Commando Crossing

I knew almost immediately that this was going to be difficult. The metal monkey bars were soaking wet from the rain and my hands were slipping slightly with almost every movement.

I made it to roughly the middle before a hand slipped, I lost my rhythm and dropped into the water.

This was the obstacle that ended my Elite classification.

The positive is that it highlighted something very useful for the training programme: grip strength and sustained upper-body endurance still need work.