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Legend of the Death Race – Part 8: The Comeback Kids
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...
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Legend of the Death Race – Part 9: And We’ll Keep on Fighting Til the End
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...
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Legend of the Death Race – Part 10: Sleepyhead
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...
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Legend of the Death Race – Part 11: Never Quit, Never Surrender
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....
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Death Race Reflections – Gear: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
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...
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Death Race – Global News 16×9 TV Documentary
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...
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Death Race: How to Obtain Media Requirement
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...
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Winter Death Race Recaps
It’s been over a week since driving out to Vermont to provide coverage for Obstacle Racing Magazine’s Facebook page and to witness what would be my next story for our second issue of the magazine – be...
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Winter Death Race: Frozen
My last minute presence at the Winter Death Race was the result of social media networking’s ability to unite likeminded individuals. About a week out from the race I was considering driving up to...
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The Human Death Race Documentary
When I was at the Winter Death Race this year covering for Obstacle Racing Magazine there was a film crew there, they were putting together a documentary about the Death Race. Brandi Knight and her...
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The Human Death Race Documentary Update
Have you seen any of the updates on The Human Death Race Documentary website lately? You HAVEN’T?! The Human Death Race Documentary is capturing all areas of the Death Race. Straight from the...
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Preparing for the Death Race is silly. No but really, you’ll never truly be prepared. As silly as it is however, there are a lot of things that are essential to being successful at the Death Race....
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2013 Death Race Gear: Shoes
Last year I learned a valuable lesson about Death Race gear choices….don’t wear a shoe that is beginning to get low on tread. After over 30 hours I finally had a chance to switch shoes. The beginning...
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Legend of the Death Race Year 2: Part 1 – Jet-setter
Just a week prior to the 2013 Spartan Death Race – Year of the Gambler, I was being trained to be a Spartan Group X Trainer, had the trip of a life time to California – my first time ever (I was there...
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Legend of the Death Race Year 2: Part 2 – Stairway to Heaven
As I made my way over toward Andy’s place I was noticing how muddy the terrain was beneath the grip of my Inov-8 Roclite 285′s. The path that led to Andy’s was pretty short and simple as we arrived we...
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Legend of the Death Race Year 2: Part 3 – Mile High Staircase
The first night we were on Joe’s mountain we didn’t finish working on the staircase until something like 3AM. The entire time, we worked tirelessly building those stairs. It was evident that some teams...
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Legend of the Death Race Year 2: Part 4 – Ready, Get Set…..
Running down the staircase, yes, the one we just built not even a few hours earlier was absolutely exhilarating. Seeing the variety of boulders we’d placed and dug into the mountainside to create this...
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Legend of the Death Race Year 2: Part 5 – A Dance with Barbed Wire
Making my way up to the top of Tweed River Drive, I was surprised not to see anyone ahead of me and looking back, no one behind me. I was all alone. The solitude felt strange. The sun beat down hard as...
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Legend of the Death Race Year 2: Part 6 – The Unexpected
After finishing the barbed wire challenge I had the opportunity to gather my gear before proceeding to the next challenge; or lack thereof. My mission required that I head back to the Riverside Farm...
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Legend of the Death Race Year 2: Part 7 – Between a Rock and a Hard Place:...
Photo Credit: Chad Weberg Now that the race had officially started, we were informed that the next leg of the race would take place on the notorious Blood Root Mountain Trail. At last it was finally...
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