In the past few days this question has popped up in several places, Facebook chat, various Spartan groups and I’m sure many others who are signed up for the 2013 Summer Death Race who have not fulfilled the media requirement have questions as well. Making Contact One of the most difficult parts of this task … Read More
While we were out there at the Death Race there was a TV crew from Canada that was following three fellow Death Racers, Johnny Waite, Dan Grodinsky, and Don Schwartz. They just aired the footage during a segment on 16×9, a Canadian news program, showcasing these three incredible athletes and what everyone went through during that … Read More
Looking back on the Death Race isn’t hard to do. Nearly every morning I still have visions of being on that mountain back in Pittsfield, VT. The mornings that I don’t think about it are few and even when they do occur, at some point of the day my mind reminds me of all I … Read More
Here we were back at Riverside Farm for the last challenge. To begin you needed to have a ticket, if you wanted to “ride.” If you did not have a ticket you could earn one by doing 120 pushups. Thanks to a tip from Morgan’s parents, I quickly grabbed a note card out of my … Read More
Happily waiting for us at Death Race HQ was Joe, and a few others. You could see they were surprised with our perseverance. Initially, they didn’t want to give us another task but they gave in soon enough. We just missed participating in the Origami, so next on their list of challenges required us to … Read More
Being out on the mountain, living, surviving, being physically and mentally challenged, this is what life is about. From chaos, came clarity. In the heart of feeling defeated we had found our inner strength. Camaraderie creates a very powerful connection; it has the ability to make the impossible become another training day. The presence of a … Read More
Andy asked me whether I was sure I want to quit or not. Well no, I was not sure I wanted to quit. More than anything I wanted to finish. That’s why I came out to Vermont to compete in this race in the first place. Finishing the Death Race was the only option I had … Read More
At last, I could relieve myself of carrying my pack. I was overdue to give my shoulder a rest from all the added weight. Unfortunately, swinging an axe, being left handed, splitting a log in half and then both halves into sixths is not the kind of rest I needed. Walking along the right side … Read More
Another fork in the road halts us. We challenge the information we’ve been provided by a couple different people. A portion of us want to go one way, another group wants to go down the other path, and a few are lost as to how we got so mixed up. After a few good arguments … Read More
Up until now, Team Ten had been rocking out. We were leading every challenge thrown our way. We were struck with poison though. It came in the form of a tractor tire. The troubles the tire caused us took the Death Race to an all new level for everyone out there. The teams that got … Read More