Event Description
The World's First Obstacle Course Race Designed to Challenge Your Mind and Your Body - featuring giant 3-D puzzles, games of strategy and wit, life-size tests of memory, coordination, and logic, and many other challenges designed to help engage a racer's brain!
The Puzzle Dash is a team oriented obstacle course race featuring obstacles of handpicked, professionally tested, and unquestionably fun challenges designed to help engage a racer's brain. Other obstacle courses and races test your physical strength and stamina, but THE PUZZLE DASH will go beyond that to train your body and test your mind. The obstacles will directly challenge one’s ability in the fields of critical thinking, work skills, memory, visual perception, coordination, and many more brain-building areas.
Event Details:
Our inaugural event will take place in Monroe/Jamesburg, NJ at Thompson Park, the largest park in the Middlesex County parks system, on Saturday, September 28, 2019.
Designed to test the mental aptitude of people from all walks of life, THE PUZZLE DASH is open to anyone physically able to compete. These races are for anyone looking to "shake up" their routine, engage is enjoyable exercise, connect with others, help raise money and awareness for autism, and have fun while doing so. THE PUZZLE DASH is a solution to all these desires, while also exercising the body's most important muscle: the brain. Everyone from teenagers to senior citizens, the weekend warriors to the couch potatoes, the math team to the track team, and the cross word enthusiasts to the 7-day a week gym goer, THE PUZZLE DASH has something for everyone.
Each Registration includes a donation to a charity that focuses on helping educate and grow children & Adults with Autism and other learning disabilities. One of the core values of THE PUZZLE DASH is being able to give back on a local level. A portion of all proceeds with be donated to Autism New Jersey.
The race itself is:
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A timed 5k obstacle course race featuring between 8-12 obstacles
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The race will be conducted in a team format, with each team consisting of 4-10 racers
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Obstacles will feature an assortment of “brain games” designed to test one’s mental abilities
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Each obstacle:
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Will be made up of either individual ‘stations’ that each team must physically solve or one large obstacle upon which each team must mentally solve and produce the answer for
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Will have a twenty (20) minute time limit
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Will be overseen by a group of referees
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A “Puzzler Zone” area will feature a variety of different activities to help entertain racers and guests, provide charity and sponsorship presence, and act as a centralized gathering area
Event details and schedule
Date: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2019
Time: Heats begin every half hour, beginning at 8:00am and ending with the 2:30pm heat. Staging for each heat will begin 30 minutes prior to each scheduled start time.
Course Info: 5k course will take teams throughout the confines of Thompson Park, running along trails, grass, paths, and walkways.
Arrival: Please arrive at least 45 minutes prior to your scheduled start time to ensure a smooth check-in process.
Parking: On-site parking will be free for racers & spectators. Carpooling is encouraged. Staff and signage will direct traffic to open parking lots.
What to Wear/Bring:
- Proper running attire and footwear
- Teams uniforms (not required)
- Valid photo ID
- Confirmation Registration Email with registration code (either print out or on mobile device)
- Make sure you completed the participant waiver during registration
