Any Given Runday

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

Any Given Runday

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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?

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