Superhero Scramble - North Florida 2013 VIDEO and Athlete Interviews
Posted by Arnel Banawa on November 18, 2013
Wow! I had the opportunity to experience the
Superhero Scramble North Florida Event this
past weekend, and I’m going to say it again, the
Superhero Scramble is one of my TOP 3 when it
comes to the most challenging, organized, highquality, and fun obstacle course races (OCR).
I spoke with OCR Athletes Ken Corigliano (1st
Place Overall) who is the Air Force Athlete of
the Year, NCAA Top Div II Athlete of the Last 40
Troy King: The best part of SS (Superhero Scramble)
Years (40th Anniversary Tribute Team) 2013, and
for me, is the Scramble Gamble (Elite Wave with
Finished 45th in Triathlon at the World Military
Prize Money Eligibility). It always brings out the
Games 2012, Paola Reategui (1st Place Female), Troy
best competitors to measure myself against.
King (4th AG, 10th Overall), and 53 year old OCR
Coach Steve Miller(2nd Place AG Open), about
Steve Miller: I really liked the obstacles they were all
what they thought about the event. Check out what
challenging but not impossible and they tested your
they had to say:
endurance.
ARNEL BANAWA: What did you like best about
ARNEL BANAWA: Which obstacle was the most
Superhero Scramble North Florida 2013?
challenging?
Ken Corigliano: Had two fast guys, one was an
Olympian other finished 34th overall at the Boston
Ken Corigliano: Probably Mounds of Doom, it
Marathon Two really tall obstacles
had five or six deeply dug holes with huge piles of
dirt in-between, we all were gassed after those for a
Paola Reategui: My favorite part about Superhero
few seconds.
Scramble came down to two things: 1) it was more
of a runners race for the first 2 miles giving me an
Paola Reategui: The most challenging obstacle had
advantage to open up the lead on other competitors
to be the rings and the last rope climb up the wall.
and 2) i loved their new obstacle where we had to
Troy King: The rings challenged me the most. I love
climb the ladder and hop down the haystacks. It was
them, don’t get me wrong, but they gave me hell this
a bit scary, at times I felt I was going to topple over
time. I lost my rhythm and ended up “two handing”
with one of them.
each ring. I finally completed them after losing two
(Paola Reategui)
spots.