Spartan Ultra Liberec
Distance: 51,5km Elevation: 3046m Obstacles: 77 Failed obstacles: 18 = 540 burpees Time: 21:51:08 A little throwback: September 3, 2016, Vechec - for the first time in my life I saw a huge medal at Ultra Beast finishers and I said to myself: “It’s beautiful. Too bad I'll never have it. ” During the Sprint, I got “slapped” because I underestimated the terrain, but it was the most valuable lesson in my life. Very disappointed, I started doing everything to improve.year 2017 - I conquered the first Super and later also the Beast so I had completed the first trifecta. At the same time, I was thinking of Ultra, but it was still only a fantasy.year 2018 - 2x multitrifecta, it would be great to participate in Ultra on homeland (Valčianska dolina), I made the first effort to compete, but I was probably not ready yet.year 2019 - 3x multitrifecta,…
I’m immortal! Trifecta Weekend from Maroš
I'm immortal! Before the race, I told myself that if I could do a Trifecta Weekend in Valča and I don't die, I'm immortal. It seems I have succeeded Trifecta weekend is a very difficult race, as there is no time for a proper rest, moreover, they say the hills in Valčianska dolina are legendary. I finished my first Super in 2017 in Valča and I haven't shown up there since then, but I remember I enjoyed the race and that I ran it in a good time (6:26:58). This time I had to prepare better, and I trained honestly hard through the whole summer, intensifying my workouts to endure more stress. I felt I was the fittest than ever before. I was ready to face my biggest challenge so far, I was looking forward to Valča, but I also was quite nervous, I knew that I would have to…
Maros the 1000 burpees challenge
Shortly after the new year, on January 4, is the day when Maroško is celebrating his little event. This is the day when one of his good friends took him to the Black CrossGym in 2016, and from that moment his life changed. He became addicted to exercise, good fitness and a healthy lifestyle. From that moment on, he maintains a good physical condition and trains for the next Spartan Race. Because he appreciates this opportunity for life change thanks to coach Erik, he makes up some special training every year and celebrates this way. This year it was 1000 burpees. Burpee is an exercise invented by the American physiologist Royal Huddleston Burpee at Columbia University in New York in the late 1930s and is therefore named after him. Mr Burpee wanted to invent a complex exercise that would show a person's physical readiness. Thus, a four-step exercise was born:…