Dealing with the unknown, unexpected and unimaginable tests a leader’s skills as a strategist, communicator and risk taker. In the extreme endurance racing world, nowhere do these traits get tested more than in the 2018 Spartan Death Race, which Patrick Slevin recently competed.
ENDURANCE SPORTS: AN EXTREME JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY & PROFESSIONAL SATISFACTION
“Every man dies, but not every man lives” is the proclamation on the website of Peak Races’ Death Race (www.youmaydie.com), which is the same event that gave birth to the highly successful Spartan Races. This simple, yet profound sentiment captures and drives the extreme endurance and obstacle course racing craze throughout the Western Hemisphere...
SUMMER DEATH RACE 2014: THE SKULL BEHIND THE MASK (PART II OF III)
We are faced with many choices throughout our lives. No matter how big or small the fork in the road, there’s a consequence for making a choice. Every choice made forms and fashions the person we are now: The good, bad and ugly. In my Death Race journey, I would soon have a choice between riding a white charter bus with AC or a yellow school bus with no comforts whatsoever...
SUMMER DEATH RACE 2014: THE SKULL BEHIND THE MASK (PART I OF III)
Out of 300 Death Racers who started the race, 64 collected their skulls after 66+ hours of playing the game. I was literally death racer, 65 (55+ hours deep into the race), late Sunday afternoon. I missed the last time drop by just a few seconds, steps and yards in the sprint from Borden’s house to Riverside...