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Metro Dash coming to Atlanta on Saturday

June 22, 2011

Metro Dash, one of the country's premier obstacle race series, will come to Turner Field this Saturday.

The Atlanta Metro Dash features 30 obstacles, like tire flips, rope swings, 15-foot cargo net climbs, wall jumps, monkey bars and the strongman shuffle. All of the obstacles are based on functional fitness principles used by pro athletes and military forces.

The event will be held in the Green Lot at 755 Hank Aaron Dr.

For more info and to register: www.metrodash.com/atlanta

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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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