Dear Nicholas,
As you may know, Obstacle Racing has become the world’s fastest growing sport, outpacing Marathons and Triathlons combined. Spartan Race was most recently the focus of the hit NBC (network) show, the Spartan Ultimate Team Challenge. The global leader in the sport, Spartan Race (www.spartan.com), would like to extend an unprecedented invitation to cover their upcoming World Championship (at Lake Tahoe, Oct. 1-2) via live video feed or another digital or social media platform of your choosing, giving your audience a first-hand real-time look into all of the action and highlights live from Tahoe! We’d love to engage in Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook Live takeovers, or can provide streaming on-course video to your digital platform – just let us know what works best for you!
Below is a breakdown of the nuts and bolts of the obstacle racing’s preeminent event in the world. Please let us know if you have any questions, and if we can set up digital coverage and interviews.
About Spartan Race:
Spartan Race is the world’s leading obstacle race company and the first of its kind to feature timing and global rankings. With more than 170 events in 25+ countries planned for 2016, Spartan Race has more than 1 million global participants, and offers open heats for all fitness levels as well as competitive and elite heats. With over 5 million passionate social media followers, health and wellness products, as well as the popular NBC television series, Spartan Race has made obstacle racing one of the fastest growing sports—and lifestyles— in the world. Spartan Race features races at three distances, 3+Mile/20+ Obstacle “Sprint,” 8+ Mile/25+ Obstacle “Super” and 12+ Mile/30+ Obstacle “Beast,” culminating each year in the Spartan Race World Championship. Visit http://www.spartan.com for more information, a schedule of events, and to register for a race.
About The Spartan Race World Championship:
The Spartan Race World Championship weekend will be held October 1-2 at Lake Tahoe. The World Championship Beast takes place on Saturday October 1 with the men’s heat starting at 7:30 am and the women’s heat at 7:45 am.
Competitors qualified by placing in the top 5 in one of the qualifying races in over 25+ Countries.
World Championship Prize Money Total $100,000
Men & Women Elite Beast
1st place $15,000
2nd place $10,000
3rd place $5,000
4th place $4,000
5th place $3,000
*All racers finishing in Top 20 receive cash prize and a Spartan Annual Pass.
The race will be filmed by NBC and be televised Dec. 25 at 5pm ET.
Robert Killian (USA) and Zuzana Kocumova (CZE) will return to defend their titles.
Married Couple, Lindsay Webster (CAN) and Ryan Atkins (CAN) are the Spartan U.S. Championship Series winners designed to determine best all-around obstacle racer and televised on NBC Sports.
Legendary former NFL wide receiver Randy Moss will be on-hand to complete the Spartan Trifecta. He currently has the Charlotte Spartan Sprint and Asheville Super under his belt with only the Beast remaining.