Fenway Spartan Sprint 2015

Look how awesome it is in the LOCKER ROOM!!!

Dugout Slefie!!

So last weekend was the fenway spartan sprint (11/7 and 11/8) This year we got races on both saturday and sunday. Spartan came back to Fenway stadium, for one of the most fun races around. Keep in mind that the stadium races are different than the regular trail ones in that they are shorter, more expensive, but still a boat load of fun! Last year one of the annoying things was the ab wheel that you had to roll strapped to your feet, the scrapped it after the first or second open wave. This year instead of something to strap your feet into it was a little 6" x 6" square with wheels on it, but the same idea, put your feet on it and walk to the tape. They also had the typical obstacles of various walls, slam balls, weighted jump ropes (with bands around ankles), sand bags, hand release push ups in the dugout, box jumps, water jug carry, cargo net a frame on the warning track and money bars, hurc hoist, rope climb, and spear throw and the bridge they have at most races, and ending with the heavy bags again. Also plenty of access to areas you never get to see. So much fun all around, just keep an eye out for groupon and early bird pricing for it, but if you are looking to have fun, and snap a few selfies in the dugout, or locker room, it is a blast. The z wall was also slightly changed this time around. The new twist is that the mid section is now visable, and the blocks were pretty hard on some of those walls, even I, at 6"1' had a hard time reaching some of the block grips! but hey I like a challenge, bring it on. I almost forgot the bungee cord crawl up and down the concourse through the stadium.



One of the things I love that they did this time around was 20 reps for every thing, except burpee penalty, and the 5 burpee after atlas carry. It made it easier to remember when you are in a race things can be easily forgotten, and distracting, and sometimes you may not hear a volunteer or whatever.

Also the timing chips were replaced with bands, these bands were horrible, everybodies time was off, from elites to open waves. I initially had over 10 min faster, it was fixed quickly, but if you pinch the new timing bands, which is easy when you do the ab walk, then you will not have an accurate time! so be careful, and hope they fix the issue with the times!

One thing to keep in mind, when you run through the chairs, BE CAREFUL OF THE CUP HOLDERS! Every time somebody gets hit in the quad, I got it, it is always a big risk when running through the seats, especially when it is stadium as old as fenway, with not much leg room

so much fun

Wave times are usually behind to prevent backups on course, and it helps, it is a small course, (I clocked in at 2.15 miles) The waves are shortened to about 15 people every 60 seconds, and it is always great to be sent out by Dustin at the start line.

One thing t keep in mind, PARKING, on saturday it can be hard, get there early, you can feed meters on streets in the area, but at a 2 hour cap, it is not much time to plan a start and then back, you can do it but it is not worth it. Good news is that there are lots that circle the stadium that are only 10 bucks, be sure to check online beforehand, and a few sites or apps let you reserve it for just a few bucks. Which is great because some of the lots a little farther away were still about 30 bucks to park, pretty steep, but this is Boston after all! That being said,  if they come back for sunday you can park for free on the street, I parked right on landsdown street very easily, and for free, just an fyi. Also, this is fenway, It is right off the green line and the commuter rail, if you are not running elite, it could be worth it just for the ease and lack of searching for a spot later in the morning.

Buddy carries make things more fun!

Until next time
Stay active
Stephen