Warrior Dash, July 23rd, 2011, Afton Alps Ski hills

Me, before the race. 

Cannonball into mud pit during the race

Crawling under barbed wire

Mud in my teeth!

43:56.  Dang.  And I dressed for success, too.  This is a mild disappointment, but I feel that I made up for my 1:56 of slowness by my enthusiasm on the obstacles.  I had to walk some of the ski slopes, the steepness was out of hand and I was worried about my lower back on the downhills.  Back in the day, I would have stretched out my legs and glided down those hills, but these days I have to stutter/hop to control myself.  But I ran up and leaped on those ropes and walls and tires like a ninja. 

117^th in my age& gender category out of 636 .  18.4% finished faster than me. 

3618^th place overall for Saturday’s race out of over 10, 450 (+ some ‘bandits’ who finished, too).   34.6% finished faster than me. 

Excellent news:  Brenda Boatman, 42, took  2^nd place overall for women on Saturday with a time of 28:15, so there is hope for me in my 42^nd year to kick some serious ass. 

An 80-yr old woman, Kim Robel, finished on Saturday in 45:38.  If I only slow down by another minute and a half in the next 40 years, that would be effin awesome.

Finished, medal on, free beer in hand

Having never participated in Warrior Dash before, 42 minutes was a good guess.  I gave it everything I had, and it was crazy, wicked fun for a Saturday afternoon!