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Spartan Race is a series of obstacle races of varying distance and difficulty ranging from 3 miles to marathon distances. They are held in USA and franchised to 14 countries including Canada, many European countries, South Korea, and Australia. The series include the Spartan Sprint (3+ miles of obstacle racing, 20+ obstacles), the Super Spartan (8+ miles, 25+ obstacles), the Spartan Beast (13+ miles, 30+ obstacles), and the Ultra Beast (26+ miles, 60+ obstacles - one of two marathon obstacle courses along with Mudderthon). Spartan Race also has a military series in which obstacles are designed by the United States military. In January 2015, first ever Winter Spartan Sprint was held in Slovakia, Central Europe. For those that want a more team based experience Spartan Race has the Hurricane Heat and for the truly adventurous the Hurricane Heat 12 Hour. The Hurricane Heat takes you out of the individual role and has you work with a group of complete strangers to complete tasks designed to bring you together as a team. Those that have done the Hurricane Heat have often done multiple across the country, making friends for life along the way. ESPN describes the Spartan Race as "a true test of will." As of 2015, Spartan Race now offers the "Spartan Agoge" which is described as a "60 hour physical, tactical, mental and team based training and testing" event. It will be held in Vermont twice a year. Unlike other Spartan events, the Agoge will have an application process which includes endurance race experience, a fitness level assessment and several essay questions. ==History== Peak.com and Peak Races were founded in 2007 by Joe De Sena, Andy Weinberg, and Julian Kopald. From the Death Race, the Spartan Race series was born. The first Spartan Race event was held in 2010 at the Catamount Outdoor Center in Williston, Vermont and represented the city of Burlington, Vermont. Roughly 500 competitors had to "run, crawl, jump and swim" and overcome a variety of obstacles at the first ever Spartan Race. All finishers received a medal, and prizes were awarded to the top athletes—a precedent that lives on today. In August 2012, Raptor Consumer Partners (RCP) announced its partnership with Spartan Races, investing into the company. That year, ''Outside'' magazine named Spartan race the "Best Obstacle Race" In January 2013, Spartan Races announced that Reebok had become its event title sponsor, thus creating 2013's "Reebok Spartan Race Series". In August 2013, Spartan Race announced that its partnership with NBC Sports was leading to the sports first televised event. On December 7, 2013, NBC Universal Sports showed a 90-minute televised taping of the 2013 Spartan Race World Championships, which had a $250,000 purse up. thumb 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spartan race」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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