4.75 kilometers of mud hills broken up by 10 obstacles that challenged your strength and worked every muscle in your body - this was the Warrior Dash!
We left home at 6 in the morning and took on the 2 hour drive to Mount Kilcoy, home of the Warrior Dash 2012. I was a complete mixture of emotions, scared, excited, nervous, pumped.
Our Team! I literally had no idea what to expect! My biggest fear were the obstacles. I have never done anything like that in my life. I "trained" for the obstacles, and by trained I mean I took a pump class twice a week to try and increase my strength. The 5K I knew I could just wing on the day! Ha ha ha oh my goodness how wrong was I! When I say mud hill I mean total mud walls. Massive hills that where complete mud slides. It was a mission. I was so not prepared. There was no down time. The entire course was mud hill after mud hill with no break of flat. It was 10 times worse than a cross country event. The hills were muddy and completely uneven. Thank goodness I strapped both ankles before the race. I thought the obstacles would be the would be the challenge of the day but the actual 'running' course was the real test. But you know what? I did it! We did it! We didn't 'race' as a team, we all went at our own pace and this was all good. I was so proud of them all! I don't think any of us had any idea of what we had gotten ourselves intombutnwe took it it head on and had a ball!
I always look back at this! Just to remind myself that I can do it!
I am strong and I can do anything!
and now...well now I am totally addicted and I want to do more! Well I AM doing more! There are 5 races next year before my main goal...TOUGH MUDDER! The biggest thing that WD taught me was that my mind is ridiculously powerful. I already knew this. Over the last 2 years I have been learning that I need to trust my soul and listen to my mind. No matter what I want to do, if I believe I can, then I will. WD was the biggest test and I passed with flying colours. It was seriously one of the most exciting and challenging things I have ever done and yes I know I have said it before but man I'm proud!
x S.K.K x
12 comments:
Good job!! Very proud of you!
What a feat! I snorted a little bit at you 'winging it' for 5km of mud hills :), but am impressed that you did it anyway. Very inspiring :)
It certainly was a great event wasn't it ??? We had a great time even with the injury I sustained. We have already entered The Stampede for next year. I'm not sure if we would manage Tough Mudder but I would love to give Hidden Warrior a go.
Have a great weekend !
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Good on you! I don't think I could ever do anything like that myself but you certainly did prove how strong you were in completing the course - well done!
I've got a friend who is doing Tough Mudder too. I reckon it looks like loads of fun! Might give it a go oneday when I don't have a newborn strapped to my chest...
Oh my gosh that looks so fun!
Thank You very much :-)
Hahaha so did I!!! Had no idea what I was in for hahaha
Oh no what happened???? Ooooo what's hidden warrior?? My next one is Beach Bash! Pretty much the same but on sand haha going to kill!!!
Thank You so much! It's amazing how much you can do just by tellin yourself you can! Esspecially when people say you can't :-)
Ohhhh yes as soon as hubby is old enough you should do it!!!!! Was so much fun!!!!
Oh it sure was!!! Thank You for stopping by :-)
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