The Warrior Dash was this weekend. So much fun! I wasn't really sure what I was getting myself into, but so glad I did it. I went down to the event with a huge group of running friends and we had an awesome time! We started out bright and early and met at our normal Saturday morning running place. Someone had come up with the great idea of hiring a charter bus for the occasion. This was the best idea ever! We loaded on the bus and then proceeded to get ready while the bus took us down to Logan, Ohio, which is an hour away to the race event site. I know we had at least 40 people on the bus and we met up with even more people when we got there. The people watching and running outfits were great.
The event actually goes off in waves every 30 minutes because there are so many people that participate. In Ohio, the event took place on Saturday and Sunday and it was rumored that over 25,000 people were running the event. One of the most organized races I have ever done. We got there, checked-in, got our drink bracelets, checked our bags and had plenty of time to hang out. Most of our group was in the 11am wave and it started on time.
We went off slow and then got slower. Most of the run was in the hills and it was already pretty muddy and slippery. Throughout the course we came upon obstacles that included things such as wading waist deep in a creek/river, pushing through tires hung by strings, climbing over cars and running through tires, jumping over waist high walls, climbing rope walls, walking on planks and balance beams, swimming in a small pond that also had logs you had to dive over, crawling through pitch black tunnels, jumping over fire, and crawling in a mud pit that included barbed wire you had to crawl under!
To my knowledge we all finished, we all got muddy, and we all had a blast!!
The most fun I've ever had getting dirty!
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