Bjorn descending the water slide during the 2023 Spartacus Run in Boom

Completed15 October 2023Boom, Belgium

AA Drink Spartacus Run

Ten kilometres.
Thirty obstacles.
One honest benchmark.

Relentless rain, mud and water. Finished in 1:16:14, 43rd overall and 10th in the M35 category.

10 KMDistance
30Obstacles
1:16:14Finish time
43Overall
10M35 category

The first recorded chapter

A result worth building from.

Spartacus Run Boom became the first complete race benchmark in the BVK Lifestyle archive. The numbers matter, but so does the setting: ten wet kilometres, thirty obstacles and no shortcut around the work.

The official result gives the baseline. Bib 488 crossed the line in 1:16:14, 43rd overall and 10th in the M35 category. That result now sits at the start of a much longer progression.

Bjorn running through a wet forest section of the Spartacus Run
Moving between obstacles on the 10 km course in Boom.

The course

Thirty numbered obstacles. One continuous test.

The official course map shows how the running sections, water crossings and obstacle zones were spread across the 10 km route.

Official 10 km Spartacus Run Boom course map with 30 numbered obstacles
Official Spartacus Run Boom course plan, 15 October 2023.

Inside the race

Mud, grip, water and momentum.

Every image is part of the original event archive. Together they show the range of work behind the final time.

Official result

The benchmark is documented.

The original result record confirms bib number 488, a finish time of 1:16:14, position 43 overall and position 10 in the M35 category.

Finish time1:16:14
Official result row for Bjorn Van De Kerkhof, bib 488, time 1:16:14, overall rank 43, M35 rank 10
Official result excerpt. Personal details limited to the race record relevant to this event.
Bjorn at the Spartacus finish line with one of his children

Beyond the result

The finish is personal. The direction is bigger.

The finish-line image brings the wider BVK Lifestyle story into focus: endurance, fatherhood and purpose belong in the same frame.

Spartacus was 10 km. The next main challenge is the 60 km Ultra Viking in Amsterdam, in support of Kom op tegen Kanker.

Follow the Ultra Viking mission

Watch the chapter

From Spartacus to Ultra Viking.

The first BVK Lifestyle video connects this completed 10 km benchmark to the mission now being built.

The next mission

From 10 km in Boom to 60 km in Amsterdam.

The benchmark is set. Now the distance becomes six times longer, with more than 135 obstacles and a fundraising mission for Kom op tegen Kanker.

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