Hobie Call
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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. Hobie 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, Hobie 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]