


|Photo by Eric Aires| Cassandra Elliott and her #1 fan and supporter, son Harrison, are gearing up for the Difficult as Nails urban challenge, presented by The Wellness Program. Sunday’s occasion was the initial time Wheeling’s ‘first family’ had tackled the urban challenge, but Cassandra’s husband – Mayor Glenn Elliott – promised to take component subsequent year.

WHEELING — The City of Wheeling’s “Initial Household” joined in the crazy exciting this weekend as Cassandra Elliott participated in her initial Difficult as Nails Urban Challenge presented by The Wellness Program.
Wheeling’s “initial lady”‘s initial Sunday venture on the downtown obstacle course was not only a private challenge for her, but will probably serve as a scouting mission as effectively. Her husband – Mayor Glenn Elliott – has publicly promised to attend subsequent year’s occasion.
There is no letting up on the Difficult as Nails Urban Challenge throughout the 2024 Ogden Newspaper Wellness Weekend for the mayor, who will full his second and final term in workplace subsequent summer time. He declined an supply to attempt to tackle the course this year.
“I asked him and he stated he wanted to be capable to stroll this week,” quipped Cassandra Elliott. “He’s currently committed — he’s going to do it with Chad Tallman.”
The Elliotts noted that the mayor has currently issued a public challenge to Deputy Mayor Chad Tallman — and they strategy to stick to by means of.
“If the deputy mayor does it, I told him I’d do it,” Glenn Elliott stated. “And I will beat him.”
Cassandra Elliott will be a Difficult as Nails veteran subsequent year when the mayor is tied for her race. This year, nonetheless, she stated she was seeking forward to pushing herself to take on the hugely well-known occasion.
“It is just a challenge,” she stated of her wish to participate this year. “I’ve never ever been in any sort of race—nothing. I walked yesterday (the 5K Twin Pops Stroll For Wellness presented by Ziegenfelder) for the initial time.”
But Difficult as Nails is a diverse animal, and it really is a major weekend challenge – 1 she stated she does not strategy to take on alone.
“It is a exciting run,” she stated. “I do it with 5 other girls, and we do it for exciting.”
That is not to say the preparations weren’t an crucial step top up to this weekend. Cassandra Elliott stated for the previous handful of weeks she has been focused on preparing physically and mentally for Sunday’s major occasion.
“I ran about 5 miles every single other day and did some circuit strength coaching,” she stated. “We took the actions we required to take — ‘Stairway to Heaven.’ The initial time I did it, I believed, ‘am I genuinely going to be capable to do this?’
While some of the obstacles might look daunting, going by means of them properly and wisely can be the ideal approach, she pointed out.
“I consider the largest challenge will be either the rope climbing – or I am nervous about the pods in the pool,” she stated. “That is my largest worry – falling, having your feet wet and then obtaining to run the rest of the race with wet socks.”
Becoming a veteran of the course will undoubtedly give the Elliotts a clear benefit in subsequent year’s mayoral and deputy mayor challenge now that the gauntlet has been thrown down. Cassandra Elliott has hinted that a mayoral victory will be a triumphant swan song for him, and preparations will probably have to commence promptly.
“He’s going to be coaching with me all year for this,” she laughed.





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