• FREE and open to everyone (students, staff, siblings, parents, friends, etc.)
• Obstacle course run that will challenge you to get muddy, scramble over logs, run through a creek, climb a dirt mound and crawl through a tunnel, just to name a few obstacles you will face (click here to view last year's photos)
• Register at middle school playground next to Hondros Field at 11:00 a.m.
• Three courses: 1 mile with 15+ obstacles (20-60 minutes), 2 miles with 20+ obstacles (30-75 minutes) or 3 miles with 25+ obstacles (45-90 minutes)

Helpful notes from course designer Ryan Yeoman '90 

• Getting outside is important. Challenging ourselves leads to growth. Time with family and friends is fun. Combine them all and it's a party... a muddy one, but a party nonetheless!
• Wear workout clothes and shoes you don't mind getting wet and muddy.
• Have a good snack about an hour before the race. Bananas, water and other healthy snacks will be available at the finish.
• Do NOT show up at noon and expect to run because there is a registration cutoff to accommodate other campus events.
• Do NOT worry about snakes, spiders or critters (they really want to avoid you) but expect some possible poison ivy, pricker bushes, scrapes, cuts and/or bruises.
• You can do hard things!

Columbus Academy alumna Meredith Keeran Kessler '96 will be attending to offer tips, sign autographs and sell copies of her new book "Life of a Triathlete"... you might even get the chance to run alongside her! Here are a few of Meredith's accolades:

• Inducted into Academy's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006 after a standout four-sport prep career
• Excelled in field hockey and track as a Division I student-athlete at Syracuse University
• Competed in Ironman races all over the world, winning 11 times at full distance (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, 26.2-mile run) and 21 times in half-distance competitions
• Takes pride in being the best wife, daughter, sister, friend and mentor that she can possibly be with the goal of using her experience from the past 12+ years of racing to help others achieve their goals

We encourage you to come early and stay after the Viking Rampage Run to support our sports teams and guests competing that day!