Striding Along - Gate City Striders
Striding Along - Gate City Striders
Striding Along - Gate City Striders
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Continued from page 18<br />
The 15 foot high vertical Berlin Walls required<br />
two people to hoist you up so that you could pull<br />
yourself up and over the top. Near the end, we<br />
climbed back up the mountain and then slid down<br />
the Greased Lightning water slide obstacle at<br />
full speed into a pool of freezing cold water. This<br />
was not a smooth water park summer slide. It was<br />
bumpy, cold and out-of-control fast!<br />
The finish was now in sight. It’s always good to be<br />
soaking wet when you then run through 10,000<br />
volts of electric live wires in the Electroshock<br />
Therapy obstacle and onto the finish line.<br />
At the finish we received a Tough Mudder T-shirt,<br />
headband and a beer. Smiles were everywhere in<br />
the group hug as we celebrated our team success.<br />
Most races give a t-shirt at registration before the<br />
race. At Tough Mudder, you have to earn your Tshirt<br />
by finishing the challenge.<br />
We all survived and finished the challenge with<br />
only minor bruises and cuts. My HalfFast mudder<br />
teammates will be muddy friends forever. HalfFast<br />
team members were Lisa Klasman, Michelle<br />
Poublon, Patty Mittleman, Wendy Newsham, Laura<br />
Joyce, Damian Rowe, Peter Cullen, and myself,<br />
Bob Thompson. I also have to give muddy credit<br />
to Sally Sites, Mike Hagerty and Bill Gray. Sally,<br />
Mike and Bill completed the Tough Mudder<br />
challenge on Saturday while our team did the<br />
challenge on Sunday<br />
Continued on page 20<br />
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