#spartanspectator

Saturday i earned my x5 trifecta and Sunday i earned my x6 trifecta. The real hero here is my left leg for taking the brunt of every impact and purposeful step. By mile 9 on Saturday the tendon in my right knee was starting to give up on support going down hill and anyone running the beast knows the down hill portion was just as bad as any uphill. Then add in carries. 2 out of the three didn't happen Sunday. Burpees were impossible to do. So i did push ups for the penalties. So frustrating and humbling but i wasn't going to give up. If nothing else, I'm persistent and determined. Having said that, turning 40 this past Thursday and racing the toughest mountain I've been on ever was made that much better by all the racers I've come to know this year and ones i got to know better this weekend. All the spectators that go above and beyond to support us. It's becoming quite its own community past the event itself. My wife (my handler) for doing everything to make sure i don't die out there😉. Killington is no joke and i hope to make it back sometime fully capable and unhindered by nagging injuries so there can be absolutely #noexcuses. #medalmonday #medaladdict #spartanrace #spartanracevermont #killington #trifecta #beast #teamheathen #mile11 #garmin #spartanspectator

Got....... earned my x5 trifecta today. Number 6 tomorrow. First. Failed at the ropes (tarzan swing) under the bridge. Failed spear throw. Failed multi rig. Failed Olympus. Made the rest though. Lol No cramps so nutrition is finally getting dialed in First race I've ever seen virtually no one run out of the start corrale. Lol just hiking from the beginning The death march was up a double diamond ski hill for a mile and a quarter. The most brutal climb I've ever done. The tendon in my knee started acting shitty about mile 9. Down hill became torturous And slowed me down otherwise i could have finished around 6 to 6 1/2 hours. Finally finished in 7 hours and 15 mins. Well earned beer. And as always, thanks to my #spartanspectator @brutalchic for supporting me in the race and making sure i don't die. 😁 (at Vermont)

And there she is. She's crazy, she's amazing and once again was the best #spartanspectator taking pics of me and running from one end of the course to the other to do it! And she did it in my work boots! Lol. Thank you to my wife once again for being the best and toughest person I know. #spartanrace #greekpeak #teamheathen (at Greek Peak Mountain Resort)