Carrie Adams aka Carrie RADams is a writer, working mom, endurance athlete, woman of CrossFit, and clean-eating enthusiast. RADams is also a Pilates instructor living and working in the Midwest. She started the Spartan Chicked movement and her posts are often editorial in nature, telling the stories of our athletes and giving our community insight to all things Spartan Race. Her personal motto? “Stay Rad.” She began her journey with Spartan Race as a Spartan herself, running in Temecula in 2011 where she was featured in a Spartan video about overcoming adversity. Shortly thereafter, she joined HQ fulltime and has since seen the race calendar expand from 12 to 50 worldwide and the participants from 20,000 to 350,000. It’s been a wild ride that she has loved documenting from the beginning. Contact her via Facebook, or her blog www.leavingapath.com.
February 7, 2012 at 3:25 pm
Carrie and all Sparta,
I just wanted to drop a note of thanks. Though this note goes to all of your at Spartan Race, I didn’t know who would be best to send it to and having followed you on the blog I thought I would at least start with you.
I wanted to thank Spartan Racing for inspiring me. Funny as it may sound since I haven’t had the chance to compete in a Spartan Race yet, but the mission and actions of the Spartan Race ‘family’ have inspired me to train harder and to be better. Through Spartan videos, blog entries, stories, W.O.D.s, and pod casts I have come to admire your organization. The team Joe has put together is amazing. The people outside that team, the racers, are inspiring. Again I want this thank you to go to the whole organization.
I am registered for three Spartan races this year and hope to complete the Trifecta. This coming a year removed from being 300 pounds and anything but active. I have had the opportunity to run three races so far in other series (Warrior Dash and Run Ruckus) but the Spartan Race is what keeps me training and pushing myself. Your creed and outreach speak to me.
I am an evangelist for your organization and obstacle course racing and have joined the Street Team (though it is hard with the closest Spartan Race being 4 hours away). I hope to soon convince Spartan Race to come to Western Pennsylvania and hold a race at one of our ski resorts.
Again, I just wanted to drop a note to thank your organization for being a part of me getting my life back.
Arooo,
Chris Detar
PS: Have you ever thought about having a heavy weights division for races. My local Turkey Trot 5k has a “Clydesdale” division for people over 225 pounds. Some of us Clydesdale sized people will never keep up with the Hobie Call’s of the world.
February 21, 2012 at 11:30 am
Chris,
Just a note to say thanks, your email inspired me. Keep it up
Paul
September 25, 2012 at 11:15 am
I just saw this Chris!!! Shame on me! Thank you for the note, how are you doing?
May 22, 2012 at 5:12 pm
I just finished volunteering at the Spartan Race here in Burnet, Texas this past weekend. I had no idea that anything like this existed.
I was deeply impressed with the quality and quantity of runners that participated.
I know that I have something that every one that participated in this event needs, but I dont know how to present it to whomever I need to address it to. I would think that I would have to contact all of the individual race teams, but I would like to get your opinion and advice first.
If you will contact me at the above email address I will send you my phone number in order that I could discuss the matter.
Thanks in advance for your consideration,
Roger Sanders
January 8, 2013 at 9:44 pm
Carrie Im trying to volunteer for the time square event, how can I help. I have off that week and would really love to be part of such an event. Please.
PS im in the Trifecta club
January 9, 2013 at 8:59 am
email normk@spartanrace.com!