Warrior Dash

I didn't want to do it. I was talking myself out of it the night before. My wonderful friend Danielle met at our house and then we picked up my mom for the two and half hour trek to Mountain City, Georgia! When we got onto the bus, I was reminding myself that I was not the same person from last year that barely made it through the course last year. Oh, how I hated last years Warrior Dash. I hadn't worked out in a month before and really didn't think that it would be that bad. I wasn't able to jog, I walked the first half mile and was last for the longest time last year.


This year Jenny saw me jogging ahead of her and even though many people passed me by, I wasn't the last one in my time this year. I jogged until I got to the first obstacle, which was getting into the water. Last year there you could stand on planks, but you had to just jump in this year. I think that's how they get you really be a Warrior b/c you are soaking wet, head to toe right at the beginning. I stopped trying to feel the ground and began just to swim across. You had to then go through cars, which I went through the door and seats to get through instead of going on top of them. We then had tires that already had mud in them so I tried to step into the ones that weren't covered. Next there was a HUGE wall that wasn't there last year. I met up with Jenny and Danielle. I waited until Danielle went to the other side and went around to cheer Jenny on. In retrospect, there was a lot of obstacles that I didn't do, but the whole point is that I jogged the course.

I ended up finishing at a really good time and I wasn't so drained at the end. There was more time in the woods than last year. There was also a lot of trekking up in the woods. It was muddy so you had to watch your step while going up.

I didn't get hurt/scratched like I did last year. I have a small amount of scratches on my leg and while going down a wet slope, I stopped before coming to the end. I was trying to get up to begin to crawl when I heard, "Watch out!" A woman rammed into the side of my arm and leg. It did get me to the end of the slope and helped me stand up.

Overall, it was worth the drive and the waiting to begin.

Pictures in the next post.