My friends are 5K junkies and they finally talked me into doing one this last October. I trained for a while, but that didn't work out. Turns out I can't run without developing micro tears in my leg muscles, which means constant pain that Motrin, Percocet, massages, hot showers and cold packs don't touch...also, I should probably get checked for asthma, cuz gasping for breath every time I get up to a decent pace isn't usual, I'm told. Anyhoo, it didn't stop me from participating in the 'Run For Your Lives' 5K Obstacle Course Zombie Race with my two best buds and their hubbies :) Basically, you have to run 5K and clear obstacles while being chased by zombies. They even gave you little flags that the zombies had to grab off of your belt and when you ran out you were dead. I died before the 7th obstacle, I think....pretty early on anyway....but I still finished the race....with a time of almost 2 hours....
(sadly, Tom had to work that day and could neither participate or spectate)
Thanks, V for taking all the pictures!! Here they are in no particular order....
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| The dessert line is for slow people...Jen and V's hubbies were in the other two lines, appetizer, and entree..... |
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| After the asthma attack... |
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| Making sure V is coming in.... |
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| After swimming in what was supposed to be 5 feet of icy water, but turned out to be more like 7 feet of icy mud... |
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| We had to duct tape our shoes on so they wouldn't come off... |
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| Yes, actually.... |
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| This wasn't just a steep hill, it was a REALLY steep hill, and worse because it was so muddy...they made us slither down it, and then swim back up it..... |
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| We are not pictured here on the climbing wall....none of us wanted those awkward butt shots posted on the internet....you had to slide down the other side...apparently someone broke their leg on it later in the day..... |
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| The river of mud.....was supposed to be blood, but, too many dirty people.... |
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| We made it up the hill! With only minor bruises! |
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| Pretty glad for that duct tape about now....these are V's shoes by the way.... |
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| Here we are, entering the finish line....Jen beat us in, and her hubby Seth is encouraging us along from the sidelines...he and Termain made it in WAY before us.... |
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| Trying to get my shoes off...glad I wore my VFF's (toe shoes) and not tennis shoes...took V like 20 minutes to untie hers cuz of all the muddy water, and frozen fingers..... |
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| The cool medals they gave everyone who finished... |
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| My favorite part was changing into clean dry clothes behind the towels my friends were holding up.....yeah....mental note, always bring a beach towel, not a bath towel.... |
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| Free Monster energy drinks...never had one until that day...Monster light is way gross....also I was shocked and appalled when I read the ingredients on the back...drink in ignorance my friend.... |
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| It had rained for like a week before the race, so there was lots of mud...lots of cars got stuck....this guy's gonna need a car wash.... |
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| The guys helped lots of people get unstuck, so when it was time for us to leave, we were prepared. We had bribed a bunch of college guys who were camping nearby with our free beer tickets, which we had no need of, so, when we did get a little stuck, they came and helped us out. All in all it was a blast, and now I understand what my friends are talking about when they get all amped about a new race. Needless to say, I am signed up for this same race next year, and so is Tom....if you wanna join us, here is the link :) |
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