Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 167 April 2024 | Page 17

Scenes in the Barracks

The Italian Club in Bedfordview is the ‘ barracks ’ of the Spartan Baby Badass Ultra , and at times it looks more like a war zone than an ordered military base . Camping beds and chairs , sleeping bags and blankets , cooler boxes filled with food and energy drinks , and amongst all this chaos , runners trying to catch a few winks in between trying to do their 24 loops in 24 hours , each one starting on the hour with the ringing of a cowbell .
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