Yesterday I ran in the Warrior Dash. It was a 5k mud run with eleven obstacles. I was really nervous about it but it turned out to be a lot of fun. I felt great and could tell that all of my training was worthwhile. The race was in the woods west of Portland and the terrain was really steep and muddy. I was glad I’ve been running so many hills. When a lot of people had to walk up the hills, I ran on by. That was kind of cool. It was a beautiful morning and being in the woods was nice. My only complaint is that the humidity was a little high so I did find myself struggling to catch my breath at some points. Other than that, a very successful race.
This is Janna, the woman who has been diligently training with me. Here we are before the race. (It was early, hence the bags under our eyes.)
And here we are at the end:
The other two girls are Janna’s friends.
The race people took pictures at each obstacle but I don’t have the link to them yet. I will post it once I do. I’m curious to see how ridiculous I look.
After we washed off in a muddy pond, we headed home. We stopped in Portland at Voo Doo Doughnuts just for fun.
I might be strung up for saying this, but I didn’t think it lived up to the hype. They were good doughnuts, but I won’t dream about them at night. Of course, I’m not much of a doughnut person anyway so that could have something to do with it.
In all, it was a fun day. Now begins the 10k training.
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