He had been a high school track star, collegiate runner, and top-tier Ironman triathlete who plied his athleticism, skills, and tenacity to become a US Army Best Ranger Competition winner, US biathlon champion, and a top competitor in the World Military Orienteering Championships. Truth be told, Killian thought his days of being an elite-level athlete would be over by the time he was 30. So that all took some juggling, some getting used to in the first couple of years.” Killian's initial foray into parenthood collided with heavy racing and training demands. The kids were in daycare, I was traveling most weekends to races, and my wife was busy working on her real estate license. “It’s better now, but the first couple of years we were figuring out how to balance everything. “The biggest challenge when I first started racing regularly was not being able to see my wife and kids as much as I would have liked,” Killian said recently over lunch between training sessions in Boulder, Colorado. Plus, he has been tested in training and on the battlefield as a US Army Green Beret, Operation Iraqi Freedom combat veteran, and member of the Colorado National Guard.īut ask him what the hardest aspect about being a professional obstacle course racer is and this intense, multidimensional athlete known as “the Captain” goes a bit soft. He trains like a fiend for four to five hours every day and competes in some sort of obstacle course race just about every weekend.
He’s one of the hardest-working, most successful and most consistent OCR athletes in the world. When I missed my first podium and finished eighth in NBC-televised race in Seattle recently, my daughter said, ‘I didn’t see you on TV. If I don’t do well, they might not see me, so that’s added motivation. “I know if I’m in first, my kids will get to see daddy run, and I think about that out on the course. “We’re all excited things are going to the next level on NBC and Facebook Live,” says Killian, a 36-year-old Colorado resident and member of the Ascent pro team. and his son, Chris-a fellow Spartan racer-at the Tahoe pre-race dinner. Christopher’s younger sister, Olivia, is also a big fan, even though she’s not yet three. He’ll look for his dad’s smoothly shaved head and listen for commentators to call his name, knowing exactly how he’ll have to approach each of the obstacles on the course. The soon-to-be five-year-old son of Robert Killian Jr.-one of the world’s top Spartan race athletes-can often be found glued to a TV or computer screen on Saturday mornings watching his dad compete for another spot on the podium. Just about everyone who follows obstacle course racing is excited about the increased Spartan race coverage on TV and various social media platforms, but perhaps no one is more stoked than precocious little Chris Killian.
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