Are you in the run for fun? Then hold your own special sports extravaganza in your backyard. Invite your friends to join the competition and fun.

Radical Running Races Time individual runners or teams as they sprint to the finish. Race ideas:

Reverse Running--Run backward from start to finish.

Ornery Orange Offering--Run and pass an orange from beneath your chin to beneath a teammate's chin.

Animal Actions--Race using animal movements: leap like a frog, hop like a kangaroo, inch like an inchworm, or slither like a snake.

Outrageous Obstacle Oval

Your kooky course of fun might include:

* crawling through a large empty box;

* twenty push-ups;

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