![]() ![]() You grabbed your tube, climbed up, then slid down. Next up were the “Tumble Tubes” basically a water slide with an inner tube down an inflatable ramp. We took it easy and grabbed some water from the nearby water station just to shake it off. He found a hole in the obstacle with his foot and came down hard on pavement (though thankfully not hard enough to hurt himself, just hard enough to need a moment), and I went face first into ball number two thus cracking my back on the way down. Sure enough, both myself and my partner managed to do a little damage on this (even taking it easy). This was the only obstacle that I felt had a serious safety hazard it was just far too easy to hurt yourself while hurling yourself from ball to ball and coming down hard from a reasonable height (even onto an inflatable mat). ![]() After watching the people in line ahead of me go, I recognized that maybe 1% of racers actually achieve this while everyone else wipes out spectacularly. You were supposed to climb up onto a platform, then leap from ball to ball to the other side. This was kind of an inflatable bouncy castle with three large red balls. Basically you just had to step on the two-by-four, hoist yourself over, then lower down about three feet to the platform. Being Spartans, this wasn’t a big deal for us especially since they provided a step-up and a platform to step off onto. We were some of the few running most of the way (albeit slowly) but we took our time on those rocky paths because who wants to roll an ankle on a course like this? The first obstacle was the “Smash Wall” a four-foot or a six-foot wall to climb over (you got to choose your height). They also went from flat pavement to technical gravely dirt/big rock path not great for those with ankle problems. The first couple straight-aways were long-ish for a 5K obstacle run. It wasn’t long before we were off! (…extra props because they somehow managed to play our song just as we were hitting the start line… love when that happens!) The emcee who was hosting there was awesome and they played some pretty great upbeat music. The line was in the hot sun, which wasn’t pleasant, but eventually we made our way to the start chute. If you wait until your sticker time, you’ll be waiting a while. Word to the wise: show up early, and get in line well before your time. I know that others who ran the race didn’t hit the course until two or three hours after their start-time. We actually started waiting around 2:15, which I think is the only way we were running on time. We checked a bag with the standard towels, extra clothes, and flip-flops, and went to wait on line for the start line.
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