Discover how Spartan Race leverages Recess to deliver premium brand experiences to runners across 167 locations, generating incremental revenue with zero operational burden.
Expand Your Partnership
See how premium products are being sampled at your current properties across the country.
Surprise your members with free premium products they'll love—while Recess handles all the logistics. You distribute samples, they light up, you earn revenue.
We've successfully executed 62+ campaigns across 167 Spartan Race locations—with consistent quality, timing, and results every time.
Spartan Race earns incremental revenue on every campaign with zero upfront costs, no inventory liability, and no operational overhead for your teams.
From brand coordination to product delivery and reporting, Recess handles every detail. Your team simply places products and watches runners engage.
Spartan Race approves every brand and campaign before activation. Nothing enters your 5K runs without your explicit sign-off—protecting your brand integrity.
Connect your runners with leading wellness, nutrition, and lifestyle brands actively seeking partnerships with 5K runs like Spartan Race.
Become part of 10,000+ venues partnering with Recess to transform how brands connect with consumers in real-world spaces.
Launch your first sampling campaign in days, not months.
Create and list your profile in under 5 minutes. 100% free to join and no obligations.
We connect you with brands looking to reach your specific runners. You review and approve every campaign.
Products ship directly to your 5K run and surprise and delight your community.
Get paid for every sample distributed to your runners after completion of event.
Real feedback from venues partnering with Recess
We partnered with a premium energy drink brand for our annual Spartan Race qualifier event, and it was fantastic. The sampling activation brought in extra spectators who weren't even registered runners, which boosted our merchandise sales and community visibility. The brand rep was professional and our participants loved the free samples—we're already booking another activation for next season.
Hosting a recovery supplement brand at our obstacle course race was the perfect fit for our audience. Not only did we generate additional event revenue through the partnership, but our runners appreciated the post-race sampling stations. It felt authentic to our brand and gave us valuable feedback from participants about what products they actually want.
The branded tent & pop up banners helped drive foot traffic to the redemption tent for our finishers. Our team only heard positive reviews throughout the weekend. And, racers enjoyed the extra 4oz!! We did/do include Heineken in our event emails and IG story throughout weekend, which will all be shared in our EOY recap.