Spartan 300 Run

Spartan 300 Run is held in El Paso, Texas, on October 24, 2026, with a single 5K starting at 7 a.m. One distance, one early gun, and the morning is yours again by eight.

A 7 a.m. race demands a plan made the night before rather than on the day: lay out your kit, eat something small on waking, and get to the venue in time for ten minutes of jogging and a few strides, because 5Ks punish cold legs harder than any other distance. Training is not complicated. Three or four runs a week for six weeks, one containing hard repetitions of two to three minutes with equal recovery, will put you in shape to race rather than just complete the distance.