Strong Viking, Frankfurt 2016

OCR saves lives! Sounds to enthusiastic? No…

Did you read (or maybe better saw) the “Xletix NRW 2016” - blog? I motivated some colleagues for it. And one of them stopped  smoking to become a better sportsman. Probably he will never be an athletic but is this necessary? No, it isn’t (my opinion). The only thing, you  should to be, is fit. No matter how fast you run, no matter how strong you are. You should be fit and feel good.

My colleagues trained before and after the Xletix, and so they wanted to go to a further OCR - Good done! It was called “Strong Viking”. These OCR series has some different editions (e.g. mud, water, steel, hills, brother, family) which all have another focus. We selected the brother edition.This edition has its focus on teamwork. Obstacles which you can’t do alone are in the focus. The best choice to build a team or to strength one.

The weather was perfect, our mood could not have been better. Even if our team wasn’t on one fitness level, we did it together. We started together and we finished together. I was proud of all of them.

One really special obstacle is the “Fjord Drop” - a water slide. But not only a water slide like all others: A shocker that made my pulse beat faster. With “Fjord Drop” Strong Viking’s organization team has built a true overcomer for those who do not like height. From a distance it looked quite small, but the closer we got to the colossus, the bigger it seemed to be. We felt a bit like David, who was fighting with Goliath. But it did not help. I had to go through this now - we had to go.

Thankfully, there were only a few runners in front of us, so there was no time to overthink it. Quickly we went up the stairs - many stairs. Once arrived at the top, the instructors told us some safety instructions. We quickly sit down at the edge of the slide. At the first sight there was only a vertical, black wall at the end of which a curve led to nothingness. Should I go down there? Sure! Only a little self-push and I was unstoppable. A slide. A scream. A flight. A splash. My heart was at 180. Pure adrenalin. Madness. The steepest slide I’ve ever made. You need to try it!

After all the pain, after all the effort, after all the self-torture, it was a very good teamwork, and we all were proud to finish.

The pain goes, but the pride stays a whole life.

BTW: “He” has never start smoking again until today!- Good job, boy!