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.