Strength To Serve Challenge
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Strength To Serve Challenge

Fayetteville, New York, United States View on map
Sep 13, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Obstacle race

About this race

~3 MILES BLENDED WITH ~23 CHALLENGES !!!

The Strength to Serve Challenge is a high energy, purpose driven obstacle and fitness race that brings together firefighters, police, EMS, 911 dispatchers, teachers, nurses and ANYONE ready to test their grit.

Built around teamwork, resilience, and community pride, this event blends running, functional fitness, and job inspired challenges into an unforgettable course experience.  All obstacles are inspired by first responder training.

Expect a mix of strength stations, endurance segments, agility obstacles, and mental focus tasks designed to be challenging but achievable, with options to scale difficulty so first timers and competitive athletes can both leave feeling accomplished. Whether you’re racing for a podium spot or simply proving something to yourself, every participant earns the same thing: the satisfaction of finishing something bold.

This isn’t just a race it’s a celebration of everyday heroes and the communities that support them.

Fitness with purpose. Strength to serve.

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Obstacle race

Strength To Serve Challenge

Along the way, you’ll face signature obstacles like: • Search & Rescue: navigate a marked zone to locate a victim and recover before moving on, quick decision making matters as much as speed. • Hose Drag: pull a weighted hose line across the grass and complete it before you’re cleared • Wall Hop: scale and clear a series of walls some are quick pop overs, others require technique, and a little courage. • Victim Drag: move a simulated rescue dummy through a defined lane, controlled effort, strong legs, and grit win here. • 911 Mental Toughness: a pressure challenge that tests focus under fatigue, think rapid information recall, sequencing, or communication style tasks with time on the clock. • Terrain Run: uneven grass, turns, short inclines, and natural features that keep your legs honest and your heart rate up. And SOOO much more….we can’t tell you all our secrets

Sep 13, 2026 4.8K 9:00 AM
$50.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 3 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Fayetteville, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 13.4° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 23.9°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 13.4° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 24.4°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
12.7
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
0.1mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
72.3%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on September 13, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on September 13, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
12h 36m

The sun rises at 6:41 AM and sets at 7:17 PM local time (EDT) in Fayetteville on September 13, 2026 — 12h 36m of daylight.

Course

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2026 results — Strength To Serve Challenge

Strength To Serve Challenge · 124 finishers

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Leading finishers of the 2026 Strength To Serve Challenge
Place Name Time Pace
1 EDSON AL JEAN BAPTISTE — —
2 JEFFREY NAPPA — —
3 ANDREW KENT — —
4 EVAN AUSTERMAN — —
5 BRETT HAYES — —

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 9 Fayetteville events

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