Warrior Dash thread

Joe- saturday 10am wave

Ted-Saturday 1:30pm wave with Daughter in UGLY Martian Marathon shirts

Joe- saturday 10am wave

Ted-Saturday 1:30pm wave with Daughter in UGLY Martian Marathon shirts

Kimm - saturday 10:30 wave

KL - saturday 10:30 wave  (no idea what we're wearing)

Uh oh - we're going to have a decent BT showing at the MI Warrior Dash!!  HooRah!

Becky and I are Saturday at 2:30p

Does Team Ben have any extra shirts that need to be dirtied?  If so I'd be honored to show some support for your team!

A couple of videos of the course to stir up exctiement:

http://www.wnem.com/story/15173959/record-number-of-people-expected-for-local-5k-race

 http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/runners/2011/07/video_tour_of_the_michigan_war.html

Tomorrow 3:00pm!!!!!!!!

Let's get dirty...

God, that was FUN!

Glad we had an early start time.  The tunnel was smokin' hot at 11, I can't imagine how bad it was at 3 or 4.

Best parts:  The rope wall, the creek crossing (even tho I was in thick mud up to my tatas) and the cargo net wall.

Mud Pit entry via:  cannonball  

They were cheering "slip & slide" when I arrived at the pit.  I obliged and will likely be blinking mud out of my eyes for weeks.  AND, Tess and I took the right side on the bog.  I pulled down the sapling next to it so she could use it as a handrail.  I had mud almost up to my neck so she could cross.  Crazy fun and I can't wait to do it again.

This is a must do IMO and my family is in for next year.  I feel horrible about all of the injuries I have heard about.  We spent some time before and after our wave hanging out under the big tree by the first aid tent.  I have to admit, I was shocked at how many people came through there.  To me, there has to be some common sense.  Folks have to know what they are getting in to.  My daughter was in no way prepared for this (unlike your daughter Dan, #### she killed it).  I Jedi mind tricked her to let me run with her so I could watch out for her and I an so glad I did.  There was nothing all that challenging, but I could see where she might get in to trouble.  I got lucky that I was there for her:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/7474357@N04/6003524589/  It would have killed me to know she got hurt and I wasn't there to protect her. 

My wife has a bunch of pictures of the 10:30, 11 & 11:30 wave as they ran past the parking area, between the rails. She also has some of the 10, 10:30 & 11 wave climbing the wall, 4th from the end.   Any bib numbers I can look though it.

I had a couple women in the pink and black in my group, stayed close thoughout the course.

Joe