Spartan Trifecta in a weekend
Created by Chris
9th October 2021
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Story
Although I only saw Adam a couple of times a year at birthdays or parties etc, as he was good friends with my brother (Geoff Pearce) and sister in-law (Elisa Bray-Pearce), he made a lasting impression on me as i'm sure many others will attest to. As any of my friends or family would tell you, i'm not the most outgoing person in the world, so when it came to attending gatherings it was always a bit nerve racking for me to just start chatting to people I didn't really know, but whenever Adam was there, he would always come straight over and start chatting with me, always remember what we had spoken about years before, and remember my sons name and what I had been up to in recent years and we would always be laughing with some random banter. I never knew Adam had cystic fibrosis until around eight years after I first met him, he didn't let it define himself or hold him back, and he was one of the most positive and humorous people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. So after the tragic loss of Adam in February 2018 I decided to stop having the occasional party cigarette and avoiding going for that dreaded evening run, so I decided to look after my lungs, as for someone such as Adam spending their whole life just wanting functioning lungs, I felt utterly selfish treating mine so badly. So actually sticking to a New Years resolution, in January 2019 I started finally working on my cardio and get my lungs working properly as I have always let asthma slow me down and decided to tackle the Trifecta of Spartan runs, these consisted of: Spartan Sprint is a 5 km, 20 obstacle race Spartan Super is a 10 km, 25 obstacle race Spartan Beast is a half marathon, 30 obstacle race I did these over the year and always had Adam at the back of my mind and I feel I owe him for sparking this drive in myself, so I would like to try and give something back raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust by completing the Trifecta in one whole weekend, the Beast will be on Saturday the 10th October and the Sprint and Super will be on Sunday the 11th October.Updates
Spartan Sprint
12th October 2021Legs felt absolutely shot by this point, wading across the river twice soon woke them up with some adrenaline!
Spartan Super completed
12th October 2021Legs felt surprisingly good after the Beast the day before.
Spartan race - Beast
9th October 2021First one down, two to go!
Spartan Trifecta Back on (again)!
2nd September 2021As the Welsh Trifecta was cancelled again due to the ongoing Covid situation, I decided to book for the London South-East Trifecta. Let's hope it goes ahead this time!
Spartan trifecta back on
23rd April 2021It looks as though the Trifecta weekend will go ahead on the weekend of the 19th and 20th June this year, so back to training again and pestering people for donations, Wish me luck!
UPDATE
6th October 2020Unfortunately, due to the current Covid-19 situation, all remaining UK Spartan runs have been cancelled for 2020.
However, I see this as a positive and it gives me more time to train, and more time to find raise!
I will be going for the 2021 Trifecta in Wales on June the 19th.
Thank you all for your support and donations so far, let's hope 2021 will be better!