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| Company team - much needed for some obstacles and encouragement along the way! |
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| Out of the gate, so fresh & so clean |
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| About 2 miles in, 25' jump, well, drop. |
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| cold. |
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| Electrifying! No, really. Two of those hot wires hit you at once and you better hope the person next to you is ready to pull you outta there. |
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| People shaking off the electrical jitterbugs after that obstacle. |
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| Another couple miles in the group poses for a picture. Picture must've been before the 6 mile mark because @ that we lost some folks... |
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| Call the Arctic Enema. I'll translate: dumpster. lined. barb wire. below freeze (no, seriously) water. |
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| You're forced to get all the way underwater because of the barb wire and... from the phrases of those around me, this obstacle was a "religious experience" for many participants! |
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| More than a handful of participants walk around this obstacle.... |
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| Yes, the waves and kicking of the fools next to you occasionally made the water meet the fence. Ask me how I know. |
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| Some came out with bloodied heads. Not this guy! Strategic advantage of having no hair to get caught on barb wire!!! |
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| I don't care who you are - you are not getting up that hill without a little help. |
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| So of course, help others out too. That mud was thick. |
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| The mud hills were shoulder high and there were 6-8 consecutive with knee high thick mud in between. You don't realize how much your calves/legs get a workout churning in the mud. Also you have to keep your feet/legs moving or you will get stuck (or lose shoes). Many left this obstacle and continued barefoot (ouch!) |
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| ... not for the claustrophobic... |
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| ditto. This picture is a little misleading. It was right after the water/barb wire from other pictures and it was up - like a 30 degree angle. Ugh. |
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| Kudos to Brian, my awesome brother for getting one picture of me looking "Tough"! |
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| ... and up we go.... |
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| ... and down we go.... |
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| Thought I wasn't going to make it, didn't ya? Where is your faith. I'm a beast (and that mud/water looked COLD)! :-) |
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| Pay special attention to this pic and you'll see two (2) of my greatest fans! Laura & Miles cheering me on as I picked up required speed................. |
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| For THIS pain-in-the-butt-late-in-the-course obstacle. Always the half pipe when you're 11.5 miles into it and have very little muscles left in your legs, particularly your calves. Ouch. |
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| More electricity right at the end of the race.... |
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| Almost everyone looked back into that thing and thought [sometime said], "Dang. I signed up for that?!" |
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| 12 miles, mud, aches & pains and all I get is, well, this really cool headband! The kids'll love it I'm sure. It'll be from that "Day daddy got all dirty and couldn't walk for a week afterwards" |
