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I've done nothing like that, but I'd be all over it if they had one like that around here.  My wife and I did something called the Jailbreak Run, which is very similar to the Warrior Dash, last summer and loved it. 

I have a couple of friends that have done the Urban Challenge things and have heard mixed results.  It is supposed to be like an Amazing Race type challenge, but they said it was more like a scavenger hunt and not very physically challenging.

I've never seen anything that quite compares to that race, though, and with the location I bet it's a beautiful environment to boot.  Do you camp out there and stuff too?  That sounds like a lot of fun.

It's actually really close to where my dad and husband hunt. My parents used to always threaten to move there when I was a teenager and misbehaving. LOL We haven't done much camping, maybe this year. I don't like taking babies camping... loose dirt everywhere, rattlesnakes and cold nights, not my idea of a great place for toddlers/babies.

Mike said something about an adventure race where they have an hourly time, like 8 hrs or 12 and you run a loop on the trail and try to see how many loops you and your team can get in. I think that sounds like fun but that is something they don't have close to us yet.

How about relays? Anyone done any of those?

relay sounds like fun. i realized last year that i'm such a klutz that i really oughta stick to paved surfaces for my running, lol. had a trail run in my 10K group i thought would be such fun, but i spent most of my energy trying not to fall down (and yes, i did anyway). this is why i'm better on water than dry land.

I'm SO stoked... temps were supposed to hit 60 today, so took Bikey outside to ride with a teammate (I train/race with a local charity team). Friend's aiming for 1/2 IM in the fall, so proposed riding a loop of that course...meanwhile, I'm freaking bc my 1st oly race is mid-may, I've gained 15 pounds, feel mushy & weak, and have the dumb ankle thing, and it looked like it was going to pour.

We headed out and decided to bail  on the longer ride & aim for the oly course after the 1st 6 miles, and I wanted to turn around and bail altogether after the 1st 8. It wasn't my ankle, just my huffing & puffing and tired legs, so my pal wouldn't let me - said she knew I could do it.

Man, did it feel good to finish that ride, and what a good friend not to let me give up (she's a PT, too, so I knew I was in good hands!). Even better when I realized our avg speed was just a hair faster faster than we were when we rode the same course in November, last outdoor ride of the year... best of all to look at my bike computer when I was passing a speed limit sign at one point and realize I was speeding.... There were some killer hills, so feeling really confident now.  What a great ride!!

Hope everyone's having a good weekend......

Good luck Saturday and have fun!

My friend shared this on facebook, it's a video of a father/son team doing the iron man.

I found it very moving. In the spirit of full disclosure, I'll let you know that it's put to the song, "Redeemer."

"A true story

One day a son asks his father:
"Daddy, will you run the marathon with me?"
The father answers yes and both run their first marathon together.
One day, the son asks his father if he wants to run the marathon with him again and the father answers yes. They both run the marathon together again.
Then one day the son asks his father:
"Daddy, will you run the Ironman with me?" (the Ironman is the toughest...it requires a 4km swim, 180km biking and 42km running).
The father says yes again.
This all sounds easy...but check this video."

http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=1301819980936&comments

Thanks! I also got a massage yesterday on my neck. Have been having issues for over 3 months now. Had X-rays, MRI, and such and everything looked good. They said if I continue to have problems then I should go to an ortho guy. I opted for an hour of pain enduring massage to see if that helps. It hurt so good =) He said ice and stretching so we will see if this does the trick.

3 days =)

What fun! Help me remember, please, is it your first?

That's incredible. I forget the name of the organization that sponsors, or works with teams like that - there was a father/son racing together at my first race last year, and it's really incredible to witness. Helps to put some of our aches & pains in perspective, don't you think?

my 1st race last year it was about a 100 degrees (no kidding), with a lake swim featuring killer pond grass (lake seaweed) that would grab at you like in a cheesy B horror flick, and i had bursitis in my hip to boot....and holy canoli, it was  still so much fun! crossed the finish line with my 11-year-old daughter by my side yelling "go mom!" and i cried like a baby i was so stoked at the end. it was awesome.

You have friends racing with you?