I Survived.....

And have a t-shirt to prove it!

Last Saturday I completed the Warrior Dash in Kansas City, MO. It was a 5k (3.1 mile) race with 12 obstacles. I was excited about this race and was mostly looking forward to crawling through the mud at the very end. However I knew starting a race at 2:30pm in the afternoon in July would be a challenge because of the heat. The course was very hilly through pastures and wooded areas. The hills in the wooded areas were muddy and slick so to prevent a face plant in the mud I walked a few of the downhills. If you know me, you know how very uncoordinated I am so of course the obstacles were quite the challenge for me. The very first one I basically fell over. That was pretty comical for all to see I'm sure. I just laughed, got up, dusted myself off and went on my way. Each obstacle was more challenging than I had expected and the ones that required climbing up fairly high made me nervous. I'm obviously not a fan of heights. Running through the creeks was a nice relief from the heat. I did however see some fellow that had not faired well on the course and was being held in the creek to be cooled off. He ended up being carted off the course because of over heating. As I neared the end I felt like I had completed a 10 mile race and was looking forward to seeing the mud puddle at the end. I crawled through the mud and as I crawled out and tried to get my footing fell flat on my back. I had someone ask if I needed help and I just laughed at how stupid I must have looked and got up and crossed the finish line. As I meandered through the mud soaked people a guy came up to me and told me it was quicker to clean off in the creek than the trucks that were spraying water so I went to the creek and washed off what I could.

It was a great time, great race, and I'm looking forward to doing it again next year. But next year I will try to sign up at an earlier time so I don't have to deal with the summer heat.

And this was me right after the race before I jumped in the creek. It took me a while to get all the mud off. :)

Sorry this picture is sideways no matter what I did I couldn't get it to stay up right.