Hobie Call
Holbrook "Hobie" Call (born 1977) is an American former competitive runner and elite obstacle course racer.[1] Call is a multiple-time winner of the Spartan Race, an obstacle race with challenges similar to those found in the television program American Gladiators.[2]
A native of Utah, he is the father of five children.[3]
Call won the Scramble Gamble at the Superhero Scramble race in Miami, FL on March 12, 2012. He finished first with a time of 33:29 and won a cash purse of $2,000. Call also ran in and won the Scramble Gamble race in Waldo, FL on July 28, 2012, with a finishing time of 27:05.[4] Since, Call has won many Superhero Scrambles.
Call took the first win of the Spartan Race season in Southern California. He finished the 8 mile course in under an hour.[5]
He was 2nd place male at the 2012 Spartan Race Championships at Killington, VT[6] and the first place male competitor at the 2013 Spartan Race Championship at Killington, VT.[7]
Call also participated in Episode 44,[8] 47,[9] and 50[10] of the OCR Warrior TV Show.
Call announced his retirement from competitive obstacle course racing in 2015, but joined the Spartan Race Pro-Team for 2017. During the announcement, he stated it would be his last year of competitive racing.[11][12]
In 2012, Hall publicly claimed that he would be able to run a sub-2:00 marathon (which would be a world record), despite a personal best of only 2:16 on a net downhill course.[13] His responses to follow-up interviews, who cited his lack of elite road performances and the difficulty of breaking a world record, were described as "defensive" and "borderline neurotic".[14] As of 2024, Call has never improved on his previous best of 2:16.
Running Race Results
[edit]| Race | Date | Overall Finish | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak Half Marathon | Aug. 17, 1996 | 5 | 2:31:09 |
| Pikes Peak Half Marathon | Aug. 17, 1997 | 8 | 2:32:27 |
| Spectrum 10K | Mar. 11, 2000 | 1 | 0:30:50 |
| St. George Marathon | July 24, 2002 | 3 | 2:25:07 |
| Deseret Morning News 10K | July 24, 2002 | 5 | 0:29:41 |
| Top of Utah Marathon | Sept. 21, 2002 | 1 | 2:25:13 |
| Painters Half Marathon | Jan. 14, 2006 | 1 | 1:14:12 |
| Salt Lake City Marathon and Half Marathon | June 3, 2006 | 4 | 2:24:06 |
| Salt Lake City Marathon | April 21, 2007 | 2 | 2:23:06 |
| Sandy Classic 10K | July 4, 2007 | 1 | 0:31:33 |
| Bryce Canyon Half-Marathon | July 21, 2007 | 1 | 1:04:00 |
| Pikes Peak Half Marathon | Aug. 19, 2007 | 2 | 2:15:12 |
Obstacle Course Racing Results
[edit]| Race | Date | Overall Finish | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spartan Super SoCal | Feb. 26, 2011 | 1 | 57:51 |
| Super Spartan Phoenix | Mar. 12, 2011 | 1 | 51:20 |
| Spartan Sprint Texas | Mar. 26, 2011 | 1 | 28:13 |
| Super Spartan Florida | Apr. 23, 2011 | 1 | 59:14 |
| Spartan Sprint Georgia | Apr. 30, 2011 | 1 | 34:23 |
| Spartan Sprint New York | June 4, 2011 | 1 | 39:58 |
| Super Spartan Utah | July 9, 2011 | 1 | 1:08:22 |
| Spartan Beast 2011 | Aug. 6, 2011 | 10 | 3:18:13 |
| Spartan Sprint Massachusetts | Aug. 27, 2011 | 1 | 35:07 |
| Super Spartan Pennsylvania | Sept. 10, 2011 | 1 | 50:23 |
| Super Spartan Staten Island | Sept. 24, 2011 | 1 | 56:03 |
| Spartan Sprint Illinois | Oct. 15, 2011 | 1 | 40:46 |
| Spartan Sprint Malibu | Nov. 19, 2011 | 1 | 27:52 |
| Texas Super Spartan | Dec. 3, 2011 | 1 | 1:07:11 |
| SoCal Super Spartan | Jan. 28, 2012 | 1 | 1:23:20 |
| Arizona Super Spartan | Feb. 11, 2012 | 81 | 1:37:51 *while tethered to his wife (Irene Call).[16] |
| Florida Super Spartan | Feb. 25, 2012 | 1 | 1:08:27 |
| Georgia Spartan Sprint | Mar. 10, 2012 | 1 | 41:41 |
| Superhero Scramble Miami | Mar. 24, 2012 | 1 | 33:29 |
| Colorado Military Spartan Sprint | May 5, 2012 | 1 | 53:00 |
| Texas Spartan Sprint | May 19, 2012 | 1 | 44:52 |
| Tri-State NY Spartan Sprint | June 2, 2012 | 1 | 44:42 |
| Pacific NW Spartan Sprint | June 16, 2012 | 1 | 26:58 |
| Utah Spartan Beast | June 30, 2012 | 1 | 1:26:14 |
| Pennsylvania Spartan Sprint | July 14, 2012 | 1 | 59:12 |
| Superhero Scramble North Florida | July 28, 2012 | 1 | 27:05 |
| Mid-Atlantic Super Spartan | Aug. 25, 2012 | 1 | 1:16:13 |
| Vermont Spartan Championship 2012 | Sept. 22, 2012 | 2 | 2:50:20 |
| Sacramento Spartan Beast | Nov. 17, 2012 | 1 | 1:38:55 |
| Malibu Spartan Sprint | Dec. 1, 2012 | 1 | 26:42 |
| Texas Spartan Beast | Dec. 8, 2012 | 1 | 1:43:37 |
| SoCal Spartan Sprint | Jan. 26, 2013 | 1 | 1:13:20 |
| Arizona Spartan Sprint | Feb. 9, 2013 | 1 | 39:12 |
| Georgia Spartan Sprint | Mar. 9, 2013 | 1 | 35:15 |
| Nevada Super Spartan | Apr. 6, 2013 | 1 | 1:04:10 |
| Superhero Scramble Charger Georgia | Apr. 27, 2013 | 1 | 34:47 |
| Superhero Scramble Intimidator Central Florida | May 25, 2013 | 2 | 1:03:07 |
| Superhero Scramble Charger New England | June 8, 2013 | 1 | 35:14 |
| Utah Spartan Beast | June 29, 2013 | 1 | 1:29:00 |
| Pacific NW Spartan Sprint | Aug. 3, 2013 | 1 | 33:54 |
| Monterey Spartan Beast | Aug. 10, 2013 | 1 | 1:47:55 |
| Virginia Super Spartan | Aug. 24, 2013 | 2 | 1:55:51 |
| Vermont Spartan World Championship Beast | Sept. 21, 2013 | 1 | 3:35:57 |
| Malibu Spartan Sprint | Dec. 7, 2013 | 2 | 29:52 |
| Superhero Scramble World Championship | Jan. 11, 2014 | 1 | 1:09:58 |
| SoCal Spartan Super | Jan. 25, 2014 | 1 | 1:09:01 |
| Atlas Race SoCal | Feb. 22, 2014 | 11 | 50:04 |
| Austin Spartan Super | May 17, 2014 | 2 | 1:08:09 |
| BattleFrog Atlanta | May 31, 2014 | 1 | 52:16 |
| Utah Spartan Beast | June 28, 2014 | 7 | 2:03:02 |
| BattleFrog 15K | Aug. 4, 2014 | 1 | 1:02:15 |
| Warrior Dash Oregon | Oct. 6, 2014 | 3 | [17] |
| Warrior Dash NorCal | Oct. 18, 2014 | 2 | 23:25 |
| OCR World Championships | Oct. 25, 2014 | 3 | 1:25:58 |
| Atlas Race SoCal | Feb. 28, 2015 | 2 | 36:45 |
| BattleFrog Houston | Mar. 28, 2015 | 2 | 1:32:35 |
| BattleFrog Dallas | Apr. 11, 2015 | 2 | 1:34:22 |
| Breckenridge Spartan Sprint | June 13, 2015 | 1 | 49:12 |
| Pennsylvania Spartan Super | July 11, 2015 | 4 | 1:40:40 |
| Pacific NW Spartan Sprint | Aug. 8, 2015 | 3 | 39:47 |
| Warrior Dash World Championship | Oct. 10, 2015 | 4 | 36:03 |
| BattleFrog Salt Lake City | May 14, 2016 | 1 | 1:13:29 |
| Utah Spartan Super | Aug. 13, 2016 | 1 | 1:10:39 |
| Spartan World Championships | Oct. 1, 2016 | 1 | 2:25:33 |
| Arizona Spartan Sprint | Feb. 25, 2017 | 50 | 53:54 |
| Miami Spartan Sprint | April 29, 2017 | 1 | 27:58 |
| Monterey Spartan Super | June 3, 2017 | 1 | 1:08:47 |
| Pennsylvania Spartan Super | July 8, 2017 | 1 | 1:37:45 |
| Las Vegas Spartan Super | March 3, 2017 | 1281 | 2:25:33 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Welcome hobiecall.com - BlueHost.com". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ Reed Albergotti "Grueling Race Puts Up Obstacles, Especially for One Man," Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2011
- ^ "One man in the running for $100,000 Spartan Race prize" (Raleigh) News & Observer, June 22, 2011
- ^ "Adventure Run - Scramble Gamble - Adventure Race Cash Prize". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Congratulations to Hobie Call, Super Spartan SoCal winner and a $100,000 contender" Archived 2012-06-26 at the Wayback Machine Spartan Blog
- ^ "Spartan Race, Inc". Spartan Race, Inc. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Vermont Beast - World Championship 2013". Spartan Race, Inc. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "OCR Warrior: Ep 44 - Hobie Call vs. Troy Bruns - KO#1 - Mud Run, Obstacle Course Race & Ninja Warrior Guide". 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "OCR Warrior: Ep. 47 - Hobie Call vs. Nathan Palmer - KO Round #2 - Mud Run, Obstacle Course Race & Ninja Warrior Guide". 23 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "OCR Warrior: Ep 50 Evan Dollard vs. Hobie Call - Men's KC Finals - Mud Run, Obstacle Course Race & Ninja Warrior Guide". 7 September 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ https://www.obstacleracingmedia.com/editorial/hobie-call-retires-from-obstacle-racing/
- ^ https://www.mudrunguide.com/2017/04/hobie-call-talks-joining-spartan-race-pro-team/
- ^ "Hobie Call, Would-Be Sub-2:00 Marathoner". Runner's World. 9 July 2012.
- ^ Sterner, Ryan (10 July 2012). "Hobie Call: Sub 2 Hour Marathoner?". FloTrack.
- ^ "Hobie Call Results at Athlinks.com". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ 7777frosty (12 February 2012). "Hobie and Irene Call tethered in 2012 Arizona Spartan Race". Retrieved 17 August 2016 – via YouTube.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "2014 Warrior Dash Oregon - Warrior Dash - The 5k Obstacle Course Race Series". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Hobie Call Results at Athlinks.com". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Results and Photos|Past Races". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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