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Palmerton Spartan Super and Hurricane Heat

May 9, 2018 Ashley Barlow Comments 9 comments

The infamous Palmerton Super, located on the Blue Mountain Ski Resort in Palmerton, Pennsylvania! I ran this race last year and really enjoyed the difficult terrain of the course so it was good to be back! The Palmerton Spartan Super is an 8+ miles and 32+ obstacles course located right on the black diamond ski slopes of Blue Mountain! This race took place July 8-9th and is definitely one of the harder Spartan Super courses around! This race sold out pretty quick and I signed up to compete in…

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Carolina Spartan Beast

June 9, 2017 Ashley Barlow Comments 1 comment

The Carolina Spartan Beast! Located in Winnsboro, South Carolina. This was the furthest I have ever had to travel for a Spartan Race and this was my very first Beast! For those of you who don’t know, the Spartan Beast consists of 12-14 miles with 30-35 obstacles! I needed to run this race in order to get my Trifecta (finishing a Sprint (3-5 miles), Super (8-10 miles) and Beast within the calendar year). I carpooled with friends the day before…

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Greek Peak Winter Spartan Sprint

March 14, 2017 Ashley Barlow Comments 7 comments

The First ever US Spartan Winter Sprint! and boy was it a cold one!! I could not believe that Spartan decided to do a Winter race and I am glad I was able to participate in the first winter event! This race took place on March 4th at the Greek Peak Mountain Resort in upstate New York, located near Cortland. I carpooled with friends the day prior and finally learned the definition of a ‘snow squall’. You don’t see these very…

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Savage Race Maryland

January 9, 2017 Ashley Barlow Comments 13 comments

Savage Race Maryland! An OCR (obstacle course race) unlike any other race I’ve done! I have grown to love OCR’s and wanted to branch out to see what other obstacle course races had to offer. I had just recently placed as 4th overall female in the DC Spartan Sprint competitive division and was eager to compete in another OCR! A friend told me about Savage Race so I signed up for the pro division. Savage Race features 25+ obstacles with…

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DC Spartan Sprint

September 9, 2016 Ashley Barlow Comments 1 comment

Oh Spartan, I have fallen in love with obstacle course racing and have become quite addicted! This was my second year doing the DC Spartan Sprint and my first time ever competing in the competitive division. The DC Spartan Sprint is a 4+ miles run with 24 different obstacles. This year’s event came out for 2 days instead of just the one day compared to last year. Pictured below is a map of the course. I decided to volunteer the…

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