{"id":1122,"date":"2023-04-11T13:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T13:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2023-04-11T13:54:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T13:54:06","slug":"unbreakable-challenge-accepted-spartan-january-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/11\/unbreakable-challenge-accepted-spartan-january-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Unbreakable Challenge&#8230; Accepted (Spartan) &#8211; January 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Spartan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Spartan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1124\" width=\"598\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Spartan.png 225w, https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Spartan-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Welcome 2 Running camp, we were told about an AWD (Athletes with Disabilities) initative that Spartan was focusing on.&nbsp; While I had never done an Obstacle Course Race (OCR), I decided why not?&nbsp; I mean, to this point all of the &#8216;comfortably uncomfortable&#8217; things that I&#8217;ve done with or through Team Catapult have worked out well.&nbsp; So I believed that this would as well.<br><br>My first Spartan Sprint will be in Dallas in the fall of 2023.&nbsp; While I am a bit concerned about it (mostly in regards to finding the right handholds \/ other supports on the climbing obstacles), I&#8217;m also excited about it.&nbsp; We&#8217;ll see how things go as I start the training&#8230;&nbsp; And yes, the contingency plans (meaning updated will and medical POA) are in place&#8230;<br><br>I am extremely grateful to Joe De Sena for putting this program together and Dan McDonald for helping with everything logistical so far.&nbsp; Hopefully I&#8217;ll know more in August 2023 about potential adaptations once the RDs are in place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Welcome 2 Running camp, we were told about an AWD (Athletes with Disabilities) initative that Spartan was focusing on.&nbsp; While I had never done an Obstacle Course Race (OCR), I decided why not?&nbsp; I mean, to this point all of the &#8216;comfortably uncomfortable&#8217; things that I&#8217;ve done with or through Team Catapult have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/11\/unbreakable-challenge-accepted-spartan-january-2023\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Unbreakable Challenge&#8230; Accepted (Spartan) &#8211; January 2023<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1125,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122\/revisions\/1125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}