I thought I'd do a post about, Leah Dansie, who is using the
Sydney Strength training program and someone who I’m proud of for various
sporting achievements, all whilst keeping busy with study, work and a range of
other commitments. For those of you that don't know, Leah competed in, and came
3rd in, the Spartan Race Australia’s Sprint distance held in Sydney
on the 16th of March.
Leah was one of over 3,000 competitors across multiple waves over
the course of the day. All were going over a course designed to test the
participants mental and physical toughness: 7 km's of hills, rivers,
obstacles and even a spear throw to test the participants in every mode of
physical fitness. For each of the obstacles however, the participant could
also choose to complete 30 burpees if they didn't want, or couldn't complete
the obstacle. A lot of people chose to enter the Spartan Race as a test of
their true character, just completing the race was a great achievement.
For Leah, she went to her first Spartan Race to compete amongst
the elites. In the lead up to the event, Leah's training included various
strength and conditioning sessions, including CrossFit and with a lot of days
being multiple days of added weight training. She also competes in all length
of triathlons, from sprint to half ironman distance. Although you may not think
it, Leah only did minimal running during the lead up to the race.
Averaging a few km's per week in the form of sprints or during
conditioning workouts.
Leah finished 3rd of 1178 female finishers in Spartan Sydney and
although happy with the result has identified various areas to improve on for
future races.
Leah did find some of the obstacles challenging, such as the rope
climb out of a muddy pit which proved a completely different challenge to rope
climbs in the gym. She has given herself the task to work on these weaker areas
of her training in preparation for other obstacle races, including the 3.5
hour, maximum distance race in Wagga Wagga coming up on the 6th of April.
Leah also has aspirations of competing in the Spartan Ultra Beast
42km obstacle race on Nov 2 and 3 in Sydney this year.
Top 3 females: Deanna, Melissa and Leah
We’re seeing a lot more obstacle course races, like Spartan Race across Australia and the Obstacle Course Racing community is continuing to grow. Good luck with your training and if you are after information on competing in OCR give us a shout.
To find out more about Leah, you can check out her facebook page,
Absolute Health and Fitness http://www.facebook.com/AbsoluteFitnessTraining
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