Summer of Seals III

On August 27th we wrapped up another Summer of Seals event. Summer of Seals is a friendly team fitness competition for people of all fitness levels, designed to motivate and strengthen each participant. Deven and a few friends started it a few years ago and it is attracting more and more people each year. How does this sound for your morning work out;

500M Swim

Max Push Ups

Max Sit Ups

Max Pull Ups

1.5 Mile Run

This year we had 112 participants compete and over 30 volunteers on the day of the event.

First each person swam a timed 500 meters. The average time for men and women was 12 minutes and 50 seconds... Not bad.

5,990 push ups were performed that morning.

6,354 sit ups...

Oh, and don't forget my favorite...

608 pull ups were pumped out by both men and women...

The competing participants average run time was 14 minutes for a mile and a half. Of course this was done after the swim, push ups, sit ups and pull ups. These Seals are strong!

This event really is challenging. What I love most about this competition is that it encourages average people (like you and I) to take their fitness routine a step further and push their bodies to do something they didn't think they could do, or just didn't have the motivation to do. And because it is a team event, each person has a support group to help them through it.

Deven put so much time and effort into organizing the event, and still made time to compete. Trent, Allison and I got there just in time to see him finish his last lap.

After everyone completed the Summer of Seals challenge they had a little award ceremony. Each team was awarded points based on the completion of their six week work out (4 times a week), weight loss, and their performance in each of the 5 events the day of the competition.

It was a really great to see all of these people participate in this fun event and see Deven's hard work paid off when he passed out medals. How did my Accounting major husband end up running fitness events when I'm the one with a Fitness and Wellness degree? I tell ya, this guy can do anything and anything he does he puts 110% into it.

Admittedly I haven't been working out, but chasing this guy around and pacing the house with a crying baby is enough for now. After the event Trenton jumped in the pool to try out his new "floaties"

...and Allison finally surrendered to her car seat.