I played Pro-Football for 7 years
Okay !
That would do it, I think.
I regulary try to get it up the hill solo for kicks and it sure feels like pushing a defense made up of big boys aside for a 30+ yard stretch. Completely anaerobic and when your muscles are out of oxygen you drop to the ground without a hope to recover. In the soft sand you move ahead by 10 inches and push you feet backward through the sand another 10 inches. That in itself is mentally wrecking.
I do alot of (fast) cycling and tend to have a little more oxygen reserve in my leg muscles then most, but often enough I need help of a friend for the last few meters. But it is just up the ally of an American football defense player or rugby scrum specialist.
Best of luck overthere!
Wouter