Winter Spartan Race
Starting fee is a bit steep (around 40 euro) though you get a medal and a t-shirt. Owing to winter condition my friends did not join me for this event.
The race day did not start well as my train at 5 am to Liptovský Mikuláš was cancelled. Luckily the next one came on time and I was able to reach Jasna Ski Resort where the event was held.
The weather was winter one indeed – blizzards and wind and cloudy day. As I am used to winter mountain conditions it was more of an encouragement than a hindrance J
The route was 7.07 km, 20 obstacles, 596m elevation gain – mostly an uphill walk in deep snow and standing in line to the obstacles than a run. I did it in 2h 4 min. Despite Spartan marketing themselves as the hardest race it was not a challenge for me. Congratulations to organizers for good preparation of the event. In the future I will try to start in other editions of Spartan race 🙂
Excellent and unique addition was an ice sculpture which was also the last obstacle literally at the finish line – video how it was made below.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153095003822904
Official race video.

