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Spartan Race—a soon-to-be Olympic Sport Vocabulary phrases and terms: Spartan: to be very strict in your life; also associated with being a fighter and very strong Hard-core: very serious and dedicated to something Legit: real, to be taken seriously and respected Authentic: real and true to its intentions Entrepreneur: the creator of a business Rigorous: hard, consistent, dedicated, strict Topography: the environment, such as mountains, lakes, elevation Blow you away: make you feel astonished, like you cannot believe something is actually true because it is so amazing Mind-blowingly insane: so unbelievable and beyond what most people would try to do Ramshackle: poorly, badly created or designed

Home Depot: a place where people buy building supplies to build things themselves, not professional Building it as the race went on: the race creators were building obstacles at the same time as people were racing Bare bones: only the most minimum, nothing better than the least possible needed Undertaking: to create or build a big project Renovation: to rebuild or remake something that was falling apart, like a house (or obstacle course) **Olympians, tour de France, NFL players Hold a candle: measure up, meet the standard Versatile: able to do many different things very well Red-line: push beyond breaking point

Flips it on its head: turn a situation around in a very unexpected way Mental game: a person who makes his thoughts prepare for the physical task ahead Mentally tough: a person forces himself to be tough in his body by thinking his way the pain Elite athlete: the very top tier athlete Obstacle course race: a fast pace race where runners have to go through various objects that block their path Marathon: long distance race Wild card: someone who is unpredictable in a contest Front runner: someone who runs in front Neck and neck: racing evenly, side-by-side

Chapter 1 Summary: Founder of the Spartan race talks about what it takes to be an athlete fit and powerful enough to compete well in the Spartan race. They compare Spartan athletes with NFL players, Olympic athletes, and marathon runners. There are many ways to work out and prepare for the race.

1. How long is a Spartan race? 2. What does it mean to “try to break people”? 3. What does this statement mean? “Victory happens when 1,000 hours of training meet one moment of opportunity” 4. How hard do the athletes push beyond their limits? 5. What does it take to be a world champion athlete? 6. Why does a Spartan athlete have to have not just endurance, but also a considerable output of power? 7. What is the difference between a regular athlete like an NFL player, Olympic athlete, or marathon runner and a Spartan athlete? 8. What are some of the ways to train for a Spartan race? 9. How many hours in a day do Spartan athletes train? 10. Who is the “wild card” in the women’s group? Why is she a wild card? 11. How do you lose a race by being a front-runner?

Chapter Two Race Objective: complete 34 obstacles over 13+ mile course at an elevation of 8,870 feet Summary of this chapter: Each of the top athletes who compete in the race talk about different challenges of the race and the connections they have to each other. They also talk about which ones will give them trouble. They describe how it felt to be in the race and how they were thinking about different strategies to win.

1. Who is the top obstacle course racer in the whole world? 2. What were some of the things that the athletes were afraid would make them lose? 3. What were some of the obstacles that the athletes had to cross in order to win? 4. How did the sand bag carry separate the winners from the losers? 5. What does it mean to an athlete that “conquers himself.” 6. Why is the third-place winner happy about losing to the first two place winners in the men’s’ race? 7. Why is Hobie Call happy even though he did not win the race? 8. Who is credited with having inspired these athletes to come out and race? 9. What is the purpose of filming this documentary about the Spartan race?...