Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed something interesting when we shared the new 2020 Spartan Race medals last week.
Yesterday, Mike Morris, VP of Production at Spartan confirmed that they will be standardizing race distances for the 2020 season.
Sprint: 5k, 20 Obstacles
Super: 10k, 25 Obstacles
Beast: Half Marathon, 30 Obstacles
Ultra: 50k, 60 Obstacles
Spartan Trail races will also be standardized at 10k and Half Marathon distances.
What do you think about Spartan's decision to standardize race distances? Let us know in the comments!
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Not knowing the exact distance was a part of the fun, lowering the distance and upping the price let’s me know ya’ll are now about the money not the challenge of the race. Some other races dumbed down their race and they went down hill after that.
Spartan race was not a standard race so making it standard kinda feel like we’re losing the spirit of the spartan races…
Not a fan of standardization. Will Spartan be charging less since the courses are shorter for 2020? The races have become repetitve, predictable and boring. Not the reason I got into OCR!
Not happy at all. I got into Spartan because it was unpredictable and that made it interesting. Would the Super be 7.7 miles or 9.3. That was part of the fun, not knowing. This will definitely limit my travel to races. Is a 6 mile race worth a 7-8 hr drive ? Probably not. Spartan will need to add a 15K distance for all of the racers they will lose who do not think it is worth the travel time or money to only race 3.1 or 6.2 miles. Very disappointed by this decision.