. >>> as you may know, i'm trying for the new york triathon.s when i turned 40 last year. i heard about the death race challenge. as a starting point for the obstacle course, they say your time doesn't matter. you simply have to make it to the finish line. bruce allentuck is a contractor in clarksburg, maryland. he is not putting these logs in anyone's yard. he is 46 and an accomplished triatlete. >> i carried truck tires through creeks and packs of sand. 30 or 40 pounds of sand. >> they say pay attention to the river. >> joe created the death race. for one weekend every summer, he and andy turned the countryside into a test of will power. >> a lot of people thought they could have been a navy s.e.a.l. or in the tour de france. >> it is an extreme test and can last 30 hours or more. you have to think quick on your feet. and in past races, competitors learned greek phrases and split wood and crawled under barbed wire. from year to year, it is never the same. >> there is a serious risk of death in the event. >> i understand. >> with those words,