by jung2828 | May 15, 2019 | Balance, Family, OCR Training, Race prep, running, Uncategorized
Back in September of 2018 right before my 40th Birthday I set a huge goal for myself, a couple big goals actually. I signed up for a 44km trail race with almost 4000 feet of elevation in bear country with very few people on the course. This scared me for many...
by jung2828 | Jun 22, 2018 | Family, Monkey Bars, Obstacle Course Racing, running, Spartan Race, Uncategorized
I wasn’t actually going to sign up for Spartan Sprint this year, the only reason I signed up was because I had forgotten to use the free race code I had when I signed up for the Spartan Beast and Super. As it turns out I am so glad I did sign up for this one! ...
by jung2828 | Jun 12, 2018 | Balance, Family, Healthy Body image, Obstacle Course Racing, OCR Training, Spartan Race, X Warrior Challenge
People ask me all the time why I race, especially those that don’t understand or race themselves like my family. I always say because I love it or it challenges me in new ways or is fun. But there is another reason behind it and it goes a lot deeper than just...
by jung2828 | May 28, 2018 | Family, Obstacle Course Racing, OCR Training, running, Uncategorized, X Warrior Challenge
I ran my first X Warrior Challenge race last year in May, the weekend after I ran the Montana Spartan Beast where I hurt my knee and achilles. It was a race I needed, it was fun and challenging and had a great community feel. I signed up that night for the Titan...
by jung2828 | Jun 2, 2017 | Family, Obstacle Course Racing, running, X Warrior Challenge
The X Warrior Challenge is a new homegrown Calgary race, I was sad to miss it last year and super pumped to run it this year even though it was the week after the Montana Spartan Beast. My best friend and I signed up for the open heat and we signed our daughters up...
by jung2828 | Mar 29, 2017 | Family, Healthy Body image, Obstacle Course Racing, running, Spartan Race
People ask me all the time, why do you like to run obstacle course races? And why do you like Spartan races so much??? When chatting with a friend of mine who wants to run a Spartan race it hit me, she said “Spartan seems like the creme de la creme, the hardest...
