"It's a chance to give back, and a chance to show civilians what the men and women in our military are doing and have them spend a day together. We wouldn't be where we are today without the military," De Sena said. ![]() De Sena got a good look at the area in May, when he did a tandem jump with the famed Golden Knights parachute team and later led a workout of military spouses on post. ![]() It's the latest race in a contract that allows Spartan to hold up to eight events per year over five years at Army installations. More than 6,000 entrants are expected to compete on a course about 41/2 miles in length and with more than two dozen obstacles. On Saturday, Spartan makes its eastern North Carolina debut with a Sprint - the shortest of its three race formats - at Smith Lake Recreation Area on Fort Bragg. ![]() Five years ago, Joe De Sena and a group of investors launched Spartan Race, an event that offers a mix of cross country, barbed-wire crawls, rope climbs, spear throws and other challenges to a competitors' fitness.
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