Plains residents orchestrate own ‘Spartan Race’ runs as scheduled
From left, are Plains Spartan Race competitors Will Tatum, Greg Tatum and their dad, Mike Tatum. Mike was prepared to compete in the Montana Spartan Challenge in Bigfork before COVID-19 put a halt to it. So he built a course near home and the tradition continued. (Photo by Shawna Tatum)
Will Tatum, of Plains, carries a 2x4 through a culvert during the local version of the 2020 Spartan Race. Wlll’s dad, Mike, had the idea after the Spartan Event in Bigfork was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Mike Tatum)
The COVID-19 pandemic may have forced the cancellation of countless events in Montana and across the world, but Plains resident Mike Tatum didn’t let it stop him from putting on an abbreviated version of the famed Spartan Race.
The Spartan Race in Montana began in 2013 in Bigfork and would have been held for the eighth time the weekend of May 2-3 in the lakeside community in Flathead County...
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