Spartan Super WV – Kevin Gillotti Multi-Sport Racer Endurance Athlete

Kevin Gillotti Multi-Sport Racer Endurance Athlete

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A cool animated version of my @spartanrace athlete

A cool animated version of my @spartanrace athlete playing card (🔗 in bio) that updates to a rad Beast race photo with my latest lifetime Spartan stats after 2 days of racing in Morzine France 🇫🇷 It's taken at the highest point of the race complete with an A-frame cargo net. "Just shoot me already" was my impromptu thought in the moment. It took 3hr 21min of grinding work to cover the 10 miles just to get to that high point of 6,665ft. And it looks like we get to do it again in 2026!

#tradingcard #athletecard #spartan #spartanrace #playingcard #stats #letsrace #earnednotgiven #spartanbeast

Just like @redbull "gives you wings", hitting the

Just like @redbull "gives you wings", hitting the @spartanrace spear has the exact same effect. It's an instant speed & energy bump. I nailed it in both races 🙏 The last thing you want, in the home stretch, after so much hard work, is to be stuck doing lame & not a run racing burpee penalty while spectators watch on boringly. That's exactly why I throw +3,000 practice spears per year. For this 1 moment in time. It's one of the few obstacles with a modicum of "luck".

Sunday @spartanraceeurope Morzine Super final gauntlet (spear → inverted wall → multirig → slip wall → fire jump) with a strong push thru the finish line. My 77th Spartan Super since '11. 5th in AG.

#spartansuper #spartanagegroup #spartan #spearthrow #spear #firejump #letsrace #obstaclecourseracing #ocr #spartanrace #tattoosleeves

THIS is the life I was built for. What people don

THIS is the life I was built for.

What people don't know or understand about me (because they only know me from IG, OCR races, training vids or a few TV shows) is that how you see me travel, train, race, actively live daily... I've ALWAYS been like this. I didn't become this because of social media. I became this in college in the 90s. I was doing this looong before the internet, social media, etc. IG just allows me to give people a window into how I have & do 100% really live my life. To show people like me exist. I'm no fake IG influencer, this is all normal & basic life to me. I 1st traveled to race #duathlon in Europe in the mid 90s when you could smoke on planes! 4 passports, +1000 races, +35 countries later & I'm still doing it. That should give you some context.

I wasn't meant for suit & tie, cubicle, answer to nitwit middle managers, tolerate employee reviews & punch a clock type work life. Fuk off with all that. THIS is how I have & will always live. Hence, why I say #ITSALIFSTYLE

Ps - this song became my anthem for the trip. I heard it my 1st night in Chamonix.

#thisiswhatido #livingthedream #france #solotraveler #peakbagging #hiking #chamonixmontblanc #chamonix
#montblanc #brevent #piste #worldtravel #backpacking #mountainviews

I followed up my 3rd place AG podium yesterday in

I followed up my 3rd place AG podium yesterday in a crushing @spartanracefrance Beast with a 5th today in the Super. Of course I would have loved a 2nd podium, especially given it was a French Nat Series race. But despite feeling surprisingly strong in my run, executing obstacles, having gears & surges, I simply didn't have the overall speed needed to get there. And I put everything I had into yesterday. But look, I have 0.0 disappoinment. I made it all the way here, 100% healthy, prepared, I didn't get injured on a tough technical mountain course, landed on 1 podium, got to represent #teamusa 🇺🇸, raced my ass off both days, nailed my nutrition & I'm still smiling... This is all winning in my book.

Up next? I'm looking at Kaprun @spartangermanyaustria and/or @spartanswitzerland Verbier.

#earnednotgiven #letsrace #spartanrace #spartansuper #obstaclecourseracing #morzine #france #spartanagegroup #spartan #ocr #obstacles #ITSALIFSTYLE

The main reason I am standing on this podium is be

The main reason I am standing on this podium is because of the relentless amount of Colorado mountain race prep I did leading up to this race. Week after week, & for months, grinding out big mountain climbs in rain, snow or sun to the tune of 350,000ft of vertical by the end of June. Having a 100% clean race, no penalties, obviously plays a big role. But that's also due to months of hard work & #obstacletraining skills over & over.

Anyway... today was a special day for me. To bag a podium, in Europe, over the 4th of July, as #teamusa captain 🇺🇸, on a ludicrously hard course with miles of endless climbing, brutally long carries + have a clean race? Stoked! Not to mention, having gears, no energy loss (thanks to the new nutrition protocols I 1st tried in Italy in April so repeated here), being able to never stop during miles of steep technical power hiking. I felt superb despite it being the hardest Beast I've done in years. 14.9 miles & 5,476ft of vertical gain.

#earnednotgiven #spartanrace #spartanbeast #obstaclecourseracing #morzine #france #thirdplace 🥉#spartanagegroup #spartan #letsrace

The toughest thing about days like this is probabl

The toughest thing about days like this is probably not at all what you would think it would be. Sure, hours of hiking & elevation gain in the mountains is work & effort. But the hardest part is; maintaining self-control. Holding myself back from not going totally ham & running up & hammering down, pushing the pace, tacking on more elevation & miles. That would be so easy to do. It's far harder to practice restraint in this environment. Especially when the mind & body are screaming... Go asshole GO! But I am here to race after all, so discretion is the better part of valor.

#chamonix #montblanc #brevent #piste #peakbagging #worldtravel #france #hiking #backpacking #mountainviews #selfcontrol

Although most of my workouts contain purposeful ca

Although most of my workouts contain purposeful cardio, this one doesn't. My weekly #functionalfitness #OCR workout is about execution of obstacles & becoming so comfortable thru repetition, I'm rarely caught off guard by something I can't complete (an obstacle or a pattern). Cardio naturally takes place, but I'm not watching or monitoring my speed or time per workout (or weekly) in an effort to move faster or compare times over months of repetition. I want 100% completion, smooth transitions, controlled heart rate, specificity of training & to work out bugs or methods (ie, how to best pickup a wet vs dry atlas stone or recover from a missed grip on the rig) in training to have them dialed in during racing.

#traintorace #hiit #garagegym #spearthrow #workout #specificity

My final 9x heavy carry workout before heading to

My final 9x heavy carry workout before heading to @spartanracefrance to race. Despite a terrible Oura sleep number (59), I felt pretty good. In fact, going 1h 5m in hotter weather puts me just off my '25 PB by only 2:00 & was a whopping 9min faster than last week! I'm amped & ready to race what's notoriously a tough mtn course.

#traintorace #trailrun #letsrace #functionalfitness #obstaclecourseracing #obstacletraining

On one hand the world is a fuk'd up place. On the

On one hand the world is a fuk'd up place. On the other hand the world is fukin awesome. Either way, I'm only in control of my life. So I opt to not get bogged down in the world's bullshiz that I can't control, have no say or influence over. I just get on with my life & focus on what's best for me. I refuse to get involved & become a part of the endless complaining, whining human condition living in perpetual fear, anger, frustration. Life is too short & valuable & I'm not going to waste my time over other people's decisions.

I've got roads to ride. Mountains to climb. Countries to see. Races to race. Goals to achieve. And a life to live that I will do everything I can to protect & mitigate the outside world's influence over.

#trailrunning #mountainrunning #mtblife #enduranceathlete #lifeisshort #29er #peakbagging #itsalifestyle #mondraker #hardtail #coloradorockies #mountainliving

If I told you the entirety of my athletic career (

If I told you the entirety of my athletic career (well over 1000 races across a non-stop 35 years in multiple endurance sports disciplines) all started because of a bet in 1989, would you believe me?

Well, it's true. A stoner buddy of mine in college (Shaggy) bet me I couldn't complete a #duathlon. And I was like, "dude, you're a fukin stoner, if you can, I can". And I did. And it changed the entire trajectory of my life. I knew then what I wanted to spend my life doing. And the rest is history; living in San Diego. Multiple world championship teams in 2 sports. 8x All American titles with @usatriathlon. Team USA captain. Regional & national titles. I've traveled the world racing. TV shows. Print articles. I've raced alongside some of the best in the world in several different sports.

All because of... a bet.

#summersolstice #summer #runbikerun #duathlontraining #triathlontraining #treadmillrunning #teamusa 🇺🇸 #hybridathlete #tattoosleeves #giantbikes #giantbicycles #Itsalifestyle #10000hours

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