My name is Paola Reategui, 26 years old, and I
have lived in Miami, Fl practically my whole life.
I used to run XC and track and field (distance
runner specialized in the 3k Steeple Chase) for FIU
from 2004-2009. I never thought I’d experience an
obstacle influenced event beyond the steeple chase,
especially since Miami trails are nonexistent and the
only type of trail running we experienced was once a
week every year at our running camp in Ocala, FL.
My husband, Andrew Charles, finally convinced
turns out my husband and I were the first to cross
the line.
I thought I was done, as fun as it was, but
once again my husband convinced me to run the
Armageddon Ambush 5k run at Amelia Earhart
Park in Miami, Fl. Also a fun event where everyone
got lost, so no winner was declared. But that didn’t
bother me, I loved the giant water slide, crawling
under barbed wire, pulling myself up a rope, and
proving that I had a lot more than the scrawny
me to run one last year in March for fun with him
appearance I present. What came next was the
after he had overly enjoyed the Spartan Race in
turning point in my training. The Superhero
Oleta River State Park. I thought to myself, “Really?
Scramble Charger in Clermont, Fl where my former
Have you seen my arms? I’m not getting over a
teammate, Daniela Espino, and I decided it would
wall!”
be fun to run it together and we were lured in by the
So we ran the LGBT Mud Run 5k happily
together and he assisted me over some obstacles as
I still had no upper body strength due to post birth
$$$ money prize! We came in first and second and
we had a blast.
Then Damion from MudRunFun approached
laziness (even though it was already a year later!).
us and asked us to join his awe-inspiring OCR
Nonetheless, it was absolutely exhilarating and as it
team. We continued the Superhero Scramble Series