"You have got to be joking!" moaned Abs to Nina as he walked with her over to Luke.
"Hey! Come on! it's the Obstacle Race! An easy one!" laughed Nina, completely getting hyped up. Abs just rolled his eyes.
"Well, this if going to be fun!" said Maggie, in as unexcitedly a tone she could manage.
"Yep, most fun I've had ever!" Selena turned to look at Maggie, but couldn't keep a straight face as they both began chuckling on route to the Starting line.
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However, when the four competitors got to the line, their faces feel at the sight of the obstacles.
"Ah, yes, here were are! The Obstacle Race! Now, competitors, as you can see the course is in five parts, as I will demonstrate." Luke ran onto the marked out course, smiling at the four in front of him. "First we have the beanbags, you have to run to each marker and put a bean bag on each one individually." Luke demonstrated with the first two. "Then once you done that, you move on to the hoola hoops." On the grass were four hoops, one after the other in each lane, "All you have to do is put one over your head, then stand in one and put it over your head that way and repeat. Right?" the group nodded, "Next comes the benches, you've got to jump over each one before moving on the tyres, you gotta run through them as fast as you can without tripping up or stumbling. Then finally there's the hop. You've got to put the ball between your knees and hop to the finish lie! Okay guys?" This time, the look on their faces was definitely horror, which made Luke chuckle, "Its not as hard as it looks, honest!"
"That's alright for you to say, you not taking part!" shouted Abs, his arms folded.
Maggie turned to face Abs, "Hey! You've got nothing to worry about, your not forty something!" the crowd were cheering at each comment made before Luke signalled for the start.
"Right, everyone ready?" Luke asked, trying not to look to smug.
"No!"
"As I'll ever be!"
"Not that I want to be but I am!"
"Yeh!" called out each of the competitors, Nina being the only one who looked remotely like she wanted to go.
"Alright then! On your marks, get set… GO!" Luke's voice echoed round the field as Selena, Abs, Maggie and Nina grabbed their beanbags. "Here we go ladies and gentlemen, the obstacle race! Nina's off to a great start in lane three, Selena close behind in lane two with Maggie and Abs about the same in lanes one and four! Oh, hold on a minute, Abs has missed one of the markers, get back and sort it Abs!"
Abs scowled at Luke before walking back to his marker and melodramatically placing the beanbag done, "Happy?" he called back, smirking.
"Yep, that'll do! You'd best hurry up, otherwise your gunna be last! Oh, and the women are all at the hoops, Nina's through… Selena's through… and …Maggie's through! Come on Abs!"
Abs had almost caught up with Maggie at the beginning of the tyres, with Nina and Selena a couple out in front. However, as he and Maggie placed their feet into the tyres, they got a surprise.
"Oh, I was wondering who'd drawn the short straws in the lanes! Two of the sets of tyres have been tampered with ladies and gentlemen!" Luke could hardly hide the laughter that was spreading on his face as he watched Maggie lift her foot out of the tyre which was now dripping with custard.
"You put custard in my tyres?" she exclaimed, stepping out of them, both her feet now covered in yellow goo. "Uh!" But she smiled slightly evilly as she turned to Abs. "Come on Abs! Lets get him!" she yelled as she grabbed a handful of the custard and flung it at Luke, followed by Abs, who'd picked up a whole tyre and put it over Luke's head.
"Serves you right for mocking us!" laughed Abs as him and Maggie high-fived before taking Selena and Nina's routes on the tyres.
Luke was left to wipe the custard of his mic and face. "God, I can't see now! Thanks guys!" But he stopped his moaning when the crowd cheered as Nina crossed the finish line, followed by Selena and Maggie and Abs. "And Nina crosses first, Selena second and Maggie third with Abs fourth." he said quickly as he was handed a roll of towel. The crowd were both laughing at Luke and cheering on the Youfs.
Comfort took over from Luke, laughing herself, "And the third victory for the Youfs! Come on Oldies! What's happening to you? Hopefully the next race is your guys! Speaking of which, Nathan, what's next?" she smiled handing the mic to Nathan.
"Ah, yes. Up next is the Egg and Spoon! In which, Josh, Tess, Alice and Sam are taking part! Off you go guys!"
Josh and Tess looked quite happy with themselves, the Egg and Spoon wasn't to energetic and didn't require to much skill so they figured they at least had achance.
Sam and Alice also looked happy with the race choice, nothing could go wrong in an egg and spoon race. Right?
