Training for a Spartan is no easy feat -- now it's time to put all that hard work to the test and complete your first Spartan Race. Before you go, make sure you have everything you need to be safe ...

The Great 8 are all adaptive athletes, and their completion of the Spartan Race at Blue Mountain was a dream come true.

A Spartan Race is a timed obstacle course event created to be the ultimate mental and physical challenge. “It’s not a party, it’s an athletic event,” says series founder Joe DeSena.

And with Abu Dhabi Sports Council backing the event, the capital continues to cement its place on the global Spartan map. Not ...

Spartan Race Ontario 2012 (Photo credit: cogdogblog) Spartan Race founder Joe Desena is on a mission: He wants to make obstacle course racing an Olympic sport. Since launching Spartan Race in 2010 ...

Joe De Sena, founder of the Spartan Race series, discusses the Agoge, which he promises will be his company’s “most challenging event yet,” a 60-hour ordeal that will test the physical and ...

The race had 444 participants and included signature Spartan obstacles such as the inverted wall, the 20-foot-high rope climb, the slip ramp, a “Hercules Hoist” of sand (105 pounds for men, 75 ...

Spartan Race was voted Outside Magazine's Best Obstacle Race in 2012. De Sena has come a long way in three years, and an even longer way since 2005, ...

The Spartan Race, one of the most challenging obstacle course races in the US, recently descended upon Citi Field in Queens, New York, the home of the Mets.

The Saturday, March 11 Houston Spartan Race is slated to feature three events including the Spartan Sprint, which features 3 to 5 miles with 20 Spartan Obstacles. There is also Spartan Kids Race ...