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This training plan is the one I developed and used for the Killington Ultra Beast. I raced all year and really wanted to make my way up to Killington to tackle the founder's race with authority.

There is nothing like getting all beast mode on an obstacle course. And of course, what could be better than getting beast mode on a Spartan Beast. Spartan Races have become the most popular and widely recognized OCR. With that, the Spartan teams have to do more and more each year to improve the events, the turnout, and keep the OCR faithful coming. South Carolina is the state, Carolina Adventure World is the venue, and a Spartan Beast is the challenge. The final Beasts of the year. Challenge Accepted.

It hasn’t been a strong fall for Spartan, and that trend continued this past weekend at Rough Creek Lodge. Things seemed to start going that way at Killington, a lack luster World Championships, and then there was the mud fest this past weekend.

On Saturday, October 31st and November 1st racers from across the nation will descend upon the small town of Glen Rose just southwest of Ft. Worth to participate in one of Spartan Race’s most challenging races, the Reebok Spartan Beast. This race boasts being an aggressive 12+ mile course with over 30+ obstacles and will held at Rough Creek Lodge. Many will recall that this is the exact same property where Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield were shot and killed while trying to help a former Marine suffering from severe PTSD in February of 2013. This will be the fourth year the race will be held at Rough Creek Lodge and will be the second time Spartan Racers with help from the Lone Star Spartans will be running in honor of Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Christopher Scott Kyle. The name of Chris Kyle is immediately recognizable from the bestselling autobiography and record setting movie “American Sniper”. But, those closest to him associate the household name with being an avid outdoorsman, a skilled marksman, a SEAL (Sea Air, and Land), devoted father and most importantly an American Hero and Patriot.

In light of the upcoming holiday (yes, Halloween is a holiday in my book), the folks at Spartan have put together a workout from hell. Get ready and get going...

Spartan Race, the world’s leading obstacle race company, will host the 2015 Reebok Spartan Race World Championship October 3-4, 2015 at the internationally renowned mountain destination Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe.

Spartan Races offer race types for all types of competitive athletes. The common misconception is that many believe the shorter distance races are easy. We are talking about Spartan Races here, nothing is easy. These races are designed to challenge you, no matter the distance.

Getting down and dirty in the Barbed Wire Crawl is mandatory. There are few things more challenging on your entire body than trekking through a rocky creek-bed on your elbows and knees trying to avoid getting ripped up by barbed wire just a few inches above you. Arch your back a little too much and you will need a new shirt and some band-aids. Lift your butt a bit too high and you may be mooning everyone behind you.

The Fire Jump has become one of the signatures of any Spartan Race. This final obstacle is the only thing standing between you and victory. Jumping over the smokey remnants of once living forest and grab your finisher's medal.

The Bucket Brigade is one of those obstacles that makes you test the fabric of your willpower. The task? Fill a five gallon bucket with gravel and carry it in front of you up and down steep inclines. If your rocks settle below the holes, do it again. If you spill, do it again. Failure is not an option.