Well, I finished my marathon and got through the dirty dash, now what? I'm sort of in running withdrawls right now. I've had quite the eventful year and I'm ready for my next adventure. But the weather has turned cold and there's quite a bit of snow on the ground right now. That makes running hard. I'm more of an outdoor runner. I can run on the treadmill, but it's not the same. There's something about being outside and it's not so monotonous. I guess I'll have to settle for a Thanksgiving 5K to satisfy my running urges.
My brother and I have signed up for the Salt Lake Half Marathon in April 2011 though. I told him I couldn't do the full because I can't train for a full marathon in the winter. That would be awful! Maybe I can talk him into doing the Top of Utah Marathon next year with me though. I really enjoyed that one. It's in September, so I had all summer to train outside, it was great! Yeah, I think I'll try and pursuade him to run that one with me. And by run it with me, I mean we would begin the race together because I can't keep up with him. He's too fast! I'm a slow runner.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
The Dirty Dash
Back in September I had the opportunity to run The Dirty Dash! This was a 10K race, in the mud, with obstacles. It. Was. Awesome. I was a little worried, because it was only a week after my marathon and I was just hoping I'd be able to run the 6.2 miles after running 26.2 the week before. But not to worry, I finished and it was a blast! We have all said that we are going to do it again next year. The funnest part was the gigantic slip and slide near the end. I wanted to hike back up the hill, just to do that one again. The worst part was the ice cold shower at the end of the race to get all the mud off, which just kept coming! But we all had a great time.
This was the starting line, the area of mud was actually a pretty steep hill and they soaked it so your legs just got stuck as soon as you hit it.
This was the mud pool that we had to army crawl through right before the finish line.
Other obstacles throughout the course included jumping over bails of hay, crawling through giant tubes, climbing over walls, with mud pits at the bottom, running through a stinky swampy area, the giant slip and slide and of course the mud pool to finish us off.
And here we are after crossing the finish line. We actually look a lot cleaner than we were. While taking the cold shower you would turn and mud would just keep coming, I didn't know where it was all hiding!
This was the starting line, the area of mud was actually a pretty steep hill and they soaked it so your legs just got stuck as soon as you hit it.
This was the mud pool that we had to army crawl through right before the finish line.
Other obstacles throughout the course included jumping over bails of hay, crawling through giant tubes, climbing over walls, with mud pits at the bottom, running through a stinky swampy area, the giant slip and slide and of course the mud pool to finish us off.
And here we are after crossing the finish line. We actually look a lot cleaner than we were. While taking the cold shower you would turn and mud would just keep coming, I didn't know where it was all hiding!
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