Warrior Dash!

Every summer a group of crazies get together to bring people across the US a little something called "Warrior Dash."  This year myself, along with some good friends, decided to participate in Warrior Dash!  The result was a weekend of mud and fun that I cannot wait to do again!  If this race is offered anywhere near you, trust me, you want to be a part of it.

Some background on the Dash:

The "Northeast" Warrior Dash is a 3.23 mile race in the Catskill mountains.  As you make your way up and down the mountain you will encounter a myriad of different obstacles, such as...  (and yes I did get these names off the Warrior Dash website http://www.warriordash.com/register2010_northeast.php)

"Tunnels of Terror"
"Warrior Walls"
"Cargo Climbs"
"Slithering Swamp" (which is really just a river, but very very cold)
"Catskill Skid" (otherwise known as the longest slip n slide I have ever seen going down a mountain, and possibly my favorite obstacle, even if it did result in the most bruises.)
"Warrior Roast" (which yes, means I jumped over fire!)
and last but certainly not least
"Muddy Mayhem" (which is a giant mud pit topped off with barbed wire, to make sure you really get down in there)

"Muddy Mayhem" in action!

Now it just wouldn't make any sense to do any of these crazy things if not dressed properly, so of course we planned ahead and made sure to order our bright blue (or as the website liked to call them "Peacock") Tutu's ahead of time. 

Don't worry we also brought our fan club!

Along with our tutu's we made T-shirts with a sassy saying, which in turn evoked some sassiness directed towards me from a Warrior Dash worker.  As my shirt said "Mean Girls Finish First" and I was far from first.  But hey I was running up a mountain in a tutu, while she was standing on a mountain handing out water in a T-shirt.  I don't think she had any room to talk. 

In the end we walked away with some great memories, a new Viking hat, a Warrior Medal (which yes, everyone got... at least everyone who finished) and some great photos of us looking like this...