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Well, I did it. I ran the Warrior Dash. I'm currently relaxing in a resort suite, and typing this out on Marvin, my iPad. The race was hugely attended, with each heat composed of hundreds of participants. Amelia ran with me in the 1:00 heat. And heat is the operative word. It was awfully hot, and oppressive, at that. Bright, sunny day with no cloud cover means I think I got a bit of a burn and am feeling a bit cooked. But I ran almost the whole way, barring some stupidly hot bits and the steepest inclines.
I made good time on the steep declines, though. Most people looked like they were having issues with their footing, but I felt like a mountain goat bounding down steep ski slopes.
The obstacles weren't too hard for me: lots of clambering over high wooden structures, under barbed wire, or balancing along beams or ropes. The hardest obstacle for me was the very last one. It was a mud put, and exceedingly slippery. I tried to sprint and very nearly took a header. But I didn't, and made it through the finish line all muddied and grinning.
So that's two slippery, muddy adventure races down, and no falls.
Yeah, I want to do Tough Mudder next year....
I'll post pictures when I get home. HTML is too much of a pain in the ass with a touch-screen keyboard. I looked pretty fabulous, if I do say so, myself!
I made good time on the steep declines, though. Most people looked like they were having issues with their footing, but I felt like a mountain goat bounding down steep ski slopes.
The obstacles weren't too hard for me: lots of clambering over high wooden structures, under barbed wire, or balancing along beams or ropes. The hardest obstacle for me was the very last one. It was a mud put, and exceedingly slippery. I tried to sprint and very nearly took a header. But I didn't, and made it through the finish line all muddied and grinning.
So that's two slippery, muddy adventure races down, and no falls.
Yeah, I want to do Tough Mudder next year....
I'll post pictures when I get home. HTML is too much of a pain in the ass with a touch-screen keyboard. I looked pretty fabulous, if I do say so, myself!
