# Hobie Call

Holbrook "Hobie" Call (born 1977) is an American former competitive runner and elite obstacle course racer. 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.
A native of Utah, he is the father of five children.
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. 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.
He was 2nd place male at the 2012 Spartan Race Championships at Killington, VT and the first place male competitor at the 2013 Spartan Race Championship at Killington, VT.
Call also participated in Episode 44, 47, and 50 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.
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. 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". As of 2024, Call has never improved on his previous best of 2:16.

## Running Race Results

| 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

| 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). |
| 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 | |
| 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 |