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How fast can you do this playground challenge?
Head to the park and race to finish this series of athletic challenges.
Consider yourself master of the monkey bars? Slayer of the slide? The fastest, strongest, bravest — a kid who can’t be beat?
Prove it.
Grab a friend and head to the closest park to race to finish this challenge. If it’s crowded, be sure not to accidentally run into any other kids. You can try our course, which is made for Noelridge Park in Cedar Rapids, or make up your own to perfectly fit your playground!
Design rendering of all-inclusive playground planned for Noelridge Park in Cedar Rapids. (Courtesy of Variety — the Children's Charity)
Start at the same time, or use a timer and take turns to see who can finish first. No one brave enough to challenge you? Time yourself and try to beat your personal best.
1. Spin as fast as you can for 10 seconds.
2. Run up the ramp or stairs to the top of the playground structure, then skip across the bridge toward the slide.
3. Launch yourself down the slide, then sprint into the grass until you reach an agreed-upon spot, like a tree.
Kids play in the splash pad and with squirt guns at Cleveland Park in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, June 5, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
4. Do 10 jumping jacks, then run back to the monkey bars.
5. Cross the monkey bars and do at least one pullup on the last bar.
6. Drop to the ground and Army crawl to the tunnel. Stand up and dance for 5 seconds, then limbo under the tunnel.
7. Run to the spiderweb. First to touch the very top wins.
Aiden Babka, 12, laughs with his parents, Beth and Jim Babka of North Liberty, as they play on the new all-inclusive playground at Noelridge Park in Cedar Rapids on Oct. 19, 2017. Aiden has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair or a special bike to get around. The inclusive playground is the first in Cedar Rapids and features play elements that accessible to children and adults with varying levels of physical ability. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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Bryce Hargrow, 11, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, gets a push on the saucer swing from his twin brother Braylon as they play on the new playground equipment at Daniels Park, 940 Oakland Road NE, in northeast Cedar Rapids on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Design rendering of all-inclusive playground planned for Noelridge Park in Cedar Rapids. (Courtesy of Variety — the Children's Charity)
Kids play in the splash pad and with squirt guns at Cleveland Park in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, June 5, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Aiden Babka, 12, laughs with his parents, Beth and Jim Babka of North Liberty, as they play on the new all-inclusive playground at Noelridge Park in Cedar Rapids on Oct. 19, 2017. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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