Tackling Obstacles

I already had two races planned (Moster Dash 5k and Bison 50 relay) when a friends sent me a message last week. She had an extra entry to the Rugged Maniac 5k and was wondering if I would be interested.  Sure!  I changed to an earlier Bar Method class and give this obstacle race thing a try.  

So, the morning of the race I packed up my muddy shoes, some towels and my bathrobe and headed up to the only ski slopes in the Kansas City area.  That part will be important later.  As we got ready to start, I began to wonder what the heck I had gotten myself into.  Why can't I say no to a race?  Too late now.   Here goes nothing!  The highlights of the event included:  jumping over fire, getting stuck in mud and more opportunities for "that's what she said" jokes than I could count. I had a great time being completely miserable.  The downside was the bruises and the fact that my quads are just  becoming functional again, 3 days later. Running, well walking, up and down ski slopes was probably the hardest my legs have ever worked.  The rest of my weekend running was going to be interesting.  

The Monster Dash was all about having fun with my son. We ran as Sully and Mike from Monsters Inc.   He rocked his race and rode in the stroller for the 5k.  At one point he said "thanks for bringing me to this awesome race, Mommy". 

My legs were tired and I was pushing 50 pounds in the stroller, but I had a cheering squad with me the whole time. "You can do it Mommy!"  (Love this kid!). 

Sunday morning I was awake at 4:00 to meet my relay team for the Bison 50, from Topeka to Lawrence.  And that race deserves a post of its own.