In ancient Sparta, the Agoge prepared boys for a lifetime of military service with harsh training that emphasised strength ...

Inspired by brutal 7th century training tactics of their namesake, Spartan, the organizer of some of the world’s toughest obstacle course races, has introduced the Agoge event. The race, which takes ...

To Joe De Sena’s credit, he never seemed out of breath, despite conducting a recent, 20-minute phone interview while climbing flights of stairs. “I’ve got a little routine,” explained the 47-year-old ...

Teddy Rojas and his girlfriend Sarah Ingraham didn’t expect the Spartan AGOGE 002 event to be easy. And it certainly wasn’t. The pair recently returned from their first grueling AGOGE series endurance ...

Is the emperor of obstacle course racing an insane masochist? Or do we really need his events to discover what we’re made of? Get the best of the magazine’s award-winning stories and features right in ...

Amy Palmiero-Winters, of Hicksville, had her left leg amputated below the knee at the age of 21 after a motorcycle accident. Running had been part of Palmiero-Winters' life before she lost her leg — ...