Although these were both the shortest distances, the race day experiences would be very different. As a beginner, these felt like the right fit. The Spartan Sprint and Stadium Series are the shortest distances with approximately three miles of racing and 20-plus obstacles. If you’re not familiar with Spartan Races, there are four types: Sprint, Super, Beast, and Stadium Series. Most recently, Rea participated in an expedition adventure race hosted by Bear Grylls in Fiji, a 700-kilometre-plus journey that taught her so much about herself, life and what a true adventure can be like.I decided to face my fear of failure and I signed up for not one, but two, Spartan Races within about a month of each other. Colorado helped her find a new love of adventure: she also learned how to mountain bike, backcountry ski and climb. In the past couple of years, Rea has won three 24-hour OCR Ultra World Championships and remains undefeated at endurance OCR of 30 miles or longer. After finishing her master’s in materials science and engineering at Stanford, she moved to Boulder, Colorado, to take a chance on a life as a full-time athlete. After moving to America, she slowly fell in love with trail running, until miles on trails brought her back to her life as an athlete. Rea grew up in Slovenia, where sports always played a big part in her life she was on the national gymnastics team for most of her childhood. While her primary sport is obstacle course racing (OCR), she loves any kind of self-propelled motion outside, especially in the mountains. Rea Kolbl is a professional athlete in love with the outdoors. In this week’s episode, coach Hillary talks with professional obstacle course racer Rea Kolbl about her evolution as an athlete, how she adapts to the unpredictable situations she has encountered both in life and races, and why she purposely tries new things that are outside of her comfort zone.
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