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Holbrook "Hobie" Call (born 1977) is an American former competitive runner and elite obstacle course racer. Call is a multiple-time winner of the Spartan Race, an obstacle race with challenges similar to those found in the television program '' American Gladiators''.Reed Albergott
"Grueling Race Puts Up Obstacles, Especially for One Man,"
Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2011 A native of
Call also participated in Episode 44, 47, and 50 of the OCR Warrior TV Show.
Call announced his retirement from competitive obstacle course racing in 2015, but joined the Spartan Race Pro-Team for 2017. During the announcement, he stated it would be his last year of competitive racing.
In 2012, Hall publicly claimed that he would be able to run a sub-2:00 marathon (which would be a world record), despite a personal best of only 2:16 on a net downhill course. His responses to follow-up interviews, who cited his lack of elite road performances and the difficulty of breaking a world record, were described as "defensive" and "borderline neurotic". As of 2024, Call has never improved on his previous best of 2:16.
Holbrook "Hobie" Call (born 1977) is an American former competitive runner and elite obstacle course racer. Call is a multiple-time winner of the Spartan Race, an obstacle race with challenges similar to those found in the television program '' American Gladiators''.Reed Albergott"Grueling Race Puts Up Obstacles, Especially for One Man,"
Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2011 A native of
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
, he is the father of five children.
Call won the Scramble Gamble at the Superhero Scramble race in Miami
Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...
, FL on March 12, 2012. He finished first with a time of 33:29 and won a cash purse of $2,000. Call also ran in and won the Scramble Gamble race in Waldo, FL on July 28, 2012, with a finishing time of 27:05. Since, Call has won many Superhero Scrambles.
Call took the first win of the Spartan Race season in Southern California. He finished the 8 mile course in under an hour.
He was 2nd place male at the 2012 Spartan Race Championships at Killington, VT and the first place male competitor at the 2013 Spartan Race Championship at Killington, VT.
Call also participated in Episode 44, 47, and 50 of the OCR Warrior TV Show.
Call announced his retirement from competitive obstacle course racing in 2015, but joined the Spartan Race Pro-Team for 2017. During the announcement, he stated it would be his last year of competitive racing.
In 2012, Hall publicly claimed that he would be able to run a sub-2:00 marathon (which would be a world record), despite a personal best of only 2:16 on a net downhill course. His responses to follow-up interviews, who cited his lack of elite road performances and the difficulty of breaking a world record, were described as "defensive" and "borderline neurotic". As of 2024, Call has never improved on his previous best of 2:16.
Running Race Results
Obstacle Course Racing Results
See also
* Spartan Race * Tough Mudder * Warrior DashReferences
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