I signed up for Warrior Dash when I learned there would be barricades and fire pits. As a bonus, the event website promised mud, lots of it. The promotional video did a good job getting me into the warrior spirit. I was ready!
I showed up at the dash with my plain workout outfit – lame! Many participants were in costumes. I should have at least colored my face.
There were 11 obstacles in over 3.5 miles of rugged terrains. Personally, the obstacles were the real challenges. I didn’t train for the obstacles, nor did I remember trying out most of them, ever! I was a little intimated whenever I saw an obstacle ahead. To my surprise, I was able to pulled my own weight up and over tall wooden barricade; teeter through narrow track about 5 feet above ground; survived smelly dark trenches; crawled under barbed wire and tangled cargo nets; stampeded over junk yard of car wreckage and tires without falling on my face; running through mud puddles in the woods…
The last part of the race were series of nets climbing, fire pits leaping, and finally crawling beneath barbed wire in mud pool to reach the finish line. Something I learned that day about mud, was that people got stocked in it, kind of like flies on flypaper.
After hosed down by high pressure water hose, I was a little less muddy but still nowhere near clean. It was time for a little celebration, warrior style! ktula feasted on a turkey leg the size of his face. I went for tasty tasty beers.
The result: I was top 30% of the overall Sunday participants (2066 of 7695) and top 11% (53 of 514) in my age group. Not that it matters. If I ever enter the dash again, I am going for the best costume awards and focus on my warrior poses!
Living in the Seattle area, Smelly is a user experience designer by day, a running, cycling, gardening type of girl when she wasn't wearing the designer hat.
hahaha, that is so awesome! wow Darren and I were going to do this this year, but bailed! looked like so much fun! high fives!
High five back at you Lara! I was really hoping we had a sunny day but didn’t. Perhaps you’ll have better luck when you and Darren try out next time!