Fit-A-Thon Challenge 4-13-2013

Chevaughn and I did the Fitathon Challenge at Renschelar Field today. A 5k with obstacles.

Here were the obstacles:

1. Calisthenics - Squats, pushups, crunches & burpees a. Newbies - 20 of each b. Beginners - 30 of each c. Challengers - 40 of each d. Competitors - ...50 of each.

We were in the beginners category. 30 of each.  The squats, pushups and crunches were easy. I can't do burpees properly so they were difficult

2. Lunge lap - The distance varies by level. Guaranteed to make your legs burn. Take a rest if needed but you can only lunge - no walking. Competitors you're going over a ¼ mile with your hands behind your head.

 Easy for me. I took one step to everyone else's two

3. Long run - Not to long, only ¾ -1 mile of road running. Your legs will be so tired it'll feel like the last mile of the ½ marathon.

Not much of a run

4. Transverse Wall - Not your typical wall. We gotta see you move in different planes. Hope you've tried rock climbing. Climb from one side to the other. The wall is angled not straight. Competitors if you fall off you must go back to the beginning.

Pretty easy. The wall I went on had a broken foot hold so i fell, but that was okay

5. Tire Flip - 200lb+ tires. You have to flip it 4-10 times depending on your level. The tires are different sizes but pretty much weigh the same amount. You can do it solo or with help. It doesn't matter unless you're a competitor. Competitors must flip the tires solo.

Easy. We had to do it six times.

6. Balance Beams - 4 inches wide and 8 feet long, simple except you have to carry a slosh pipe overhead. And you have to do it again and again and again. And then turn around and come back! Can you say core and balance? BTW your shoulders will be on FIRE. Competitors must keep the pipe up the entire time.

I fell off a couple times, but it was only a foot off the ground so no big deal.

7. Wheel Barrel Push - It sorta looks like a wheel barrel. It's our version. Push it through grass for the designated distance and turn around and come back.

Easy

8. Trail Run- I guess you can call it a trail. You make your own way until you find the paved path. It's maybe a ¼ mile but.... You have to take your 25lb ruck sack with you. I hope you've been training with a weight vest!

Wasn't too bad.

9. Speed and Agility Run - Tires, tires, tires. Add some cones, hurdles, hay and ladders. Let's see how mobile and agile you are.

I had a hard time with the tires as my feet were too big. the hay and ladders were easy.

10. Monkey Bars - Yup, time for some upper body work. Do your best. It's probably been a while. Competitors must go all the way through without falling.

Couldn't do it. Only one bar and I slipped off that.

11. Walls - The short ones - 5 feet. There will be help for everyone but the competitors. Everyone has 4 to climb.

These were easy for me.

12. Chain Pull - 30lbs, 100 yards. You must pull it while backpedaling. Your hams and glutes will be on fire.

Again, pretty easy

13. Tunnels - 24 inches, 18 inches, and even 12 inches! Get in there. You might get a little dirty on this one. After crawling through you have to get up run/walk over a hurdle and do it again and again and again.

These were also easy as I practiced my crawling. Now when I am writing this stuff id easy, I am not exactly sprinting from one obstacle to the next, sort of a slow run, stopping to walk as i approach the onstacle.

14. Ropes - 40ft, 2inches. Slam it as hard and as fast as you can for the allotted time. Competitors if you bonk you get a 15 or 30 sec. penalty.

Easy

15. Cargo Net - Balance, core and upper body strength will be on display in this obstacle. It's a simple 8 foot climb across the net. Again and again. With some jumping in between.

Pretty easy. It would have been harder if it was longer.

16. Wall Climb - Big walls. 8 ft high. No worries you have rope to help you. You gotta do it twice

Did it once, but could not do it the second time. I think I would have been better off, just running and leaping up. Pulling on the rope is hard.

17. Over/Unders - 100 yards of leaping and ducking. Over 2 foot hurdles, Under 3 foot hurdles. 48 hurdles in all!

This killed me. Goiung over was easy, going under time and again was very hard. Got passes by a lot of people, and then I noticed i was alone on the course. I was crawling toward the end.  Finally someone told me I had gone past the number i had to do for having an orange number, so that helped.

18. Farmers Walk - 100-300 yards of an unbalanced walk. Ladies 25lbs., Men 45lbs. Bound to fire up your core.

Not too bad and we were done. It was a lot of fun. I am stiff and tired. It took us maybe an hour and ten minutes. Hard to say as we didn't time it. I have a lot of work to do to get ready for the Tough Mudder and before that The Down and Muddy. I do prefer this type of fitness to the triathlon type. It was nice to go at our own pace, but I missed a little bit the timed element of pushing yourself more.