Mr. Sark has a new challenge for all you Spartans: The Sarkathlon 2!

As an added bonus for this challenge, Mr. Sark has a special reward for the champion - a suit of Halo 3 Recon Armor!

The Sarkathlon 2 is second of Mr. Sark's epic Halo 3 challenges where players will have their skills and wits tested on one of the new Legendary Halo 3 maps. The contest offically begins this Thursday, April 17th and runs until May 2nd. The winner will be announced on Friday, May 2nd on the final night of X-Play's Summer Games Preview.

What's in store for our champion, you ask? Well, the winner will receive a set of the highly coveted Recon Armor, only available to those that the Bungie designers deem especially worthy. Any Spartan worth his weight knows what an honor this would be.

Mr. Sark will be back on Thursday to provide more details about The Sarkathlon 2! Be sure to watch X-Play on Thursday, April 17th @ 8PM ET for more!