Look at that blistering pace on that elevation gain! I thunk the only thing getting crushed were souls. This is called the death march.... and for good reason. Funny story. Once i got to the top beck had ice water for me in a Starbucks coffee cup cause i just couldn't muster up the courage to take a shot of fireball the one spectator was offering. 🤢💀 I ended up taking it with me for the rest of the race. There was a double diamond hill we were coming down that made me irrationally angry because my toes were jamming in the front of my shoes the whole time. So i took them off. So there i am. Starbucks cup in one hand shoes in the other sliding all over the place cause, well, my feet didn't come with traction. At one point two girls saw the death march going up the other mountain side and asked what it was. (They were running the sprint which didn't get the march.) So i explained to them what it was. During this, some guy starts to say about what a great idea it was to have Starbucks and caffeine......... and i said its just ice water my "handler" gave to me. The guy was like oh ok and one of the girls questioned "you have a handler?" I said "yeah, i need one." And then explained it was my wife. Dude starts dying laughing and she got the joke and laughed. The cup will make an appearance when the fire jump photos come out. The photographer got a kick out of it. #spartanrace #spartanracevermont #killington #beast #teamheathen #mile11