Project 52 Date #15

WARRIOR DASH
We have been planning to go to the Warrior Dash with the McClenny's for MONTHS. I knew that it was going to be a balancing act because we don't get Jonathan's work schedule for the month until 2 weeks before the beginning of the month. So we knew that when we signed up we were taking a gamble that he wasn't going to be able to make it. That didn't stop me from being completely devastated when he got his work schedule and the race was on a day that he had to work.

Nevertheless Jonathan took a chance and asked for 1 day off from his Training Officer and after some "just joking" comments, he got the time off. But he still had to work the day before. So the tricky planning began. On Saturday morning Jonathan got off work at 3am,came home and showered, and we packed into Regina's car to head up to Dallas at 4am. We knew that the guys needed their beauty sleep more then Regina and I so we let them sleep on the way up and took turns driving. In our 7 hour(Redbull assisted)drive we solved all the problems in the world, well maybe just our world...lol. It was a 7 hour non stop(Redbull induced) talk-a-thon for the two of us and it was a blast! The drive was perfect and the guys slept the whole way!

We got to my dad's house around 11:30, grabbed some lunch and all took another 2 hour nap (yes we slept alot on this trip) and then we woke up and started getting ready for the race. Now for the warrior dash, you don't have to dress in costume, BUT it is so much more fun to dress up and have fun with it. So after some photo ops (seen below) we anxiously got in the car and headed to the race.


Luckily we were only minutes away from the drop off point, so we didn't have far to go. We put on our costumes and loaded up in a bus to the WARRIOR DASH drop off zone. When we got there, WOW, it was packed. There were waves of the race going off every 30 minutes so there were tons of people. We checked in, got our awesome hats and shirts and dropped our stuff off at the holding zone (Side note: This was one of the most organized races I have EVER been involved in, check-in was beautiful and they have a spot where they hold all your items, so you don't have to worry about a thing!)
4:30 P.M. rolled around quickly and they announced that we could line up for the 5pm wave... we anxiously got to our spots and waited and waited and waited :) We were so excited and nervous at the same time!


And then we were off... the first obstacle was a river run and it was pretty much right away, so there we were up to our chests crossing a freezing current-driven river and then running in mud to the next event.


We took tons of pictures along the way. We made it more about having an amazing time and having fun than worrying about the time. Each event was alot of fun and Jonathan was fantastic about encouraging me all throughout the run and the obstacles. Even better we all donated our shoes (they clean them first) to the local food pantry with a bunch of other participants.


Scariest Obstacle for Mia- Jumping over the fire, only because my quads were killing me from a previous workout so the jump was pretty pathetic but also I was wearing a tutu that I was pretty sure was not flame retardant :)
Scariest Obstacle for JT- I'm not skeerd of nuthin
Most fun Obstacle for Mia- I really enjoyed all the obstacles that you had to climb up something either by rope, cargo net, or just planks and then have to get yourself back down safely lol
Most fun Obstacle for JT- watching Mia have to jump in the scary water!(she had a fear of murky water)

This was one of the best dates that we have done to date and I had a blast! I definitely want to do it next year and we already have planned to do the Great Urban Race in October.

First the guys

Then the girls

Owen flipping into the mud pit and JT too but I covered him, sorry!

Boys playing in the mud

Tidden Warriors

McClenny Warriors

Corpus Christi Warriors