This Sunday, John dashed like a warrior and enjoyed some R&R this summer.  Yes, this is R&R for my husband ; )  Here is his account of the day!

“Races with obstacles attract both the occasional runner and serious runner alike.  Having experienced two in the past (the 5.7 mile Living History Farms Race in Iowa and the 10k Marine Corps Mud Run in California), I was immediately drawn to the Warrior Dash.

Upon arriving at Afton Alps, the grounds proved to have made a spectacular transformation that was a site to behold.  It was everything the pictures portrayed, except for the occasional essence of sweat, beer, and several varietals of mud, muck, and mire wafting through the air. 

The Warrior Dash is unusual because it is not just one race, but waves of races.  One starts every half hour so there is a revolving door of new people to watch and chat with.  Before it was my time to race, I donned my pelts and gauntlets to join the many costumed runners.  Running the race was much hillier than expected.  I knew there’d be hills but going up and down and up and down was brutal.  Thankfully, there were many obstacles to break up the running….for example, hurricane water spray, a huge cargo net, 12’ vertical wall, a car junkyard, a fast slip & slide, fire to jump over, and a very muddy low-crawl under barbed wire.

After I ran the 3.02 mile race, I rinsed off and came back with camera in tow to take the photos you see here.  That also gave me a chance to down a delicious turkey drumstick and a beer while watching other warriors get muddy.”

Here are a few of his images, enjoy!