Spokane Valley Spartan racer braced for second championship

27-year-old Alyssa Hawley completed her first Spartan race in May 2015. She came in fourth among women at last year’s world championship in Lake Tahoe.

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Fri., Sept. 29, 2017

Spokane Valley’s Alyssa Hawley jumps over a fire pit, one of many obstacles in a recent Reebok Spartan Race. Hawley, 27, will make her second appearance in the Spartan Race World Championship this weekend in North Lake Tahoe, California.

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Spartan Race competitor Alyssa Hawley works on her spear-throwing abilities March, 8, 2016 in Spokane Valley.

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Spartan Race competitor Alyssa Hawley is nationally ranked.

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Spartan Race competitor Alyssa Hawley works on her obstacle course skills March 8, 2016, in Spokane Valley.

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Spartan Race competitor Alyssa Hawley works on her obstacle course skills March 8, 2016, in Spokane Valley.

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Spartan Race competitor Alyssa Hawley launches herself onto an 8-foot wall obstacle March 8, 2016, in Spokane Valley.

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Spartan Race competitor Alyssa Hawley practices climbing a rope March 8, 2016, in Spokane Valley.

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Spartan Race competitor Alyssa Hawley drags a tire as part of a workout March 8, 2016, in Spokane Valley.

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Spartan Race competitor Alyssa Hawley practices traversing a slack line March 8, 2016, in Spokane Valley. Her father, Jon, watches at left.

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Spartan Race competitor Alyssa Hawley carries a 50-pound bucket of gravel as part of her workout on March 8, 2016, in Spokane Valley.

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Spartan Race competitor Alyssa Hawley demonstrates her strength in the tire flip obstacle, March 8, 2016, in Spokane Valley, Wash.

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