I signed up for this "race" as something to do just for fun and to break up my competitive mode so I could just go out and have a good time. I now know that is impossible for me. I just can't bring myself to pay that much, drive that far and not go hard. So I did. Mary and I, along with the kids and Mike T, walked over to the start and watched the cargo net climb and balance beam part while waiting for our wave to start at 11am. When it was about 8 til, we walked up to the start area with about 80ish other people and talked to some other "runners" until they yelled GO and shot some very heated flames into the air from atop the starting banner. The first nearly mile was a trail run that was extremely hilly. In fact, this course would have been a very hard trail race without any obstacles included. They threw in things like climbing over jumk cars, running old tires, swimming through a little pond with logs in it, climbing cargo nets, climbing walls with ropes, going through a dark tunnel, making your way through ropes that are crossing through different directions in your path, running through a area filled with hanging and swinging tires, balance beam, jumping over fire pits, ducking or crawling under beams and real barbed wire, wading through a stream of water after climbing down a wall to get in, and up another wall to get out, as well as a climb OVER cargo netting on a platform and finally crawling through a mud pit with barbed wire over your head. The last mud pit was crazy. You came out completely destroyed in mud from head to toe as you crossed the finish line. Lots of shoes were left in the mud pit. The hilliness of the course was a great challenge, and I bet lots of warriors were very surprised at how tough things were in between the obstacles. Overall, I had fun and it was a good time.

Nothing. Good times, Funny dressed people.

Caked...CAKED in mud, so we went to the area where they had trucks lined up with fire type hoses just spraying people down. Water was just above freezing, but it did most of the job. Lots of mud left in places that we won't mention, but did good enough to get back to the car.
Got home, checked the results, and was amazed and astonished that I actually won my age group. Really? Nope. Two days later the results changed. I was 2nd out of a field twice as big as stated previously. Hmmmmmm


Not much.


Except for having terrible Budweiser Beer at the finish, it was fun.