{"id":87681,"date":"2018-06-07T10:13:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T08:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=87681"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:00","slug":"jungle-gym-on-campus-for-the-fit-and-unfit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/jungle-gym-on-campus-for-the-fit-and-unfit\/","title":{"rendered":"Jungle gym on campus, for the fit and unfit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jungle gym, but this time with students, and the whole campus is your playground. Tuesday is the date: the Campus Obstacle Run. Erasmus Sport \u2018has pulled out all the stops’ for a half hour run over\u00a0ninja walks<\/em>,\u00a0monkey bars<\/em> and other obstacles. Staff are welcome to take part too.<\/p>\n

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This is the very first edition of the event. Erasmus Sport intern Maro Merk is one of the organisers of the run. He explains: \u201cAnyone can come along. You won\u2019t get dirty, apart from a bit sweaty. There\u2019s no water or any ten metre climbs, so anyone over forty or who isn\u2019t fit can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The course does include a haystack, springboards,\u00a0ninja walks\u00a0<\/em>(sloping walls you have to climb up) and monkey bars\u00a0<\/em>(railings on which you have to hang like a monkey). Some crawling will also be involved.<\/p>\n

No competition<\/h2>

There will always be those people who want to turn it into a race, but the Obstacle Run isn\u2019t a competition, says Merk. \u201cIt\u2019s just for fun. An average participant will take around half an hour to complete it, the fastest perhaps fifteen or twenty minutes. And you can do an extra round if you like.\u201d According to Merk, more important than \u2018winning\u2019 is the fact that you\u2019re training your body. \u201cThe first part of the run is intensive and mainly cardio-based. Other parts are more about keeping your balance.\u201d<\/p>\n

All the participants will receive a free sports bottle to drink from during the run. At the end, they\u2019ll get a drink in the sports canteen. Enrol until 8 June at the reception desk in the sports building.<\/p>\n\n\t

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