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10/9/2020

 

The 12 Labours of Hercules

10/9/2020

 
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The 12 Labours of Hercules

By Mike Bullock

This was a family fun (and free) running scavenger hunt organised last Saturday by myself and Susan for NHRR runners and a few chosen friends. As races are few and far between we wanted to run an event to brighten everyone’s weekend up!

We hosted the whole event in fancy dress as Zeus and Alcmene (Hercules mum). By the end we were totally exhausted keeping up with everyone’s dynamics.

It was indeed a splendid and hysterical day, beginning at 0800 with release of the attached 12 tasks that families needed to complete by 1800. Any families completing by the deadline gained entry to the Final Challenge of the Gods: a race to see who could complete the 13th challenge.

As it was the first event we’ve organised, we were delighted to get 28 teams entering, and the day was pure laughter, as teams did socially-distanced congas in Number 12’s, created their re-enactments of 80’s Athena Posters, ate cake and ice cream as messily as possible, camouflaged themselves in woodland, and raced to the top of the highest hills (our NHRR Mulligtawny was used) to plant flags, before group-singing Meatloaf and Grease songs. Most competitors spent the day in Togas. A special shout out to Jennie & Lindsey’s team, and Jo Sopala’s team who looked resplendent in togas, crowns and specially created swords and shields.

Tim Banting deserves a medal for his superb camouflage task. If you say you can spot Tim, then obviously his camouflage has failed. 

Most groups ran over 12 miles during the day, and the best thing (apart from the great laughter) was that not only did lots of NHRR meet safely in small groups to tackle the challenge, but many families tackled it full-throttle with their families - the kids got as excited as the adults!

Everyone received a personalised Scroll from Zeus and Alcmene  and Trophies were awarded to:

1. The fastest team
2. The funniest team (Matt Roberts’ family won this one)
3.  The most brilliant family
4. The Champions of the Gods trophy
5. Herculean Effort trophy (went to Lindsey and Jenny)
6. Robert De Niro Acting Award
7. Lost In Action Award (this went to Tim Banting who got heroically lost on Pegsdon Hills)

Everyone enjoyed it so much, and you can see hundreds of silly videos and pictures on the Facebook Page (The 12 Labours of Hercules), that we’ve decided to run a follow-up event on 31st October, with a Halloween theme (details on the Facebook group), but we plan to offer the Halloween event to all NHRR members. 

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  • Home
  • About
    • Meet the Committee
    • Club Kit
    • Club Records
    • Club Awards
    • Codes of Conduct and Policies
    • Social
    • Club Charity
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    • Membership Benefits
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    • SORE League
    • Training Resources
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    • Run of the Month 2020
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    • Herts County Champs
    • All time ranking list
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      • 2018 Results
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