#334: Sean's Spartan Scotland 21k Review 2026

About this episode

Seán shares his experience of his first Spartan race, discussing obstacles, training, and future races.

Seán shares his detailed experience of participating in his first Spartan race, the 21k Beast Challenge in Edinburgh, Scotland, over the weekend. Covering obstacles, training insights (and mistakes!), as well as the terrain, Sean talks to Eric about how he got on throughout the course and the lessons he learned Is he more or less looking forward to the 5k version in Limerick in August, and what does this mean for his Dublin marathon training this year? You can follow us on Instagram: @anygiv...

People in this episode

Guest: Seán

Topics covered

• Spartan race
• 21k Beast Challenge
• running
• training insights
• marathon training

Keywords

• Spartan race
• 21k Beast Challenge
• Edinburgh
• training
• marathon

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Edinburgh, Scotland, Limerick, Dublin

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