Pittsfield Vermont - Spartan Death Race

The Death Race.  Where do I begin.  It's a happening more than a race, to complete it or survive it is to win.  You don't know when it starts (last year it began unexpectedly at check in Friday night rather than "race start" Saturday morning.)  You don't know when it ends.  Race directors tell participants only what's next, not what comes after next.  It's physically, mentally and emotionally gruelling.  The first year only 7 people ran the race, this year they have to limit the number of entrants.

But the challenge as a producer is how do you show that suffering on TV.  How do you get across how hard this race really is?  The answer is tell the stories of some of the participants, and be in the right place at the right time.  Last year, with a crew of only 2 videographers, 1 sound man, 1 PA and 1 intern we tried to follow the constantly changing action over a 48 hour period.  Below is our 13 minute edit, now being used by the event organizers as a promo..   

If you can't sit through the 13 minute adventure, you can watch  a light :45 second promo  on Youtube that I cut from the first year of the event.