Tofield resident becomes Spartan warrior
Tofield’s Tonya Davison has been selected to be one of the Spartan ambassadors in the area after completing a few of the Spartan races successfully, all the while beating her own time.
“Looking back it’s amazing to see that actually I ran my first Spartan in June this year,” Davison said. “It was in Red Deer and I was participating in the Sprint Race 5k with 20 obstacles. I was really nervous before the race and wasn’t sure how it would go, but after I got through the starting gate and the course I realized that Spartan was a bit more challenging than any of the other races I had done before.”
Davison was “elated” and “absolutely thrilled” when she crossed the finish line, and immediately decided to sign up for the Super Race, another event on the Spartan calendar, consisting of 13k with 25 obstacles.
“I did learn over the course of time . . . contd.
