SPMT 430 - Week 4 - Ran a Spartan race

     Over the past weekend, I ran a spartan race, for those who don't know it is an obstacle course race that varies from 5k, 10k, and 20k. I chose to do the Spartan Race Sprint, a 5k race with about 20 obstacle courses. I have no idea why I decided to do it, probably because like Snoop Dogg at the Olympics this year, I wanted to do something spontaneous and do a little side quest. As a coach and participant in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, I already competed about 3 times this year with mixed results. After competing so much, I thought it would be healthy to take a break from competition and test myself with this Spartan race. 

IT WAS TOUGH!!!

All I did to prepare myself for this race was do some leisurely jogging around my neighborhood until I hit about 2- 3 miles since a 5k race is essentially 3 miles. As well as staying consistent with my BJJ training because it all involved cardio, and I thought this training would improve my cardio overall. But I neglected my strength training! My mediocre strength training regimen included nothing but body workouts such as grappling with my training partners, and the various calisthenics workouts that I would fail to imitate that I would see online. For next time, I would put more focus on training my shoulder strength because the majority of the obstacle courses involved a lot of strain on the shoulders to complete. Overall, it was a fun experience running the race, and I would do it again, but maybe I would ask some friends to do it along with me next time as a motivational way to stay true to training leading up to the race as well as have some encouragement with each other to finish. 

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