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North East Regional Extra, Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - Page 1
February 5 - 11, 2025
Spartan Race a first for some, a lifestyle for others ◆ THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: Joshua Kusch will test his physical and mental abilities later this month, entering his first ever Spartan Race in his hometown.
BRIGHT local, Joshua Kusch will be challenging his physical and mental capacity, By JORDAN DUURSMA competing in the Spartan Race for the first time later this month. The Spartan Race is a global obstacle such as walls, pipes, ropes, and monkey course race series that tests strength, bal- bars. Participants can sign up for a range of ance, and endurance, catering for both events from 5km to 35km. newbies as well as veteran racers. For Joshua, the last weekend of FebruThe races feature custom-built obstacles,
ary will be a test of his abilities in the 5km sprint event. Josh said he started on this journey with some encouragement from his friend Matthew who is a personal trainer. “It’s definitely not something I would have even considered in the past but he challenged me to do it and we’ve been training together to prepare for the race,” he said.
“I want to see if I can do it and get up to the fitness level of that standard, each day we train, I’ve been pushing myself a little further.” The 30-year-old said this experience will push him both physically and mentally. “I’ll be super disappointed in myself if I don’t get through it,” he said. ■ Continued page 6
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