COMPETITION COURSE, DETAILS, & SCORING
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The overall San Antonio Sports Team Tough Challenge champion in each division will be the team with the lowest total combined time. The time is calculated from your actual course finish time MINUS the results from the Battleground Challenges.
The “Tough” 1-Mile Trail
Teams will start and finish the competition by running the 1-mile trail as a team and will make several stops along the trail to complete timed stations and challenges before crossing the finish line.
- Special Warfare Leadership Reaction Stations
- Teams will work together to complete several unique leadership reaction stations. Teams will need to be prepared for the element of surprise as stations will be unknown until event day. Once all stations are finished, teams will continue through the course route to the Beaver Fit Challenge.
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If a team does not complete in 15 minutes we will give them a +2 minutes to their time
If a team completes under 15 to 12:01 minutes they will get a no penalty
If a team completes under 12 minutes which means they excelled, they will get a - 1 minute to their overall time
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- Teams will work together to complete several unique leadership reaction stations. Teams will need to be prepared for the element of surprise as stations will be unknown until event day. Once all stations are finished, teams will continue through the course route to the Beaver Fit Challenge.
- Beaver Fit Challenge
- Teams will run through several apparatuses as fast as possible to continue through the last half mile (0.5mi) of the Tough Mile.
- Each team member one at a time will complete
the monkey bars then do 20 burpees - After student 1 completes the bars and burpees
then the next student will complete- After all 8 students complete their reps,
they then can proceed together to finish
running on the trail and cross the finish
line
- After all 8 students complete their reps,
- Each team member one at a time will complete
- Teams will run through several apparatuses as fast as possible to continue through the last half mile (0.5mi) of the Tough Mile.
FINISH The Tough Mile
Battleground Challenges
- U.S. Marines Pull-Up Challenge
- U.S. Army Push-Up Challenge
- Tug-of-War Tournament
Battleground Fitness Challenge Scoring
U.S. Army Push-Up Challenge
Teams score will be based off their standings among other division teams that are then ranked by the total number of push-ups they complete in the 5 minutes.
1st place = (-5 min) 2nd place = (-4 min) 3rd place = (-3 min) 4th place = (-2 min) 5th place & lower = (-1 min)
United States Marine Corps Pull-Up Challenge
Teams score will be based off their standings among other division teams that are then ranked by the total number of pull-ups they complete in the 5 minutes.
1st place = (-5 min) 2nd place = (-4 min) 3rd place = (-3 min) 4th place = (-2 min) 5th place & lower = (-1 min)
Tug-of-War Tournament
1st place = (-5 min) 2nd place = (-4 min) 3rd place = (-3 min) 4th place = (-2 min) 5-8th place = (-1 min) 9th place & lower = (-0.5 min [30 seconds])
The overall Team Tough Challenge champion in each division will be the team with the lowest total combined time to complete the entire competition/trail. The time is calculated from your actual Tough Mile finish time MINUS the results/finish from the Battleground Challenges.
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