Anyway, while Mel was off traipsing through the fresh snow in the mountains, I was traipsing through the mud and rain in 40 degree weather. My buddy Brent and I participated in the first running of the Devil Dash 5K in Lyons, CO. If you've seen any of the pics on Facebook from when I ran in the Warrior Dash this summer, then you've already got a really good idea of what this race was like.
Obstacles, mud, costumes, fire, and beer. That's the general theme of these races and this one held true to form, with the exception that the temp was barely above 40 and it had been raining all morning and continued to do so through the rest of the afternoon. All of this wasn't anywhere near what I had envisioned when I signed up for the race, but c'est la vie. I will say this though, the race was tough, but the water added something that made it feel like more of an accomplishment.
In addition to my genius idea to run this race I also decided to run the race with our maligned waterproof digital camera. It worked great for the whole race... right up to the mud pit. Who would have thought a mud pit could mess with a digital camera? The mud on the lens did do a fantastic job of censoring Brent's face in our post-race pic.
After finishing the race there was a line to rinse off with the one garden hose provided. Brent and I being the educated enlightened renaissance men we are, decided it would be quicker if we just jumped in the creek that ran alongside the park. Like many ideas, this was much better on paper than in reality, but since I was pretty much numb already it wasn't as bad as it could have been. We downed our free beer and jumped in the car with the heat blasting.
The rest of the day consisted of a pitstop at Red Robin for lunch where one of the male managers was a little too into bald guys and then watching sports while sitting in front of a space heater.
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| Waiting for the start |
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| The first real obstacle on the course. |
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| The hill climb. You can see the stream of people going uphill. Brutal. |
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| Climbing the cargo net |
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| As if it wasn't cold enough... there was an ice bath |
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| Done and had a great time |
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