Steemit Has Conquered Spartan Race In Bilbao (Spartan Race Spain 2017)
This time Steemit has defeated Spartan Race in Bilbao, Spain. Bilbao is the capital of Basque Country in northern Spain (please, check up my previous photo tour post about Bilbao).
It is my second Spartan Race in Spain this year. A month ago Steemit conquered Barcelona.
This time I ran "Super" distance of about 13-15 km with 24-29 obstacles. Although the weather was warm, it was raining whole day which made it extremely difficult to get through some of the obstacles, such as those that needed climbing or pulling the rope with weight attached (rope climb, monkey bars, tire pull etc.). I encountered two people getting painfully injured on the trail - one person fell off Rope Climb obstacle and other fell off while climbing the wall obstacle. Although there was mostly running up and downhill, the trail was much easier than the one in Barcelona (that one was just hell; more like Spartan Race sky running).
[Sliding down into Rolling Mud or Mud Pit obstacle - it is a massive hole filled with dirty, waist deep, brown water, and nasty mud at the bottom that sucks you in. Shame that photographer did not catch it.]
[Getting out of Barbed Wire Crawl obstacle - rolling in delightful mud under about 25 metres of barbed wire.]
[Running towards the finish line, right after the last obstacle - Fire Jump.]
Some of us do really strange things while promoting Steemit. ;-)
-logic
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Great job @logic ! I'm going to resteem your post!
Me too. What a beast mentality!
Thanks. I am still waiting to get full power. Once I get it, I will up yours.
Cool man! I appreciate it. My voting power has been crushed. I have been going hog wild but can't stop! I'm at 24% voting power right now !
Awesome man! Congrats!
Cheers Mr Steemporn :-D
HAHAHA I guess we call you Mr Spartan now? not much logic to that ;-)
Haha :-P Mr Smartan lol
Great job!
Awesome way to promote Steemit!
Thank you!
Oh man amazing and congratz, im also starting in events like that, in Poland we got Runmageddon, run with crazy obstacles
Thanks. Sounds great! They also do Spartan Race in Poland and Czech Republic every year. You should try too!
wow congratulations...
Thanks
You are a BEAST! Love the tats. Love the T-Shirt too, where can I get me one? I think I am going to sign up for one of these. I am in pretty good shape so this could give me a really good reality check hahaha. Upvoted!
Thanks. Yeah it is defo a reality check. I ordered it about a year ago so do not exactly remember but I think it was at www.clothes2order.com.
It was the only site in UK that offered design on vests made of synthetic material not cotton (very important for the race as cotton does not breath and does not dry quick).
Oh yeah I only wear Dri-Fit and Clima-Cool, UA and whatever the heck Reebok makes. Used to only rock white T's or punk rock T's but now if the air doesn't flow through it and it can't dry within 15 minutes I'm not buying it. Maybe I will whip up some T designs and get them rolling out on some nice Nike DriFits along with some bumper stickers and other promo stuff and make it limited edition. Get inside the subconscious and get that STEEM 🤑
Dri fit is defo the best choice for clothes. Adidas occasionally has nice clima cool shoes. I had ne pair extensively used for 10 years. The best shoes i ever had and only design i liked until recently when they released some cool model. i bought it now as replacement. So far they are great.
Reebok also makes great shoes designed just for Spartan Race as they are main sponsor. I have 2 pairs. One for races to damage and one for every day trail running.
I know what you mean by punk shirts. I have many but they all are made of cotton and sweat as fuck. Shame.
I tried designs on US sites but they either do not ship to Europe or you have to order bulk.
Always trying to keep the little man down. Not that a SPARTAN is little my any measure. I live near NYC I am going to check out any events coming up and even if I don't enter maybe I can be a spectator before I do. I do triathlons now. Former College runner and US Marine, competed Internationally in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu so mentally I can handle a lot of pain. Plus I have tattoos which always helps with pain threashold. The ones on my shin and on my flank really killed. But as a Marine obstacle courses were like a day at the playground. Other people struggled and I was just up and over and not bragging, but have a pretty decent strength to weight ratio. But enough about me. I will contact you when I find out about the Dri-Fit STEEMIT shirts. My High School Cross Country coach owns a silk screening shop and has made me Lacrosse jerseys in the past so maybe he can whip me up a hundred or so non-cotton, breathable shirts with that sweet STEEM on it haha. Good talking to you man and keep attacking with intensity and violence ✌️
That sounds great. It looks like you are well prepared!!! :-)
You can only hope to be prepared until you hit that wall haha
During previous Beast race we had a massive wall at the top of 350m hill. I ran with Elite heat and for males (females have an extra step for support on their side) the failure right there was about 70-80%. The surface was so slippery it was almost very difficult to catch a grip and bounce up for anyone who was less than 1.80m tall. We just had to burp. I tried once and just went straight to burpees. Tactically, there was no point for me to waste energy and time on other attempts. I recommend you to start practising burpees. They are sometimes better than do some obstacles to save time and energy. Aim for minimum 80 in under 5 mins. It is not difficult if you do not rush the tempo. You can easily do 100 in under 5 mins. With high speed it is possible to do 80 in under 4 mins but you are just exhausted, good for anaerobic practise though. Also aim for running 1.5 mile in under 10 mins. These are requirements for elite. I bet it is nothing for you. It took me a while to get under 10 mins but I never really practiced running regularly before I started racing.
Expect to see some annoying muppets clogging obstacles or taking a piss and cheating in heats other than Elite or Competitive. For example they skip burpee penalties (or do them incorrectly) or try to avoid some obstacles.
you're a beast. get it.
Lol :-)
such an ACTIVE cryptopreneur and steemian!!! go go go!!!
Thanks cryptopreneur ;-)
Well done @logic - we are proud of you :D
Cheers