Warrior Princess......Round 2

In October 2012, I had this insane idea that I would do my first 5k.....that just happened to also be an extreme obstacle race.  I was not in the physical shape to do the race but I have always had the mental determination to do anything.  So I did it!!

Here is my post from that experience a year ago:  Warrior Dash 2012.

Last weekend......I did my 2nd annual Warrior Dash.   I registered last year immediately after finishing the 2012 race to do the 2013 race.  I was determined to be better at it this time.  I got crazy lucky and the race was ironically moved to the new town I just moved to.  3 minutes from my new house!!!  Was meant to be.

Took me over an hour and a half to finish this race last year.  This year, I finished in under an hour!! This course was a lot different than last year. A LOT of climbing obstacles and ropes courses etc.  A LOT of upper body work for sure and a few dangerous jumps etc.  I ROCKED it though!!

 Here are my pics from the race this year. The fellow with me is a friend's husband.  She has a bad foot injury right now and couldn't race with us. So she was our cheerleader and photographer for the day.  I had the BEST time and the only part of me that was sore this time was my arms.  REALLY sore!!  Had some bad bruises on my arms and legs, a few rope burns and raw scrapes but otherwise I came out of this experience unscathed.   Was awesome!!And yes.....those are Pigtail in my hair this year!!

Me running after jumping the first fire pit

Jumping like a girl across the second fire pit

Off to the finish line

This is the LAST obstacle.  Super THICK mud.  But barbed wire above your head.  No choice but to crawl on your belly.  People were almost passing out from the exertion it took to get through this because they were so tired from the race. At the end of this was a huge pit of muddy water you had to swim through.  MY fav part of the race was this last obstacle!!  You can see me in these pic crawling through the best I could.  Way harder than one would think!!

Post-Race 

 Post Race MESS!!

My post race ROCKSTAR pics from 2012 and 2013.