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This is what i am doing, it is called Survival of the Fittest.
The course is part urban and part "rural". It’s a very green course nearly 12km in length! We start with a really pleasant run out of the City Centre, along the river Trent using paths and minor roadways, connecting you with the National Watersports Centre at Holme Pierrepoint and back into the city again, via Adbolton and the Nottingham Forest Football club ground. As for the obstacles; first up and even before leaving the event village you will tackle our trademark hay bale wall. Once you have scaled it, you will run out of the event village to cross the river Trent and front up to the next obstacle in the vicinity of Lady Bay Bridge. Having free-run through the parkour zone, it's out into the fields and along the southern side of the River Trent until you come face to face with the Army assault course.
Following this, it's time to get wet. Very, very wet. You will enter the National Watersports Centre and make your way to our river crossing. Having crossed it, you slide back into the water and complete a traverse of a small lake with the help of a knotted rope.
Out of the Watersports centre now and back onto minor roads that bring you back into the city. Next stop will be the Roadworks slalom. Don't be caught out by the traffic lights and make sure you are focused on finding your way through the Herras fence maze.
You'll then come out into the open expands of parkland again and find yourselves at the "Urban Jungle." You WILL be negotiating an urban streetscene over parked cars, under urban street furniture and maybe even laying down some moves on the half-pipe too.
Having re-claimed the streets, it's down to Nottingham Forest Ground for the stadium climb. This is not the highest stadium in the land, but it DOES have a huge amount of steps.
Now you are homeward bound and you proceed back over the river on the route you left on; the final 2 obstacles await you in the event village itself. Having exerted yourself physically all the way here, you will now have to focus mentally on the penultimate obstacle; the Under Armour zone. Once you have engaged with this beast, you're on a lap of the field until you see quite possibly the most intimidating obstacle of the lot; the Men's Health Wall. This is where it all comes to a head; 12km of hard fought terrain, 9 obstacles and 1 to go. It's big, you are tired but the crowd are spurring you on. Conquer the wall and cross the line.
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