I have been running a lot of races this year, and I have failed to blog them after I ran them. So here is my post of RUNS! One of the runs I did was called the Dirty Dash. This was one of the most fun races I have ever ran. It was up in the mountains, running through mud puddles and climbing obstacles. I didn't get any pictures of the obstacles, but they were so fun. Blow up slides, huge mud puddles with mountains of mud to climb over, and so much more. At one point they had a slide set up on a huge hill that went for hundreds of feet. I ran it with my friend Mindy, and we got so muddy. Pictures will prove! Definitely one I will be running again.
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| We didn't get any before pictures, but these are so much better!! |
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| My legs... |
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| I had so much dirt caked on me. This was the only picture I could take that would show that. |
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| Love this picture. |
Here is another one. The Hit and Run race. Have you ever seen the tv show on ABC called Wipeout? Well this run is like that. They had basically the same obstacles, but it was a 5k mixed in. So much fun. The only thing that truly sucked was the time we ran it. We were supposed to start at 1130, but didn't actually end up starting until 1230. It was hot!! Not to mention the obstacles took so much out of you, we weren't really running a lot. Anyways, take a look.
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| This picture is a little blurry because my phone was in a plastic bag. Mindy, Rachel and I had so much fun! |
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| This was the last obstacle, and i failed this one. There is a red blow up bridge sitting in water and you have to run across it without getting hit by the red balls that circle around. I didn't get hit by a ball, but I fell off the bridge! HAHA. The water was so dirty... |
I had another fun run called the Color Me RAD. It was a 5k, and they had color stations that they would throw colored corn starch. 5 different stations and 5 different colors. They had a stage set up with music playing for us to dance and do Zumba. The DJ on the stage had fire extinguishers filled with color that he sprayed on the crowd. It was just a huge party!
The last race I participated in is the one I am most proud of. It was my half marathon, 13.1 miles!! HOLY COW! It was one of the hardest things I have ever done, but so worth it! Moab is so beautiful. We ran down a canyon that followed the Colorado River. SO PRETTY!!
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| 6am on the bus ride to the starting line. READY OR NOT! |
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| The after bus ride with our medals! |
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On the drive home we saw these cars that were made to look like Lightening McQueen and Sally from the movie cars. They are a little beat up but the boys loved them!! After we took our pictures I ended up taking the wrong turn and we added 2 1/2 hours to our 4 hour drive. So our trip ended up taking us 6 1/2 hours!! It was a long drive and was so hard on our already sore bodies!
