Planning before the start
Shannon developed individual staff-movement plans, checkpoint coverage and handovers for a roughly 16-person team, balancing long road transfers with changing athlete pace and limited vehicles.
Greece / Endurance operations
Spartan Agoge March
A demanding mountain endurance event in Sparta: complex checkpoint movements, athlete accountability, sweeping and a carefully coordinated field team.
Project notes
What the work involved.
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The challenge
A long-format event with multiple routes, changing participant pace, mountain travel times and a small staff and vehicle fleet.
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Shannon’s contribution
Developed the operational and staff-movement plans, supported checkpoint coordination, communications and field problem-solving alongside race director Andi.
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Mary’s contribution
Prepared gear-list and check-in documents from supplied requirements, recorded checkpoint arrivals and joined a course-sweeping assignment.
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What we learned
Staff plans and timing assumptions were useful, while more robust sweeper communications and better vehicle suitability were identified as improvements.
The event / public context
A march through the Taygetos mountains.
Spartan publicly describes its October 28–29, 2026 Agoge 300 March as a 60 km mountain challenge in ancient Sparta, with approximately 5,629 m of cumulative elevation change, mandatory load-bearing equipment and a broader Agoge progression linked to the Trifecta World Championship and Hurricane Heat. Those figures describe the organizer's published program, alongside our own field-operation responsibilities below.
~36hOn-site March operating window (team recollection)
~100Racers supported (team recollection)
4Vehicles coordinated across the route
Field execution
Shannon supported race director Andi in real-time logistics, communications, supplies and checkpoint coordination. Andi retained final event authority. A planned hold at CP3 helped regroup the field and manage the timetable.
Mary on the course
Mary prepared racer and staff documents, assisted with athlete arrival records and swept a section of the course with another staff member, contributing directly to on-course accountability.
Lessons carried forward
Better estimated hiking times, satellite communications for all sweepers and a more capable field vehicle were identified as practical improvements. These are lessons from our debrief, not claims made by Spartan.
Published event information: Spartan's official Agoge 300 March event page ↗.
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