“Become Human” is my test of strength.

“Become Human” is my test of strength.

A race-test that not everyone can conquer.

From September 29 to 30 in Moscow on the Krylatskoe rowing channel, the next stage of the fitness festival from Reebok – “Become Human” – took place. Championship team took part in the festival once again, which besides me (who participated for the first time) was represented by Nikita Kuzin and Daniil Borozdin.

He always comes back

There is an unspoken rule – if sport once entered your life, it will come back into it and turn everything upside down. I’ve been involved in sports almost my entire life. As a kid it was just regular yard, then professional soccer. After objective reasons I still had to leave the sport and forget about it for a while. But recently it came into my life all over again. The conditions created by Reebok made it comfortable not only for seasoned professionals, but also for people with different levels of involvement in the fitness process. Instant motivation to overcome the next challenges was derived from the general atmosphere that reigned at the festival. Words can’t describe it, you can only experience it for yourself.

Nothing is more important than a team

Before the start of the race I thought that the course would seem to be a relatively easy walk, but everything turned out to be exactly the opposite. The key to the race was teamwork and keeping a consistent pace. One rope per six people was given to the whole team to hold on to. If someone slowed down or ran faster – the general pace was disrupted, and the team immediately began to run out of breath. The course consisted of seven kilometers of total distance and 12 tests that were lined up along the course. If you complied with all the conditions of the stage, it didn’t mean anything. Apart from you, the whole team had to fulfill these conditions, if one person made a mistake, everyone made a mistake.

From the first person

From 10 am Moscow time began the start of the teams. During the whole course there was a friendly atmosphere. The teams wished each other good luck, exchanged compliments and tried to raise their spirits. For the next hour and a half our team spent time standing in the plank, overcoming the rope wall, carrying logs, hauling a wheelbarrow loaded with iron chains – in general, they did everything possible to test their strength. Personally, I ran out of them about halfway through the course, but thanks to the captain’s motivation, I crossed the finish line with the team. But the most interesting thoughts usually come after the experience.

P.S.

Immediately after the finish line we received our cherished medals, engraved with the name of the festival and its date. A great way to forever imprint in your memory the moment when you tested yourself and you seemingly succeeded (yes, yes, it was a test for me). After the mundane ceremonies, when you leave the festival grounds, you start going through your mind and thinking about “What do you have to do to overcome such a distance again?”. And to overcome it in such a way that you run from the beginning to the end. Not to pause, not to put the team in an uncomfortable position. In general, summarizing everything that was going on – the name of the festival was clearly reflected on people. Someone was throwing away an almost full pack of cigarettes right on the way out (I was among them), someone was looking pensively into the already sunny Moscow sky. The main question – did I manage to become a human being? Absolutely yes!