightest, but it has the most reliable splitting ability of any axe on the market and in our axe-roundup, we found it … Read More

Should I Wear Boots or Trail Shoes for the Death Race?

July 1, 2019By Tony MatesiDeath Race, Product Reviews 1 Comment
Should I Wear Boots or Trail Shoes for the Death Race?

  One of the age-old questions before every Death Race… Should I wear hiking boots or trail shoes for the Death Race? Well, first and foremost you should wear whatever you’ve been training in and are used to wearing for hours upon hours upon hours. Death Races are long as shit, and you might get … Read More

Which Ruck Should I Choose for the Peak Death Race?

June 27, 2019By Tony MatesiDeath Race, Product Reviews No Comments
Which Ruck Should I Choose for the Peak Death Race?

When it comes to the Death Race, there’s one discussion that comes up every year when race season approaches. Which ruck should I choose for the Death Race? The reality is, there are a LOT of rucks that will get the job done, but there are a few standouts in the crowd that have made … Read More

The Most Important Gear You Didn’t Know You Needed to Conquer the Spartan Death Race

April 23, 2019By Tony MatesiDeath Race, Product Reviews No Comments
The Most Important Gear You Didn’t Know You Needed to Conquer the Spartan Death Race

Gear is a fickle thing, everyone has their own personal preferences. The one thing that is universal however when it comes to having the right gear is that you ALWAYS want to make sure you purchase QUALITY gear. You don’t just want something that’s going to get the job done, you want something that will … Read More

Enter the Mojave Death Race – 254 Miles of Team Bonding

January 19, 2019By Tony MatesiDeath Race, Race Reviews No Comments
Enter the Mojave Death Race – 254 Miles of Team Bonding

On June 2nd, 2018, I joined seven other endurance junkies in the Mojave Desert for what was promised to be one hell of a race, I mean, this was June, in the Mojave Desert, that’s not just a bad pun, it’s the reality we were living. With temperatures approaching 105 degrees, it’s pretty darn close … Read More

Georgia Death Race – Ya’ll Are too Nice for this to be a Death Race

June 4, 2018By Tony MatesiDeath Race 2 Comments
Georgia Death Race – Ya’ll Are too Nice for this to be a Death Race

On March 31, 2018, I spent 19hrs and 42 mins running through the mountains of Georgia. After covering some 74 miles and change with somewhere around 18k feet of ascent and 22k feet of descent, I found myself capturing 67th place, not bad for dealing with a ton of issues in my hip, piriformis, and … Read More

Legend of the Death Race Year 3: Part 12 – Skulls

December 26, 2017By Tony MatesiDeath Race No Comments
Legend of the Death Race Year 3: Part 12 – Skulls

In the heat of the day, I barely knew which way was up and which way was ground.  What should have been running became more of hobble as I shifted the weight of my pack back and forth to move with some sense of purpose; as I approached the White Barn with a few other … Read More

Legend of the Death Race Year 3: Part 11 – The Final Hours

October 25, 2017By Tony MatesiDeath Race No Comments

Once we had removed our bodies the frigid waters, we were sent back to school. We had one last game to play before we sat down for “class time”. Once we gathered in the backyard, we were pitted against one another in an all-out race on our hands and knees. Without putting too much thought … Read More

Legend of the Death Race Year 3: Part 10 – A Tale of Two Buses

September 8, 2017By Tony MatesiDeath Race No Comments
Legend of the Death Race Year 3: Part 10 – A Tale of Two Buses

I was standing in a diaper and a Tyvek suit with somewhere between 50 and 100 other idiots, I mean athletes (Who am I kidding? We’re idiots, we paid to do this) standing around in a diaper, in a Tyvek suit. By the way, did you enjoy that full frontal “getting dressed and interviewed” action shot? … Read More

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