This was a really fun race. The hubby and I have ran the trails a few times in preparation for this and I've been going strong at the gym so I felt like Im pretty strong and fit enough to take on this challenge.
Ah-hahahaha---- Well... we got up early, drove up around Daytona to the farm the course was on. It was a beautiful day. Check in took forever, it took so long, they were holding up the waves which caused major confusion. Luckily, we were in the second wave so we were not affected that much. The run itself was tough! the hubby was looking very strong, but I knew right up front i was in trouble... crawling on the ground hurt my knees, climbing the dirt hill was fun, but plummeting into the mud at the bottom, not such much. Then we had to run down a 'mud creek' which STUNK! no, really... it smelled like cow dung. And there was a lot of that running in knee deep mud. I enjoyed the obstacles - except the monkey bars I slipped right off of and busted my arse... The ropes were awesome and I loved going over walls, etc. My hubby stuck by my side the whole time, it was awesome. We make a great team.
There was an open swim across the pond which almost killed me! I learned quickly that tennis shoes is not good swimwear and I sank almost immediately. Vibrams for this girl from now on for any trail run or warrior. After the finish, we got a couple beers and celebrated our finish! It was the hardest 5K i have ever ran. Not sure on our finish as I havent been able to find it posted anywhere - or race pictures. :-/
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