![]() ![]() “It’s pretty cool to have a diverse set of obstacles,” he said. The course has obstacles you would expect to see at a military training base, said Bertrand. ![]() It’s nice to do something fun, but if they can put a day on their calendar and say, ‘I’m going to start training three times a week,’ and it makes you feel like a better human, then that’s what we’re here for.” “We do want to push them outside of their boundaries a little bit. We operate that side of the business as well – we create a fun time for everyone and we don’t referee every obstacle. “But in the afternoon, there are a lot of people who come just for fun. The sport aspect is very much pushed forward,” Bertrand explained. We have referees on course and we have rules – I had to disqualify three people this morning because they didn’t do something right. “There’s the Elite Series in the morning, with competitive waves and set age groups. The Red Deer Spartan Race was the first Canada National Series event of 2023. There are a lot of fun runs out here, but we try to focus on the competitive side a little more.” “We hold events in seven different places in Canada … and we really try to make it run at a high level. We’re working to get it into the Olympics,” said Nicolas Bertrand, race general manager. The event featured multiple heats: a 5K Sprint heat with 20 obstacles, the Super 10K heat with 25 obstacles, the 1-3K Kids Race and the Hurricane Heat 4Hr. There was an estimated 5,000-5,500 adult and child participants, and spectators at the event, which began Saturday and will wrap up on Sunday at Heritage Ranch. Runners climbed over walls, waded through water and crawled under barbwire during the 2023 Spartan Race in Red Deer. ![]()
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