By Betsy Allen

Athletes from Putnam County and surrounding areas participated in grueling challenges at the Battle Run Fitness Games, held last Saturday, March 20. The event featured a series of twelve fitness contests, including carrying 45-pound containers of water, flipping enormous tires end on end, endurance planking, weighted rope pulls, stair climbing, log carrying, and dragging weights ranging between 100 and 190 pounds across a distance of forty yards. While many participants were local, some came from as far away as Ohio to compete in the games, which were held at Camp Appalachia in Scott Depot.