Ice Warrior II was awesome! Such good fun! I’m really chuffed I finished 7th and maybe would have done better if I’d been braver from the start.
Everyone started in groups of five. One instructed where to go and kitted up with helmets and chipped timers we were off. First a run though the Mall, the car park and then up what seemed like hundreds of flights of stairs. The five of us were all still together and I decided to stick in the middle of the group so that I could see what was coming. Big mistake. Huge! After the stairs, we were sent down a slide in rubber rings. Since only one person could go down the slide at once, this gave those at the front a huge time advantage over those at the back.
My memory of all of the obstacles starts to blur after that, but it certainly included; crawling up a toboggan slide, jumping over ice walls, getting sprayed with cold water, pulling a rubber ring up a hill with rope, crawling between huge rubber balls, running up the steepest section of Ski Dubai, a balance beam, shovelling snow into a bin, running down stairs and then back up (millions of them) and sledging down the slope. I’m knackered just thinking about it all!
It flew past and so quickly and I was back in the warmth after 21m 56s. The atmosphere was fantastic, everyone laughing and joking, sharing their stories and encouraging each other on. It’s certainly an event that I’d recommend and I’m already looking forward to taking part in Ice Warrior III.
Everyone started in groups of five. One instructed where to go and kitted up with helmets and chipped timers we were off. First a run though the Mall, the car park and then up what seemed like hundreds of flights of stairs. The five of us were all still together and I decided to stick in the middle of the group so that I could see what was coming. Big mistake. Huge! After the stairs, we were sent down a slide in rubber rings. Since only one person could go down the slide at once, this gave those at the front a huge time advantage over those at the back.My memory of all of the obstacles starts to blur after that, but it certainly included; crawling up a toboggan slide, jumping over ice walls, getting sprayed with cold water, pulling a rubber ring up a hill with rope, crawling between huge rubber balls, running up the steepest section of Ski Dubai, a balance beam, shovelling snow into a bin, running down stairs and then back up (millions of them) and sledging down the slope. I’m knackered just thinking about it all!
It flew past and so quickly and I was back in the warmth after 21m 56s. The atmosphere was fantastic, everyone laughing and joking, sharing their stories and encouraging each other on. It’s certainly an event that I’d recommend and I’m already looking forward to taking part in Ice Warrior III.
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