Instead of barriers that tip over, the steeplechase contains four immovable barriers and a 30-inch wall set in front of a 10-foot-long pool of water. Sound crazy? U.S. Olympic hopeful Emma Coburn ...

For steeplechase runners ... a water pit to mimic random obstacles runners might encounter outdoors. The water jump, which ...

wonder what's going on with the steeplechase: what are these massive barriers doing on the track, and why are the runners jumping over them? Why is there a water pit? And why, really, is this ...

The race features 28 barriers, similar to hurdles, and seven water jumps ... a set of obstacles and jump over fences. Though ...