Tuesday, July 19, 2011

5k Hurdle for Hope



This past Saturday we ran our first 5k with our cousins Jesse and Jessica. Fun doesn't even describe the experience! It was a 5k full of obstacles:
Ray's Chevron Mud Run
Fire Leap
Case Tractor Wall
Jamba Straw Crawl
Tire Factory Tire Field
BMC West Hurdles
Weight Vest River Run
I guess we wanted to go all out for our first 5k and man was it fun. We ran the whole thing! The first obstacle was the tire field and that about killed us all! It was 1/4 mile. INSANE.
We finished together strong with 14 minute miles which was pretty good for the amount of obstacles we had and we had to stand in line for a few of the obstacles! Matt and I came in 88 out of 202. Well one of us came in either 87,88, or 89. My tracker came off in the water! All I know is we crossed together haha! :)
SO FUN!
Families that RUN together have FUN together!
Before = Clean

After = Dirty

Jesse and Jessica getting some fuel after the race.
Meetin' up with some fellow friends!
Swiss, Jessica, Jesse
Jessica took a pretty nice fall in the mud pit. If you think her ear is bad, you should have seen the amount that went into her mouth! She's a trooper. :)
Jessica's sister Swiss! Wish she had been feeling better so she could have run with us. Next year!
This was Matt's shoe post-race. Most of ours looked like this except Jesse's had a little something extra, an EARWIG!
It was nice to relax in the warm sun afterwards.
YAY! We did it! We completed our first 5k together! We loved it and we are already signed up for our next one this September. It will be just as WILD and CRAZY as this one was, except it is on the cleaner side. 5k FOAM FEST here we come!

2 comments:

  1. I'm impressed. I ran a 5k once and dang. It was hard. I'm just not a fit person. Maybe someday. Anyway it looks like fun. Thanks for the pictures.

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  2. That's so cool! I didn't know you did that :) Let's do one together someday :)

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