This past weekend I participated in a 5k obstacle race - Warrior Dash. I had so much fun. I completed ALL of the obstacles and the course in 52 minutes! I even think I could have done it faster but I had my kids running with me and didn't want to have them running the course alone incase they got hurt. I did the Jailbreak run back in September and thought I was going to die - I didn't complete all of the obstacles back then either. Now I am so ready for my next mud run!

That is AWESOME!

That is so awesome, gives us all hope. Any great advice is appreciated from us all, I,m sure.

Great achievement, just awesome!!!

Super cool! Congrats!

Way to go!!

Congratulations.. That's awesome. I did my first 5K last Saturday. I was so excited about doing it that when I was done I felt like I had enough energy to do it over again. I'm actually thinking about a fathers day 10K. I couldnt even run 600meters at Christmas time.

It great that you did this with you kids. I saw a lot of kids running and thought how fun it would be to run with my daughters.

thanks everyone.

@ cunner - I was amazed at how I felt afterwards compared to last September. I felt good - although I wouldnt go as far and say I could have done the course twice I wasn't even really sore the next day. I am also running a normal 5K May 14th, I am real curious as to what my time will be.

I just did Warrior Dash as well, totally loved it, I'm addicted and plad on doing the Gladiator Rock and Run next month, its so great because a year ago I would never dreamed of being able to do anything like this!!

This past weekend I participated in a 5k obstacle race - Warrior Dash. I had so much fun. I completed ALL of the obstacles and the course in 52 minutes! I even think I could have done it faster but I had my kids running with me and didn't want to have them running the course alone incase they got hurt. I did the Jailbreak run back in September and thought I was going to die - I didn't complete all of the obstacles back then either. Now I am so ready for my next mud run!

That's great. Congrats!!

So I never really heard about the obstacle races before your post Maggie. In fact it never really registered that you were doing anything different than a regular road race. I have since seen more info about them in my area and found a friend and his wife are into the Warrior Dash and Spartan Races. It looks like a blast. I am definitely signing up for them next year. Good for you for finishing that. I thought going up hills in a regular 5K was a challenge. I never thought about having to crawl through mud and over walls and carry 5 gallons buckets full of rocks in a race. Talk about a real challenge. Congratulations to you too Steph !!