Spartan US National Series 2021 Elite Men Coverage | Utah Beast

spartan is back i'm david magee and we're here in ogden utah for race two of the spartan us national series presented by usana a 14 mile beast course on the slopes of snow basin resort 34 obstacles 4 000 feet of elevation gain of rocky steep rugged terrain we're in for a good battle we're just moments away from the start of the men's race which features a particularly interesting field the top three finishers from 2019 are all making their season premiere in johnny luna lima ryan atkins and tyler veerman luna lima looked particularly unbeatable here last year but the long course will work in atkins favor don't overlook ryan woods ryan kempson or the 2019 world champ robert killian who is coming off a dominant victory on the mountains of palmerton last weekend now let's take you to the action utah your home spartans what is your profession let's go [Music] [Music] uh say excuse me sir so [Applause] so next hey boys this okay all right there you go good job [Music] uh that's a peloton oh yeah this guy's been riding his bike more than anyone run with me huh [Applause] like to have a bit of variety that's fair alrighty guys on the first climb up um we've got a guy who do not recognize and then uh tyler bearman um ryan atkins a few other guys are in like the top five no sign of johnny luna limo or robert killian just yet outside the top ten but a long way to go hey there bro what's your name huck oh my gosh if you know the legend of uh hobie cool this is his son here we go this is the guy that's gonna curse your records i know you're dead well yeah yeah i've been watching you guys for a long time it's great to see you out here racing um right now we have our leaders coming through here they just crested the top of the first climb you see ryan atkins in third place right now three men have really separated themselves from the rest of the field on the top of this first of three climbs that we have going on they just got through the olympus obstacle at the top it was gradual but a steep kicker off nasty unmarked trail that really blew this race open as you see tyler veerman sitting in fourth ryan kempson in fifth the mountain runners are out today that's ian hosek bringing up sixth position right now let's go buddy there we go there's more to come oh i'm looking forward to it paul you're doing great mate you're looking super strong guys it's from first place we have hope because son hawk call we'll see who's next fantastic guys doing phenomenal so we got ryland in sixth place just now nice right guys seven and eight they're right there i've cramped since my all four i have no idea oh mate great job buddy so possible big surprise but uh no robert killian and no um johnny luna lima in the top 10 top 15 as yet um but still a bit of a way to go in this course about seven miles in good job newbie well done mate i don't think that new here he is looking very strong not far off at all from hobie call son port call thank you well we're here at about mile nine just before bender athletes are coming off the second major descent of this course before the last and final climb with five miles left and your race leader is just arriving we've got some new faces in the field today you're gonna be introduced to what's your name for those of you who don't know that is hawk call that is the son of two-time world champion hobie call he lives in utah everyone has been saying this guy is coming for everyone and here he is in first place leading ryan atkins who's coming up just behind ryan atkins has been given a hard chase here since the top of the second climb closed the gap a little bit still looking very comfortable as he makes his way over bender very smooth and off to the big climb of the day the final steep one ryan atkins sitting in second place skipping a lot of rungs it's where he makes up a little bit of time in third place right now we have josh mcadams he's looked strong through this entire race been sitting in the top three the entire time still maintaining contact with ryan atkins yep [Music] good job in seventh place at mile nine we've got ryan kempson coming in just over my shoulder being followed closely by logan broadbent they're in for a little battle right now every point counts with kempson going by as well as hosek and forrest bogue all these guys are duking it out to try and stay in the top 10. splash that neck dude cool down four miles [Applause] calm cool and collected ready to it up [Applause] we've got horcol still in first but being tracked very closely now by ryan atkins who's picked up a bit of time pretty epic stuff coming up here it's going to be a phenomenal finale uh coming up so this steep gully coming up and they've got still a bit more of a hill up here nice job guys clever racing well done so [Applause] so [Applause] uh we've got josh mcadams in third place and then we've got grind woods and ryland shack in fourth and fifth phenomenal guy phenomenal well done this is first through fifth yes there we go still four and a half miles to go but we know what ryan atkins is like in the second half of this monster of a course and the king himself all right not even slain you hurry up guys huh first life okay as the elite males ryan atkins and hawk cole hope we call son are on sandbag carrie put it in the elite mailbox thank you uh ryan atkins is in first um cole is in second over definitely going to be working on those more thank you so i keep in touch because you still may miss the spear [Music] this can i grab your radio quickly absolutely oh yeah the all the top layer the same you going yet yep ryan's first hot core second he needs to have a really good obstacle gauntlet enable to catch up with atkins we know how strong atkins is on the obstacles good job brother so [Music] great job now here we go you got a radio do you want to call it in when he's complete excuse me do you want to call it in just say ryan atkins is uh yeah you could use a carabiner you could use the top top rope if you need help yep it's okay as long as your feet don't use support you're fine come on dude keep keep pushing guys hey off the course thank you breathe oh yeah there you go there you go [Applause] whew god wow [Applause] let's go baby let's go dude think big think big yeah get it use those legs [Applause] that's good dude you're good [Music] [Applause] puke it out baby puke it out right right right right right right right right right come on haas awesome job by the way awesome job come on dude everything you got they just hit the tire all of it right now dude it gets easier the higher you get keep going everything you got baby everything you got use those feet use those feet hell yeah come on baby come on [Applause] god damn dude biceps [Applause] coming off the last little stretch in the rolling mud under the dunk wall you have ryan atkins just the slip wall stands between him and the first place finish here in the u.s national series race from utah race number two and the 300 points that go along with it belongs to ryan atkins [Music] a little showboat at atkins as he takes it home first place here in utah at the beast in the u.s national series ryan atkins will take the win [Applause] second place in the rolling mud we have rylan shadag he's proven that montana was no fluke ryan shadag is about to have defeated some of the best racers in this country as he makes his way to the final drop the dunk wall ryan shadeag has bested some of the top racers in the world to take second place here today in utah at the beast for the u.s national series this is hot call son of homie call it's time for hawk call to make his emergence third place today in utah in the u.s national series [Music] he's right behind you you got 20 seconds go go up and over up and over up and over [Music] [Applause] one incredible finish we saw ryan atkins do what he does start off eased back let the other guys go and then charge late to win the race second place the emergence of ryland sheddick ryland won in montana but nobody expected to see him finishing second place today and then of course in third hawk call the son of hobie call now carving out his own place in history as he reaches adulthood and we're about to see a lot of the people in this field shaken up by the fact that hot call is coming well we're standing here today with your men's champion ryan atkins and ryan tell us about how this thing shook out today it was hot real hot damn hot no it was great it was uh i mean i haven't been able to run like at all so i'm doing a lot of cycling which uh yeah my fitness is really really good my running is like maybe the worst it's ever been and they've met in the middle and it was it was good you told me that you were monitoring your heart rate the whole race tell us about it a little bit yeah i mean i knew uh i knew if your heartbeat went too high in this heat and this exposure that way you just wouldn't be able to get it back and like getting like a little bit faster in the first 45 minutes would cost you like dearly in the last hour 15 so uh yeah that was my plan and sure enough i just kept a steady effort it probably dropped a little bit as it went on but everyone else fell off huge so two new guys to share the podium with today and ryland chidag and hawk call what were your thoughts racing them today i mean it was fun hawk was ripping really good he's a incredible runner and uh ryland same thing he was keeper fit out there and uh it was just good running i thought you know new guys you kind of expected to start them to like fade a bit but they just kept going well great job as always today and uh catch you at the next one 300 points first place enjoy it cheers rylan chadegg second place today after winning in montana just a couple months ago what were your thoughts coming into this race did you expect it to go this way and how do you feel honestly i had no idea what to expect um i just told myself i was going to race my own race and give god the glory because like honestly i'm super new to the sport i'm new to running i had no idea where i would be at i knew i loved running mountains but like the first half hour i felt like i was gonna puke so it made me like go slower take it slow and i was just like just god like helped me help me to just calm down and then i i felt my stomach settle and i ate more food immediately thought i was gonna puke again so after doing that after the first hour i was like you know what like i'm just gonna rely on on like what i've got in the tank no more fuel no more water just tiny sips so i didn't take anything in my stomach finally calm down and i was like i found out about this kid that he's eight and he has a brain tumor um and at work we're making shirts for him to sell at our fire department and uh he's only got like probably eight months to live um and i was like this sucks i feel like i'm gonna puke but like that's nothing compared to that it's nothing compared to like my mom not being able to walk a grocery store a couple years ago and collapse so like i was like god gave me this ability now and i'm gonna use it so that's what i did and i was just like you know big booties win races pick up that tire do that turquoise and i was like i didn't win but i'm happy i'm happy with second that was everything i had today so well you put it deserves it you put on one heck of a charge in the second half of that race and you moved up quite a bit over the course of that race what were your were your thoughts as that was happening i was just honestly i had just this mantra of like god's power and my weakness like i was feeling like i was gonna puke and i was like you know what my fueling strategy is out the window i'm just gonna trust that if god wants me to do well i'll feel good if he doesn't then like i learn a lot so i was taking the obstacles chill watching other people's do it the ones i was in is familiar with and then i would just attack the downhill in the flats and the whole back half of the course i was just like i think someone's going to catch me but as soon as i saw hawk i knew hawk was going to do well i ran timpanogas with him last week or like two weeks ago and that kid could climb so i was like i don't the only way i'm gonna catch him is if i flip this tire super fast and if i do that turquoise fast so i honestly didn't think i was going to catch him until i saw him at the herquay struggling so he's strong now i don't think most people expected to see both of you sitting in the 2-3 spot but he was going to win but you know what they certainly will moving forward you made a mark today congratulations thanks man i'm standing here today with hawk call your men's third place finisher that nobody saw coming except for this guy right here two-time world champion hobie call his father hawk first big race tell us about it uh that was awesome those first first nine miles were amazing i was like i'm i'm gapping ryan i was like i'm keeping them all right off my tail and then as soon as we got to the heavier obstacles it was just just closer and closer and closer and then that her horse at the end rylan just blew past me and i was like oh i was like it's over i was like it's not gonna happen but it was awesome it was a great day awesome first race i had so much fun out there it's a lot different than running around the track well absolutely and and it is your home course today and you did have dad out there watching so what did that mean to you oh that was awesome i mean it was great having my whole family out here and some friends from the team came out to support me as well and so yeah just knowing they were all down there at this finishing gauntlet waiting for me to come through it was like huge motivation and definitely wanted to do them proud which i feel like i did so i'm happy with it yeah this is proud dad right here for those of you who don't know and you should know this is two-time you call it three-time three-time world champion hobie call we count the texas championship as well but what were your thoughts going into this race about how hawk would do and then how things turned out oh my gosh i haven't been this excited in a long time that's more exciting than me racing um honestly as far as results go though that that was pretty much anticipated minus you know many mistakes but he didn't have any so no our fitness is right exactly where we thought it was so he's off to a good start that's for sure any chances that we'll see the both of you on a podium anytime soon well since you asked i did get a hernia surgery a couple months ago so if all the recovers well there that's actually my plan to come out of retirement and make him chase me all next year okay hawk who who would win in a race right now oh i'll take him it can be this little dance he's about to become a grandpa man he's his his first day podium days are over he'll be he'll be right here a second right right where he should be the first grandfather with elite podium what do you think about that oh my goodness he doesn't know what he's talking about little does he know just how good i am he's gonna find out though well i think the whole world found out today about hot call so hopefully we see you both on the start line soon congratulations great job happy for you both [Music] you

Channel: Spartan Race

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Keywords: Spartan Race, Spartan, OCR, Obstacle Course Racing, hobie call, hawk call, utah beast, spartan race 2021, us national series 2021, national series, Ryan Atkins

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Length: 37min 3sec (2223 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 18 2021