Oct 25 - 26, 2025
2025 Virginia Spartan Event Weekend
2025 Virginia Spartan Event Weekend
Dense Forests
Race through rugged trails surrounded by Virginia’s thick, untamed woodlands for a true backcountry challenge
Technical Terrain
Conquer steep inclines, rocky paths, and open fields that push your endurance to the limit
Rich History
The Massanutten town was both an early American settlement and a vital Civil War lookout
Oct 25 - 26
Sprint 5K
20 OBSTACLES
Oct 25 - 26
KIDS RACE 1-3km
+OBSTACLES
Oct 25
2025 Trifecta Pass
PURCHASE A TRIFECTA PASS / RACE ALL THREE DISTANCES & SAVE. (Pain / suffering / transformation)
1/12
Sprint
Super
Kids Race
Trifecta
THE SUPER
Distance
10 km
Obstacles
25
Avg duration
2 h25 m31 s
Our next-level challenge. A combination of speed and endurance, this 10K demands your best.
CLIMB
WALLS
Starting at 4 feet and reaching up to 8 feet high, walls require a combination of strength, agility, coordination, and technique to scale. As always, Spartans are encouraged to attack the course together but conquer all obstacles alone, and walls are no exception.
CLIMB
WALLS
THROW
SPEAR THROW
The obstacle that has defined Spartan World Championships. Your challenge is to choose a spear, fire at a target 25 ft / 7.6 m away, and hope it sticks in the target without falling out. Once you try Spear Throw once you'll want to come back and try again, and it's a lot of fun.
THROW
SPEAR THROW
SWING
MULTI-RIG
The Multi-Rig comes in many configurations, starting with Sprint and going right up to Ultra. Sometimes you’ll encounter rings, other times rings and pipes, and sometimes ropes, baseballs, and other tricky things to grab onto.
SWING
MULTI-RIG
CARRY
BUCKET CARRY
Often involves a steep wooden ladder on two sides of a flat crossing, sometimes made from stacked cargo containers. It's high, and after running your legs off, you'll want to take this carefully.
CARRY
BUCKET CARRY
STRENGTH
HERCULES HOIST
"Herc" is essentially a heavy sandbag attached to a rope and pulley system. Each competitor must pull on enough rope to raise the weight to the top then gently lower it back down without it free-falling.
STRENGTH
HERCULES HOIST
CLIMB
INVERTED WALL
Whoever named this had no idea what inverted actually means, but the name stuck. With some practice, it's possible to run at it, flip over the top, slap the face of it with one arm, and catapult down the other side. You will surely be more popular if you can do this.
CLIMB
INVERTED WALL
CLIMB
SLIP WALL
Rolling Mud is a series of deep water-filled mud pits that make your life difficult by filling your shoes and socks with wet and sticky mud. It’s called “rolling” because you’ll need to wade through several of these pits of brown mud and water.
CLIMB
SLIP WALL
CARRY
SANDBAG CARRY
Spartan sandbags come in various shapes and weigh 60 lb (27 kg) for men / 40 lb (18 kg) for women. This isn't like carrying a bag of groceries.You'll usually find the Sandbag Carry on uneven ground, in mud, or if you’re particularly (un)lucky, up the side of a ski slope.
CARRY
SANDBAG CARRY
CLIMBING
ROPE CLIMB
Gym class was nothing. At the top of the 16 ft / 4.8m rope is a bell that must be rung with your hand. All Spartan race levels feature rope climb, and it becomes progressively more difficult in cold, wet, or muddy conditions.
CLIMBING
ROPE CLIMB
CARRY
Barbed Wire Crawl
Wire obstacles were used during the Civil War to slow the enemy, and since then armed forces around the world have made this a staple of basic obstacle courses.
CARRY
Barbed Wire Crawl
LEAP
FIRE JUMP
The iconic finish line obstacle. Some go for hang-time, others tap an ankle, tuck jump, or join hands with friends. Just don’t land in the fire.
LEAP
FIRE JUMP
CLIMB
A-FRAME CARGO
A towering obstacle that takes after its name. This giant 'A' shaped structure will test both your dynamic footwork and fear of heights. Climb over the top and down as quickly as possible using only the webbing. This is hard to do fast, especially in wet conditions.
CLIMB
A-FRAME CARGO
CARRY
ATLAS CARRY
A strength challenge that dates back +1000 years to the highland games of Scotland. Summon Celtic strength to lift a 100 lb/45 kg stone up, carry it around a flagpole, and haul it back to the start. Female competitors must carry an equally difficult 75 lb/35 kg stone.
CARRY
ATLAS CARRY
CLIMBING
BENDER
This intermediate to advanced obstacle is essentially a ladder with a series of wide rungs starting high off the ground. Each of the rungs bends back toward you, making it progressively harder to get up, over the top, and down onto the crash mats on the other side.
CLIMBING
BENDER
TRAVERSE
OLYMPUS
You must race at Super and Beast levels to take on Olympus, with Beast mode being the hardest. Inspired by bouldering, Olympus is an obtuse angled wall with a plethora of holes, rock-climbing holds, and short chains to grab onto.
TRAVERSE
OLYMPUS
CLIMBING
STAIRWAY TO SPARTA
Comes into play at Super, Beast, and Ultra levels. This is a narrow ‘A’ shaped obstacle with a smooth three foot wall at its base, followed by horizontal ladder rungs up and over the other side. In Beast mode, the rungs are replaced with rock climbing handholds.
CLIMBING
STAIRWAY TO SPARTA
+ MANY MORE
Each event not only features our signature obstacles but also includes new challenges specifically designed to complement the unique race environment of that location.
+ MANY MORE
What You Earn
SUPER MEDAL
Super participants proudly take home a well-deserved 2025 Spartan Super finisher medal, a tangible symbol of grit and determination.
SUPER MEDAL
FINSHER TEE
Rep your race triumph wherever you go with the exclusive 2025 Super finisher tee.
FINSHER TEE
TRIFECTA MEDAL WEDGE
Along with your Super medal, you’ll also receive a Super Trifecta wedge. Complete a Sprint & Beast in the same year to conquer Spartan's ultimate challenge.
TRIFECTA MEDAL WEDGE
BRAGGING RIGHTS
Completing a Spartan Race is no easy feat. Join a community of resilient humans with unwavering commitment to pushing boundaries both on and off the course.
BRAGGING RIGHTS
FESTIVAL ENTRANCE
Feel the pulsating energy as racers cross the finish line, and celebrate their achievements amidst a backdrop of music, beer gardens and jubilation that is a Spartan Race atmosphere.
FESTIVAL ENTRANCE
Race Day Info
What to bring / What to wear
Race Day Program & Documents
Roo's Lockerhouse
Where to Stay
What Finishers Earn
Sep
06
2025
2025 West Virginia Spartan Trifecta Weekend
Sep
04
2025
2025 West Virginia Spartan Trifecta World Championship
Sep
07
2025
Country Roads Trail Run
Trifecta World Championship Team Captains
Join your country's TWC Community Team and build the strongest team that will represent your nation at the Trifecta World Championship 2023 Nations Parade in Sparta!
Become a Volunteer
As a Spartan Race volunteer, you will help our racers and have a unique, behind-the-scenes race experience. Not only that, but volunteering gets you free entry to a race.
Travel & Destination
Discover everything you need to know about Sparta and find the best travel options to make your event unforgettable.
