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On Saturday, I ran in my first adventure race. It is called the Gladiator Assault Challenge and was 5.3 miles long with 30 obstacles this year. The left side is me before I started, i.e. clean. The left side is the coming out of the starting shoot. I'm not in that photo, but it gives you the tone of the event :) The bottom of the photo on the right is where we got muddy the first time :) Notice I said the first time.
It was a fantasticly fun event. I finished in 1 hour, 44 minutes, and 32 seconds. I hoped to finish in about 1:30, but my main goal was sub 2:00. I'm happy with my results.
Camera: Apple iPhone 4S
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A Cadet completes a forward roll after dismounting the balance beam as part of the Indoor Obstacle Course Test on Feb. 11 in Hayes Gym. The IOCT, which Cadets are first introduced to in their Plebe year, is a Dept. of Physical Education requirement that Cadets must pass in their Cow year. Nearly 600 Cadets of the Class of 2010 competed against the clock last week in what many hoped would be their last running of the famed course.
391st CSSB Soldiers negotiate the 5Km, seven obstacle "Spartan Race" course at Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany 20JUL2012. Photo by SFC Craig Knapp.
391st CSSB Soldiers negotiate the 5Km, seven obstacle "Spartan Race" course at Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany 20JUL2012. Photo by SFC Craig Knapp.
"The Goppin Challenge is a Royal Marines designed cross-country Obstacle Course Race intent on burning your legs, annihilating your lungs and covering you in sh*t!"
Organised by a team of former & current Royal Marines delivering our 'Goppin' Challenge obstacle races within Somerset. Our passion is providing people with fun, challenging events to promote team-work and self-belief in unforgiving environments!
391st CSSB Soldiers negotiate the 5Km, seven obstacle "Spartan Race" course at Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany 20JUL2012. Photo by SFC Craig Knapp.
An Italian Soldier climbs to the top of a high ropes obstacle, during the 2015 European Best Squad Competition, at the 7th Army’s Joint Multinational Training Command’s, Grafenwoehr training area, Bavaria, Germany, October 21. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Megan Burmeister
A Cadet reaches into a bin to grab a 9-pound medicine ball he carries while running around the track at Hayes Gym as part of the Indoor Obstacle Course on Feb. 11. The Cadets ran one lap with the ball, then one with a baton before heading to the finish line. The Class of 2010 completed the IOCT over two days as part of their Dept. of Physical Education requirements.
U.S. Air Force Academy - - Basic Cadets from the class of 2022 complete the obstacle course here on July 23, 2018. The obstacle course is part of phase two of basic cadet training which takes place out at Jack's Valley. (U.S. Air Force photo/Darcie L. Ibidapo)
391st CSSB Soldiers negotiate the 5Km, seven obstacle "Spartan Race" course at Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany 20JUL2012. Photo by SFC Craig Knapp.
Over the top..KIRKUSH MILITARY TRAINING BASE, Iraq – Iraqi Army soldiers assigned to 4th Battalion, 21st Brigade, 5th IA Division climb an inclined ladder during an obstacle course race at Kirkush Military Training Base, Iraq, March 12, 2011. U.S. Soldiers of Company A, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division supervised the event, teaching IA soldiers fundamentals of physical fitness while offering a break from day-to-day classes at KMTB. The “Gimlet” Soldiers of 1st Bn., 21st Inf. Regt. train the Iraqi soldiers during 25-day Tadreeb al Shamil, Arabic for All Inclusive Training, cycles at KMTB in an effort to modernize and strengthen the IA's national defense capabilities ahead of the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq..(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Shawn Miller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO).
Wednesday 18 January 23: Grade 8s and Matric Buddies tackle the obstacle course during orientation week. #SuperaMoras
A participant easily goes over huge spools at one station of the Gladiator Rock 'n Run Event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, October 2
, 2012. The participants endured going over huge tires, under mud tunnels, across icy water and a mud crawl to get to the finish line.
KIRKUSH MILITARY TRAINING BASE, Iraq – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. William Lucus, Company A, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, supervises an obstacle course race at Kirkush Military Training Base, Iraq, March 12, 2011. The Iraqi soldiers learned good physical fitness techniques while getting a change of pace from day-to-day classes at KMTB, said Lucus, a resident of Ewa Beach, Hawaii. The Iraqi soldiers from 4th Brigade, 21st Brigade, 5th IA Division raced against their U.S. counterparts during the event. Part of the 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, the Company A Soldiers lead battalions of the IA through 25-day training rotations at KMTB as part of Tadreeb al Shamil, an Iraqi military initiative aimed at modernizing national defense capabilities.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Shawn Miller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
"The Goppin Challenge is a Royal Marines designed cross-country Obstacle Course Race intent on burning your legs, annihilating your lungs and covering you in sh*t!"
Organised by a team of former & current Royal Marines delivering our 'Goppin' Challenge obstacle races within Somerset. Our passion is providing people with fun, challenging events to promote team-work and self-belief in unforgiving environments!
A participant strikes a pose just before finishing the Gladiator Rock 'n Run Event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, October 2, 2012. The participants endured going over huge tires, under mud tunnels, across icy water and a mud crawl to get to the finish line.
A Cadet prepares to land after successfully climbing over the 8-foot vertical wall during the Indoor Obstacle Course Test in Hayes Gym on Feb. 11. The IOCT, a Dept. of Physical Education requirment and a long standing West Point tradition, is an 11-obstacle event Cadets complete for time.
U.S. Air Force Academy - - Basic Cadets from the class of 2022 complete the obstacle course here on July 23, 2018. The obstacle course is part of phase two of basic cadet training which takes place out at Jack's Valley. (U.S. Air Force photo/Darcie L. Ibidapo)
U.S. Air Force Academy - - Basic Cadets from the class of 2022 complete the obstacle course here on July 23, 2018. The obstacle course is part of phase two of basic cadet training which takes place out at Jack's Valley. (U.S. Air Force photo/Darcie L. Ibidapo)
U.S. Air Force Academy - - Basic Cadets from the class of 2022 complete the obstacle course here on July 23, 2018. The obstacle course is part of phase two of basic cadet training which takes place out at Jack's Valley. (U.S. Air Force photo/Darcie L. Ibidapo)
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We were so excited to get to the hotel so we could settle in and have a nice dinner at the Flying Bridge, the hotel restaurant. It has always been a treat in the past. Live jazz, great seafood, dancing....
I knew we weren't in Kansas anymore when we walked in and the place was empty except for a older couple. Well, maybe it was just early.
Then I ordered a Red Zinfandel. The waiter didn't think they had that sort of wine. Hmmm. They had a full bar before....
Then we overheard him tell the older couple that the place had been sold last year and it was supposed to be bulldozed for a Hyatt. But that plan has been delayed 5 years due to the economy. So, a nice lady from LA who is half Jordanian, half Lebanese is leasing the place in the meantime.
That explained the Mediterrainian Cuisine.
Our waitress was adorable and bubbly and after the third time we had to point to the menu item, she explained it was her first day. No worries! We'll help you!
The food actually was quite tasty. Homemade hummus and kababs. It was the healthiest pre-race meal, fer sure! And it was all enjoyed to the competing sounds of Soft Rock: John Denver's Rocky Mountain High and the like AND thumping Hip Hop and Disco tunes from the Banquet Room underneath. Occasionally, the heavy, thumping beat coordinated with the softer sounds creating interesting mashups. Like SuperFreak and Norwegian Wood.
Marlon and James arrived about 90 minutes later, as they had to work all day. We were anxious to see their face as they walked into a very different scene than what we all had expected.
As they arrived, the music changed to a blaring Middle Eastern Traditional Mix, sounding as if it was being played on a circa 1982 Sony Boom Box. We thought maybe they were trying to add some cultural ambience. And that's when the Belly Dancer came in. She danced to all three occupied tables. I very soon recognized her as the woman who had been sitting across from us telling her life story for the past hour to a couple who sat silently. I think she might be that nice lady from LA. Yup - she's gotta be the owner. That's how she got the gig, we think.
I pulled out a dollar bill but since I was at the back of the booth, I passed it over to Marlon. As she danced over to him she said with a sly grin, "You are de lucky one!" Lucky indeed. Marlon later spotted a triangular piece of sequined cloth that had fallen off her costume. No one dared pick it up as we just don't know where it came from.
As the dollar bills started to fall out of her skirt, the woman at the far end of the restaurant claimed, "I'll hold them for her. I'm her student, so it's ok." Wow. She teaches too. A real renaissance lady!
As she danced by again to our table, she looked at Dale, who is horrified, and said, "Don't be afraid!" Which of course made Dale (and all of us) more afraid. The next time she danced by...you know what is going to happen next, don't you? She plucked Dale out of the booth and made him shimmy next to her. I think the only way Dale survived such torture was by the fact that it was only witnessed by us and 4 other strangers who were most likely near-sighted.
I admit I was in such shock for most of the evening that I didn't take ONE photo of anything I just described.
So, you'll just have to believe me.
Staff Sgt. Edward McCorkell, left, Army Sgt. 1st Class Stewart Hirsch, Tech. Sgt. Sean Deam and Staff. Sgt. William Whitehead, right, discuss training procedures at the Pre-Ranger Course at Fort Bragg, N.C. TACP Airmen assigned to the 14th Air Support Squadron evaluated unit members during a combat mission readiness training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Val Gempis)