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2025 Spartan Asheville Race Review

2025 Spartan

Asheville

Race Review

 

By OCR Kings Reporter At Large

               David Best             

 

Raindrops are falling on my head 

And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed   

Nothing seems to fit

 Those raindrops are falling on my head, they keep falling.... 

 

 If B.J. Thomas hadn't written this song in 1969, you'd think he 

 wrote this song describing the 2025 Spartan race season and the 

 race held on August 2-3, 2025 in Mill Spring, North Carolina was   

 a non stop drizzle fest that made this Super – Sprint weekend  

 extra challenging. The weekend festivities were held at the Tryon 

 Equestrian Center which has hosted this race for the last three 

 years. This race weekend was part of the Spartan Honor Series 

 which spotlight our military and first responders dedication and 

 sacrifice in service of our country. The Super, Sprint & Kids race 

 was held on Saturday and a Sprint only race was held on Sunday. 

 

Venue And Logistics

 

 The Tryon Equestrian Center is located in Mill Spring which is 

 about a half hour drive from Asheville and it seemed the majority 

 of Spartans stayed in Asheville as there are more hotel and dining 

 options available there and the drive from Asheville to the venue 

 site is a leisurely one. I flew to the event weekend and used the 

 Asheville Regional Airport and it is my preferred option as it is a 

 smaller and more navigable then flying into Charlotte as well as 

 cutting off an additional hour driving to Asheville. The parking 

 area used for the Saturday event is a bit of a hike, but just treat it 

 as a part of your warm-up or if you're wanting to save your energy 

 for the course, the venue does provide transportation from the 

 parking area to the festival area with a farm tractor and trailer. 

 Check in, bag check and merchandise tent were under a large 

 covered pavilion as well as dining and drink options. One of the 

 many reasons I love doing the Carolina area races is that Island 

 Noodles is one of the food options. I love them and that is my go 

 to post race meal along with my free post race Heineken Silver. 

 We Spartans earn it on the course and should pamper ourselves 

 whenever possible. 

 

Race Review and Course Layout 

 

 The course had a slightly different layout from last year as they 

 were building some putting/practice greens where the course was 

 last year. We started out with a short barbed wire crawl into the 

 paddock and the first obstacle was the four foot wall, then 6 foot 

 wall, then a climb uphill to hurdles, monkey bars, over unders,

  and to Z wall. I had a new experience on Z wall as I was trying 

 to round the outside corner or the coffin corner and reached my 

 foot to that block and the block pulled out of the wall and tumbled 

 right down the hill.......but being the true Spartan I am, I hung on 

 and was able to complete the obstacle without any further 

 mishaps. On to the sandbag carry that was a bit of a challenge 

 due to the wet and uneven ground. Atlas carry is next and on to 

 the inverted wall, bender, 7 foot wall, Olympus, Stairway to 

 Sparta, Beater, Twister, a creek crossing to Bucket Carry, then a 

 barbed wire crawl to Slip Wall, Rolling Mud, Dunk Wall, Rope 

 Climb, Herc Hoist (people dropping bags again and we all 

  know how I feel about that!!!!!LOL!!!), Spear Throw to the 

 Multi Rig. I had another first as I was wearing gloves due to the 

 wet weather and slick obstacles. I employ the hand to hand 

 technique and my hand grabbed the other pinkie finger part of the 

 glove and I couldn't advance on the Multi Rig until I readjusted 

 my hand to free the other to complete the obstacle. Then to A- 

 Frame Cargo and finally to Fire Jump and completion. The Sprint 

 course obstacles were the same other then Vertical Cargo on the 

 Sprint only part of the course. You may see in the photos that I 

 chose to wear gloves for this race. I don't like doing so, but the 

 wet, muddy ropes and slick obstacles made it a must. I was never 

 able to find gloves I liked until a race buddy of mine, Tom 

 Maming, a Spartan Race veteran with over 500 races to his credit, 

 showed me the way. A simple pair of rubberized gloves you can 

 buy at any farm supply store or Home Depot. I got a three pack 

 for $10.00 and I'm here to tell you.....THEY ARE A GAME 

 CHANGER.....they were for me and I've been using them since I 

 saw Tom use them in Jacksonville. Give them a try and I 

 guarantee you, you will love them!!!!! I also experienced another 

 first after the Sunday Sprint......a hot post race on site shower!!! I 

 entered the changing tent before I was to hit the cold water wash 

 when another Spartan came in and told me they had a hot shower 

 set up behind the changing tent....well, I wasn't going to miss out 

 on that, so I went to check it out. Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap had a 

 shower area set up on a trailer where they sprayed you down with 

 hot water, their Magic Soap and then a nice warm water rinse.  

 They also were handing out free samples of their soap to take 

 home. I love the idea of warm showers using the shower trailer 

 and think Spartan could do something similar to send us home all 

 spic and span. 

 

Recommendations & Final Thoughts

 

  I love this venue and only wish they could bring back the Beast 

 to make this a Trifecta Weekend, but they sold a section of the 

 property and now it's only big enough for a Super – Sprint 

 weekend. I took the summer off to rest and recharge before 

 hitting the course for that second half push and Spartan 

 immortality by completing 13 Trifecta Weekends in a year and 

 earning the most coveted Spartan prize.....A Spartan Spear. We'll 

 find out in December if I'm successful. Another reason I wanted 

 to do the race was to see how the area was recovering from the 

 aftermath of Hurricane Helene. I was here last year just before 

 the storm hit here and I was surprised on what I saw.....recovery 

 and rebuilding well under way in the cities, but the rural areas

 and anywhere near the rivers and creeks along with Lake Lure, 

 devastation and scaring of the land which will take some time to 

 heal, but will never be the same. We all need to keep these fine 

 people in out thoughts and prayers and hope for the quickest 

 recovery possible. So until my next report, this is your OCR 

 Kings reporter at large, David Best, bringing you all the BEST 

 Spartan offers us!!!!!!!

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2025 Spartan Cincinnati Race Review

 2025 Spartan
Cincinnati
Race Review
By OCR Kings Reporter At Large
David Best

She's a vicious, life sucking bitch from which there's no escape...

and we can thank are arch nemesis and Spartan tormentor, the

infamous Darth Vader AKA Tyler Andrew Spencer as he was

the race director for the 2025 Spartan Cincinnati event held the

weekend of June 7-8. He truly painted his masterpiece of pain

and anguish......and the canvas used was the Perfect North Slopes

Ski Resort in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. It was a 15.2 mile Beast

course (before penalty loops) and a soul sucking test of mental

and physical stamina. I participated in this race 2023 and vowed

never to return.....so what do I do, sign up for 2025 and I'm here

to tell you, that this years race made that one look like a walk in

the park!!! All four race types were offered and the only thing I'll

say about the Ultra is there was a 74% DNF percentage rate, so if

you ever meet an Ultra finisher for this race, do your best Wayne

and Garth “We're Not Worthy” imitation and pay homage to these

true Spartans. Now, if you dare, come with me to the dark side,

but beware, you may not come back!!!

Logistics & Venue

Information

I have a love-hate relationship with this venue, so lets start with

love. I love the proximity of the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky

Airport to both the City of Lawrenceburg, Indiana and Perfect

North Slopes Ski Resort. In 35 minutes, you're in town or at the

venue from the airport. The ski resort is one of the nicer venue

sites on the schedule as we Spartans have full access to the resort

and amenities. The resort has multiple outdoor viewing areas that

are taken well advantage of. Part of the race course is run next to

the viewing areas, so spectators are able to enjoy watching us

suffer while drinking their beverage of choice. The Spartan

Members area is indoors as well as bag check and a large open

area for all in attendance. There are also a few dining options

the resort makes available as well as the normal vendors that

travel the circuit with Spartan.

Course Layout &

Obstacles

Now the bad....this is a TOUGH course!!!! And as we've seen at

other Spartan races this season, weather has played a part and

this race was no exception. This area has had its share of rain

which means mud. Combine wet and muddy conditions with

the severe undulation of the ski slopes, you have injuries from

racers losing their balance and hurting themselves and others....

in other words, gravity is a bitch!!! The course started out with a

muddy Armageddon into the corral, then onto the course where

you hit a nice knee deep mud bog to start the day off right, then 4

foot wall to the first creek crossing of the day. This is the first time

I've ever done a Spartan race where they had to have a guide rope

and a volunteer stationed at the creek to insure safety. With the

rain the venue has been receiving, the creek was at a 4 foot crest

and flowing hard, so hard that a young lady next to me in the

creek lost her balance and was being swept downstream, but have

no fear, Maximus Bestimus Delirious leapt into action and saved

her from impending doom. In hindsight, I'm sure that young lady

would have preferred the impending doom over finishing this

race. Then on to hay roll wall to over unders. Spartan used what

was on site and the over unders were just that, part Spartan and

part venue...large metal pipes. To 6 foot wall, then multi-rig and

to the second creek crossing just as the first, but we were given a

bonus of a rope climb out of the creek and up a muddy bank to

Atlas Carry, rope climb, bucket carry, spear throw, rolling mud &

dunk wall. That part of the course was relatively flat, but now the

hills begin and we hit Helix, Twister, Olympus, Beater, another

hill to Bender and then a snow climb....that's right.....SNOW in

June. I did stop for just a minute and play in it and it did feel

good!!! Up hill to 7 foot wall, Stairway To Sparta. Now downhill

and into the jungle for the Beast part of the race.....very few

obstacles and a lot of trail running to 8 foot wall. Darth Vader

placed the wall on an incline making that 8 foot wall more like a

10 foot wall ( The Ultra course actually had a 10 foot wall on their

course......good luck doing that) then up another hill to a home

grown Mini A Frame that was made of wood and pipe stuck out

in the middle of the woods. Then up and down multiple muddy

hills dodging downed trees as well as the occasional downed

racer to Irish Table. More muddy hills that seemed to go on

forever to Tyrolean Traverse. There was a water station near so I

stopped for a quick drink the the volunteer told us 3 miles to go...

man, was that a lie...more like 5 miles!!! Then to Armer, then an

uphill climb to a corded snow crawl which felt so good to roll

around in. On to hurdles, A-Frame Cargo and now begins the

ski slope part of this “Endurance Challenge” Down the hill, most

sliding on their ass as the hill was so beat up and muddy that

keeping your footing was close to impossible, back to the ski

resort area where inverted wall as well as Herc Hoist, Monkey

Bars and barbed wire crawl....and not a 50 yard crawl, not a 100

yard crawl, but a 200 yard crawl uphill with muddy deep holes,

all the while being bombarded by water ALL THE WAY up the

obstacle. It reminded me of a scene from the movie “1918”. Then

up the slope where many were crawling due to the poor footing to

the peak where a nice sandbag carry awaited taking us down and

up another hill to dump your bag, then downhill once again to the

bottom where Z Wall awaited. This was a high failure obstacle

due to it being at the bottom of the hill where all the water ran

from the barb wire crawl causing a muddy quagmire where

footing was almost impossible. One more hill as well as slip wall

and fire jump ended my day. I was never so happy to see a fire

jump in all my life.

Final Thoughts &

Recommendations

There are three race venues on the USA Spartan schedule that will

give you a true evaluation of where you are in Spartan...Big Bear,

Killington and Cincinnati. Where you rank them really depends

on what race director you get and how bad they want to torment

you. I spoke to Darth post race and told him not to take personally

what was being said about him because it wasn't that Spartan

talking....it was their weakness talking and I should know because

mine was talking more then once during this survival challenge.

Weather again effected the race as more rain Saturday night

caused those creek crossings to crest at over 6 feet and at that

point, it was deemed unsafe so the Sunday Super/Sprint had to be

rerouted to omit the first four obstacles....it looks like to me this

Spartan season is going to be dominated by weather. As far as

recommendations are concerned, sign up for the Beast only on

Saturday as I signed up for the Beast/Sprint in 2023 and found

out very quickly how sadistic and unforgiving this venue can be.

Only high end seasoned athletes should try to do both in one day.

I would also buy the insurance for the Sunday Super/Sprint events

as your body will be talking to you and telling you “NO” as it did

me after the Beast on Saturday. Spartan isn't just about brawn, its

also about brains and knowing when its better to withdrawal so

you can fight another day. So until my next report, this is your

OCR Kings Reporter at large, David Best, bringing you all the

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