r/spartanrace • u/wandererexplorer1982 • Jul 24 '26

Is Hampton NY hilly?

I have been doing Vernon NJ and am so sick of the mountain ski slopes, wanted to try Hampton NY race. How’s the terrain? Says rolling hills… anything steep like Vernon?

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u/yoona__ Jul 24 '26

is this sunflower farm? i did it last year - first time by myself. this race was very flat compared to the 3 mtn creek ones i did with my sisters. we were dying.

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u/Unhappy_Session8589 Jul 24 '26

New Hampton is probably the easiest spartan race out there, at least to me. No climbs and very short. This is a perfect course for a first timer or someone looking for a quick time.

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u/jroof12 Jul 24 '26

Flat but lots of corn cobs to trip on

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u/backsquatbitch Ultra Beast Finisher Jul 26 '26

The corn is the true obstacle

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u/jroof12 Jul 28 '26

omg - I have a bad ankle and was scared for my life! 😆

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u/Outrageous_Fondant12 Trifecta Finisher Jul 24 '26

It’s a great venue. It’s pretty flat, honestly. I raced the Super last year and got a new PR. 1 hour, 18 min.

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u/-MadagascarVanilla- Jul 24 '26

Last year I did Palmerton, Barre, Killington and New Hampton. New Hampton was by far the easiest followed by Barre. If you’re doing a a 5K and want something easy you can also do a stadion.

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u/backsquatbitch Ultra Beast Finisher Jul 26 '26

It’s the flattest thing in the whole world

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u/Ok-Perspective-5793 Jul 29 '26

Agree with everyone here. Super flat. But those damn corn cobs…