3,000 Participants Expected For Spartan’s First Ocean City Obstacle Course Event

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OCEAN CITY – The Mayor and Council week approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the first-ever Spartan obstacle course race in Ocean City set for Oct. 5.

Spartan, a national sports event company based in Boston, produces high-intensity obstacle course runs all over the country. For the first time ever, Spartan is bringing it obstacle course run to Ocean City on Saturday, Oct. 5, after the council on Monday approved an MOU outlining each party’s responsibilities for the event.

The Spartan event will include a festival village at the Inlet parking lot featuring tents with food, music and vendors. The obstacle course itself will take place largely on the Boardwalk in the downtown area including some obstacles at street ends.

Thousands of competitors are expected to compete in the race, which includes obstacles such as cargo nets, walls to traverse, rope climbs, monkey bars, water hazards, atlas carries, box jumps, spear throws, sandbag carries and others. The Ocean City event is characterized as a sprint, “delivering 20 obstacles” over the three-mile course, according to Spartan’s website.

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