In an exhilarating environment amidst fun and cheer; Dubai’s Al Barari came alive with The Sand Pit’s debut obstacle run on last 17th of April.
Conceptualized bearing in mind an aim of showing people that they are capable of taking on challenges by working together towards a shared goal; the event’s debut logged in an impressive 1,100 number of participants including individuals and groups. As The Sand Pit Run flagged off, participants were seen cruising further and overcoming obstacles with team effort. The only event in the Middle East that’s focussed solely on an untimed obstacle run, the primary intention was offering a fun event rather than a competition. The entire event was buzzing with efficient comradeship as “Pitizens” turned up in various costumes and realised their true potential in physical and mental abilities whilst having fun.
Firas Masri, Co-Founder and CEO of The Sand Pit remarks that “It is encouraging to experience the kind of support and turnaround we received on our debut event. Our motive was to devise a bi-annual sports event that is full of challenges both mental and physical but at the same time, an event that will make people achieve it together and not pit them against each other in competition. A winning streak when achieved with a team effort always feels more rewarding and conditions the mind better for real-life situations. We are happy that participants just let loose and simply had fun.”
UAE’s first ever untimed fitness challenge; runners in The Sand Pit worked together to overcome 15 obstacles ranging from crawling under barbed wires, a four meter slide into a water pit, a run on sand dunes, climbing up a three metre wall to sliding on ice cold water; to name a few. With interesting titles, the obstacles like Sub Zero, Into The Pit, Stride of Pride, The Ape Dome, Alcatraz etc. were designed not only to test mental and physical abilities but also encourage collaboration as opposed to competition in obstacles like, The Quarter Pipe, A Friend In Need and Walley to name a few.
As many as 1,100 men and women alike participated in The Sand Pit’s debut while another 250 cheered the event as morale-boosting spectators. Participants were awarded with prizes for the best dressed individual, team, best slide Into the Pit and the best selfie!
