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Sisu means perseverance and determination and participants in this weekend’s obstacle course are going to need a lot of it
Over 100 contestants will participate in the Sisu Challenge on Saturday.
The inaugural event is being put on by the City of Houghton and CrossFit Haakapeliitta.
It’s five kilometers of the toughest obstacles and terrain that could be devised for the teams to compete on.
CrossFit Haakapeliitta’s Micah Stipech explains…
Proceeds benefit a scholarship program being established by the ROTC.
Racers start out at Kestner Waterfront Park and then climb Chutes and Ladders with the fire department blasting them with water.
Then they must scamper across a cargo net on the beach before belly-crawling through the sand.
The racers then hustle down the waterfront while carrying heavy sandbags, then survive the dreaded mudpit, eventually making it to the east end of the city and heading back with more obstacles to come.
The race will finish at the park where it started.
What the contestants don’t know is that on top of all the other obstacles, they’ll have a special surprise waiting for them.
They’ll find out what that is on Saturday.
