Published: November 23, 2011
Spartan Race to Be Featured on NBC's The Biggest Loser: Where Are They Now?
LOS ANGELES - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Spartan Race, the world leader in obstacle racing events, will be
featured in NBC'S "The Biggest Loser: Where Are They Now?" Thanksgiving
special airing Wed., Nov. 23, 2011, 9-11 p.m. (EST). The program will
follow former Biggest Loser contestants Alfredo 'Frado' Dinten, Hannah
Curlee, Brendan Donovan, Patrick House, Danny Cahill, Mark Pinhasovich,
Jen Jacobs, Jay Jacobs and Olivia Ward as they take on the Staten
Island, N.Y. Super Spartan, an eight-mile obstacle course race with 15
obstacles, including Fire Jump, Slip Wall, Hercules Hoist and Barbed
Wire pit.
Next up on the Spartan Race calendar, thousands of competitors will
descend on Glen Rose, Texas, Sat., Dec. 3, 2011, for a Super Spartan
race at Rough Creek Lodge & Resort, 5165 County Road 2013. A highlight
of the event will be a "World Championship" heat in which a male and
female finisher with the fastest time respectively will walk away with a
$10,000 prize ($20,000 total) and the coveted title, "World's Best
Obstacle Racer." The championship heat will be open to all competitors
who have finished in the top 10 percent of any Spartan Race worldwide in
2011.
Male and female second-place finishers from the Glen Rose championship
heat will receive an all-expenses paid trip to next year's Spartan World
Championships to be held in Killington, Vt., Sept. 22 - 23, 2012 with
third- through fifth-place finishers earning entry to the 2012
championship event.
About Spartan Race
Spartan Race is an international obstacle racing series with three
levels of courses: three-mile Sprints with 10 obstacles; eight-mile
Olympic (Supers) with 15 obstacles; and 10- to 12-mile Ultras (Beast).
Death Race is the annual, grand-finale event. Racers may compete as
individuals or teams. The series is the brainchild of Joe Desena of
Pittsfield, Vt., home of the legendary Death Race.
Spartan Races are held in each region of the U.S. starting with a Sprint
and working up to an Ultra. World Championship Ultra will be held
annually in Vermont starting in 2012. Courses are muddy, creative and
extreme - uniquely designed to exhaust and exhilarate as well as test
competitors' strength, stamina, mental and emotional fitness and sense
of humor. For more information, a schedule of events or to register for
a Spartan Race, visit http://www.spartanrace.com/.
About "The Biggest Loser"
"The Biggest Loser" airs on NBC Tuesdays at 8 pm (ET). The first reality
series where everybody "loses," "The Biggest Loser" challenges and
encourages overweight contestants to shed pounds in a safe and
recommended manner through comprehensive diet and exercise as they
compete for a grand prize of $250,000. Hosted by Alison Sweeney, the
series provides the contestants with challenges, temptations, weigh-ins
and eliminations until the final contestant remains to claim the title
of "The Biggest Loser." For season 12, contestants work out under the
supervision of professional trainers Bob Harper, Anna Kournikova and
Dolvett Quince. "The Biggest Loser" is a production of Reveille and 25/7
Productions. Check out www.biggestloser.com
for more information.
BBPR, Inc.
Dienna D'Olimpio, 310-656-4668
ddolimpio@bbprinc.com
Copyright © 2012, Business Wire, Inc., All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2012, NewsBlaze,
Daily News
Search News
