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"The Toughest Two Minutes" by Jon Gilson, Again Faster
Dubbed "the toughest two minutes in sports" by ESPN, the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge is tailor-made for CrossFitters. The participants, all active firefighters, scale a five-story tower with a 45-pound high-rise pack, pull a second pack up from the ground, rocket back down the tower, and hit every step en route. Picking up a 9-pound plastic hammer, they drive a 160-pound slug three feet along a skid. Abandoning this setup, the firefighters sprint through a serpentine course, pick up a charged fire hose, and drag it 75 feet through a pair of saloon doors. Pulling a handle, they unleash a jet of water on a circular target. Ten feet distant, 175 pounds of dead weight waits for rescue. Grabbing the man-sized dummy around the torso, the firefighters backpedal 100 feet to the finish line, collapsing to the ground to the sound of a buzzer. The best athletes run the course in under 1:30.
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