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Operation Turbo 5k

May 24, 2022 Ashley Barlow Comments 0 Comment

July 17, 2021 I was planning to be back in my hometown of Richmond, VA for my sister’s bridal shower and I just had to sign up for another race! A race in July you ask!? Yes, July is one of the worst times of year to race. It is very hot and humid, but I figured a 5k couldn’t be too bad!? This race was located in Pratt Park and was an out and back course. The race did…

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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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Ragnar Trail West Virginia

May 4, 2018 Ashley Barlow Comments 1 comment

This was my second year running the Ragnar Trail West Virginia race and it was good to be back in the beautiful Appalachians of West Virginia! For those who not heard of a Ragnar Trail race, Ragnar Trail is an all day and night team relay race consisting of two days and two nights of camping out in the great outdoors and best of all, RUNNING! Teams consist of 8 people (or 4 for ultra teams) and each person has to run the red, yellow…

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Charlotte Spartan Sprint

December 5, 2017 Ashley Barlow Comments 0 Comment

The Charlotte Spartan Sprint, by far one of the muddiest Spartans I’ve ever done! I had never raced in Charlotte before and I heard this was a runners course so I just had to do it! This race took place just outside of Charlotte at Porter Farms in Concord, North Carolina. It was quite the drive down there and took around 6 hours from Northern Virginia! My friends and I rented an Airbnb place for the weekend. This was my…

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St. Mary’s Triathlon

June 28, 2017 Ashley Barlow Comments 0 Comment

My first Triathlon for the year took place on June 17th in St. Mary’s, Maryland! This was the first annual St. Mary’s Triathlon located in a former colonial town that was Maryland’s first colonial settlement and capital. This race sold out pretty early, so I was lucky to get a spot when I signed up for the waiting list! Over 600 athletes competed in this race for both the international and sprint triathlon (a sprint is half the distance of…

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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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Rock ‘n’ Roll DC Half Marathon

June 6, 2017 Ashley Barlow Comments 0 Comment

My first Half Marathon for the 2017 year and probably one of the coldest half marathons I’ve ever run! This was my second time running the Rock n’ Roll DC Half Marathon and I enjoyed last year’s race so I came back again this year! Packet Pick up was located at the same location at the DC Armory. I did not stay very long and briefly walked through everywhere. I was eager to get back home to make sure I…

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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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Massive Medal Half Marathon and CNU Alumni 5k

November 30, 2016 Ashley Barlow Comments 1 comment

My second year running the Massive Medal Half Marathon! Last year’s race went really well and as a huge medal fanatic, I just had to come back for another massive medal! This time I signed up for the Captains Challenge which is running the Massive Medal Half Marathon and then the CNU Alumni 5k for a whopping 16.2 miles! It was very frigid out that morning. This was my first race this year that I ever ran in long sleeves and I…

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