Obstacles

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These are the obstacles from the previous Stop, Drop & Runs.  You can expect some of them again this year, and like a firefighter, you never know what you are going to be responding to.

High Step
Knees to your chest!

How to do obstacle: Get those legs pumping right off the bat at the start of the race as you make your way through a tire pit.

Window Breach
You can’t get the front door open and seconds count.  Time to go through the front window!

How to do obstacle: Working with a partner, the two of you will climb through the window and rescue the victim on the backboard.  Lifting with your knees, lift the victim and carry to the window ledge.  Have the first runner climb through the window and slide the backboard along the ledge to allow the second runner climb through.  Once both runners are through, lift the victim and carry to safety.

Balance Logs
Can you make it across without falling?

How to do obstacle: Jump up onto the balance beam and then it is just a matter of one foot in front of the other. Fall off the log and back to the start you go.

The Plunge
Get ready to get wet!  Make your way through a fire departments drop tank filled with water from a hydrant.

How to do obstacle:  Jump into the swim tank and make your way from one end to another.  Make sure to dodge the obstacles.  Once you make it to the other side, safely climb out and proceed to the next obstacle.

Over/Under Station
Ever run hurdle before…well now you are about to.

How to do obstacle:  A series of walls will be in your way, you need to either go over them or under them to complete the obstacle.

Confined Spaces
You would be amazed at some of the spaces that firefighters have to crawl through to get to a victim.  Now it is your time to squeeze your way through.

How to do obstacle: Did you know that firefighters can squeeze through the smallest of spaces with an airpack on? Now it is your turn to make it through closed spaces.  Get on  your hands and knees and climb your way through the confined spaces simulator.

Tire Carry
You will feel every step when you have a tire weighing you down.

How to do obstacle: When ready, lift the tire with your knees, and throw it around your shoulder.  You will now follow the obstacle route, doing lounges during the entirety of it.

Telephone Pole Carry
There is no I in Team!  Work together to carry a telephone pole.

How to do obstacle: This is a group effort! When all runners are ready, lift the pole together.  Once everyone is comfortable, carry the pole the length of the obstacle.

Sandbag Carry
Did you know that the average firefighter carries between 50 and 100 pounds with them on a fire scene?  Can you handle the weight?

How to do obstacle: Select which bag you want to carry depending on the weight you can comfortably carry. Lift the bag with your knees, not your back.  Carry the length of the obstacle.

Anthill
Perhaps anthill isn’t the best description of it’s size.

How to do obstacle: Grab onto the rope and climb your way up the mound and then quickly descend down the other side.

Lilypad Dash
Remember trying to balance on the logs? Now try balancing on circular disks suspended in the air.

How to do obstacle: Climb onto the first lilypad and hang onto the rope as your try to step from one lilypad to the next.

Stay Low
Don’t be afraid to get down low to get below the ropes.

How to do obstacle: Just like the typical rope crawl, make your way from one end to the other by staying low and crawling on your elbows and knees.

Roof Ops
You need to get as much heat out through the roof as possible.  Assist your firefighters in cutting an access hole.

How to do obstacle: When instructed, pick up the ax.  Make sure you are clear of any other runners or volunteers.  Swing the ax over your shoulder and make cuts down the marked areas on the roof simulator.

Traverse the Smoke
It is truly something when you can’t even see your hand in front of your face.  Can you make it through the maze with limited visibility?

How to do obstacle: When told, enter the enclosed smoke maze.  Using your hands to feel where you are, find your way out of the enclosure.

Obstacle Walls
Get up and over.   No ropes…no ladders…just you and the wall.

How to do obstacle: We advise getting a running start on this one.  If you feel you can jump over the 4 foot and 6 foot wall by yourself, by all means go for it.  If you see someone needs help or if you need help, work with the other runners to clear the wall.  You can lift each other, use your legs as step stools or use any other way that works.  Once you clear the 4 foot wall, move onto the 6 foot wall.  Same rules apply by helping out others.

Weight Pull
Drag the weights from one side of the obstacle and back.

How to do obstacle: You can either do arm over arm or drag the weight sleigh, the choice is yours.

Cargo Climb
Climb, crawl, and scale your way to get through this obstacle.

How to do obstacle: It is like gym class all over again!  Get up onto the top of the cargo box and climb your way across it.

Motor Vehicle Fire
Take a walk in the footsteps of your local firefighters and help them put out an ever growing fire!

How to do obstacle: Be prepared to grab a hose and help put out vehicle fire.  Don’t worry, you will have trained firefighters there to assist you.

Victim Extrication
Their lives are in your hands.  Can you get them out before it is too late?!?

How to do obstacle: Locate the victim.  You can extricate and carry/drag the victim any way that works for you.  Typically grabbing the victim under the shoulders and dragging is the easiest way.  Drag the victim to the designated rescue location.

Blitz Fire Station
Surround and drown the fire is sometimes the best method for a large fire.  Other times it is the best way to get soaking wet…

How to do obstacle: Don’t want to get too wet….run…run very fast!

Slip & Climb
It’s kind of like a slip and slide, except a lot harder.

How to do obstacle: Grab onto the rope and climb your way up this slippery mountain, then enjoy your slide back down.

Sidewall Climb
Sometimes you just have to get creative on how you climb.

How to do obstacle: Imagine being on the edge of a building with only a few inches to go from window to window. Well imagine no more. Approach the wall and step onto the first ledge and get from one side to the other with only a few inches of footing.

Box Jump
Time for some vertical takeoff.

How to do obstacle: You are going to need to jump from the ground up onto the box and then back down again on the other side. Repeat this 10 times and then you are off to the next obstacle.

High Rise Climb
Can you make it to the top floor?

How to do obstacle: Grab an MSA G1 SCBA (Airpack that firefighters wear) and get ready to carry the hose up to the top floor.

*Obstacles can change at the discretion of the race director.

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