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April 16, 2011
Warrior Dash
On Saturday, my friend Becky and I ran the Warrior Dash. It seemed like it would be fun, 3.24 miles of running, broken up by 14 obstacles to wade, climb, crawl, jump and slither.
And fun it was.
I was initially was more worried about the obstacles, figuring all the running I'd been doing should serve me well for the distance. The obstacles ended up being more fun than challenging, and the run was harder than I expected, probably because of the uneven terrain, hills and all the pauses to do obstacles.
We got wet right at the start, but managed to stay pretty clean until the last obstacle: crawling through a mud pit under barbed wire.
The day started out cool, and we were worried about the water temperature and being wet all day. It warmed up quickly, and was actually quite a nice day for a run. Not quite nice enough that after the mud started drying were we willing to get firehosed and soaked again.
To sum up: Fun, better with a friend, would do it again with a friend or group, but probably not alone.
The stats:
Chip time: 41:22
Pace: 13:21
184/587 age group
3473/7393 overall
Posted by me at April 16, 2011 9:51 PM