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