Spartan Race Reviews 2024 - 2025 The Path Through

Field Notes from the Coure

Courses look simple on a map. elevation, distance, terrain. But anyone who’s raced enough knows the real story is in the details: travel logistics, the parking nightmare, the shuttle that’s late, the unexpected climb at mile 9, the water you should have carried, the one gear choice you regret the entire race.

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These reviews aren’t victory laps or highlight reels.

They’re field reports.

I use Spartan races and long-distance runs as a way to study the world — the terrain (Ground Below), the night sky (Sky Above), the human story of each location, and the psychology of effort. The race is just the structure that lets me move through a place with attention.

If you’re here for splits and stats, there are better sources.

If you want a deeper sense of what it means to move through a landscape, you’re in the right place.

Race Reviews & Tactical Notes

Ohio If you like mud you came to the right place

Jacksoville Great early season venue

Houston Texas ranch, flat and fast

Colorado Springs Run on a historic and working military base

Palmerton PA, One of the original and hardest venues

Fayetville Great Ultra course for first timers, Tri Weekend

Asheville New(ish) venue is flat and perfect for first timers

San Jose Early seaon ultra and trie weekend

So Cal Reservoir run in January

Newberry, South Carolina End of Season Ultra fecta weekend

Atanta March calender staple

Spartan, Greece Great environment, Trifecta Championship

West VIrginia Tough venue with great views of the New River Gorge

Virginia New Venue that brings back a tough Virginia Mountain venue

San Antonio, Texas Fast and sandy at a new Trifecta Weekend

Newberry South Carolina One of the most accessible Ultra venues on the calendar.

Sebring Florida Flat as flat can be