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More Than 40,000 Spartans Complete Project Unbreakable, the World's Largest Virtual Race

More Than 40,000 Spartans Complete Project Unbreakable, the World's Largest Virtual Race

By The Spartan Editors
· June 01, 2020
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Spartan hosted the biggest event in its history this past weekend. As part of Project Unbreakable: The World's Largest Virtual Race, more than 40,000 athletes in more than 100 countries crossed the virtual finish line.

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The event unfolded in the homes, backyards, and neighborhoods of athletes on six continents, from the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East to Africa, Asia, and Australia. The athletes, ranging from weekend warriors to pros, tackled virtual editions of Spartan’s four signature obstacle course races: the 5K, 20-obstacle Spartan Sprint; the 10K, 25-obstacle Spartan Super; the half-marathon, 30-obstacle Spartan Beast; and the 50K, 60-obstacle Spartan Ultra. Spartan Kids races, for kids ages 4-14, were also offered, ranging from half-mile to 2-mile distances.

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This is one of the hardest weekends I’ve had in a long time in terms of racing. Never have I ever did 3 different races all in one ☝️ weekend. Friday was the Spartan Sprint, Saturday was the Spartan Super, and Sunday was the Spartan Beast. I thought 🤔 it would be easy but it wasn’t! But You know what life isn’t easy either, and everything you have you had to work for it, everything that you don’t have you need to work for it. So my advice is no matter what your goal is you have to work for it otherwise you’ll never reach it. I am a Spartan!!!

A post shared by Slava Achildiev (@slavasfreedomfitness) on Jun 1, 2020 at 8:27am PDT

Created for indoor or outdoor completion, athletes hit the virtual course for a total of 65,802 hours, covering 231,488 miles by running (or through a provided alternative, such as stationary bikes and rowing machines). The obstacles were made up of a series of bodyweight and aerobic exercises, such as push-ups, mountain climbers, bear crawls, jump rope, stair climbs, and more.

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This weekend I had an opportunity and I took it. Spartan race Trifecta: 5k, 10k, and 21k in two days. I’ve logged a total of 23 miles and 75 “obstacles” Saturday and Sunday. Am I sore? Absolutely. Do I regret it? Not at all. Spartan #spartanprojectunbreakable #spartantrifecta #spartansprint #spartansuper #spartanbeast #lockdown2020 #trifectaweekend #trifectaweekend2020 #fleetfeetwinston #running #winstonsalem

A post shared by @ jgib_86 on Jun 1, 2020 at 11:46am PDT

The success of the event was underscored by the use of Spartan’s virtual race hashtags on social media. There were more than 35,000 posts about the event throughout the weekend, and the hashtag #SpartanProjectUnbreakable was used 17,000 times alone. All participants earned a global leaderboard spot and a virtual medal.

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The brand partnered with World OCR, also known as the Fédération Internationale de Sports d’Obstacles (FISO) — which has member federations in 129 countries — to reach athletes around the world and help them stay fit and healthy.

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What a great weekend of training! Might as well make the most out of this quarantine! Love it when I need an ice bath to finish the weekend off! Thankful that we can still get out and do these workouts together virtually BUT I really miss the connections with others at the races and can’t wait to be back at a REAL race! Thanks for putting this on @spartanrace! Saturday triathlon with @grantmerry and Sunday @spartan virtual beast 13 miles and 30 excercises! I certainly miss a race staff marking the course as mine ended up being over 16 trail miles as I took a wrong turn! Haha but loved it! Thanks so much to all my supporters so I can get out and do these things! @athleticbrewing @vengacbd @spartan @fitaid @vjshoes @honeystinger @mudgear @fitbarstrong #spartanprojectunbreakable #spartanrace #spartanpro2020 #ocr #racetime #trailrunning #obstacles #spartan #spartanwoman #spartanstrong #spartvirtualracing

A post shared by Athlete Heather Gollnick (@athlete_heather_gollnick) on Jun 1, 2020 at 8:58am PDT

Project Unbreakable is Spartan’s latest effort to keep its community connected and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the event, Spartan saw close to 20,000 entries in weekly virtual races, which began in April.

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