Last nights Summer Challenge event was at Belle Isle!! It was a very exciting and fun night. There was lots of sweat and great teamwork!
The night started off with the summer challengers hiking around the island. Periodically, there would be team vs. team challenges. There were four "bonus" pound challenges, and they were:
1) Run up a hill without using your hands- Darwin's Revenge had the most team members make it up without using hands, so they won that round
2) Relay race- The summer challengers battled in out in an old fashion footrace. The Flaming Albatrosses put up a good fight, but Darwin's Revenge won.
3) Frisbee Toss- This was Frisbee with a twist. Each team had to choose one person to throw the Frisbee and one person to catch the Frisbee. The twist was that the catchers had to out on the rocks!!! Christine Walters and Micah Edwards participated for Darwin's revenge and Eric Stalling, myself and David Pijor(who tagged in) played for the Flaming Albatrosses. We found out that it is very hard to throw a Frisbee across the water and Darwin's revenge won by default since the Frisbee made it to the rock
4) The last challenge of the night was to find a shirt that had been hidden. We we given clues to the location, but after searching for 15 minutes , it was discovered that the clue giver gave the wrong directions and so everyone was looking in the wrong place!!!!
All in all it was a fun adventure on Belle Isle. There are a great number of hiking trails and lots of other fun activities. I recommend that if you have not been to Belle Isle, that you should try and go! It is a great Richmond landmark and offers lots of ways to exercise and have fun!!
-Rachel Garmon
Check back in next week because the Summer Challengers will be checking out the new Short Pump American Family Fitness!!!
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