More Rugged Maniac,,,,

The cool thing about the Rugged Maniac is that the photos are included in your registration price. I never purchase photos as they are usually like $25 for a 5"x7" and that is way too much for every event I do.

 These boxes floated on water.....you had to balance yourself or you fell in....I learned on teh first box that you had to just take one  step right in the center and leap to the next....

This is just after snagging my hair on the barbed wire above.... 

....and the slide to the finish!!


....and the Botanist follows....

*LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*LAUGH HARDER*SLIDE TO THE FINISH LINE*

RUGGED MANIAC Year II

What's more fun than finishing the RUGGED MANIAC?

....kicking their @$$es!

Ya, that's right....seriously, I came in just about 5 seconds before that kid on the right....and about a minute before the Biologist....and I have no idea how long before The Nuclear Physicist because I went to the car to get out of my super wet, muddy shoes.

I sucked in the run...I spent part of April on crutches and coddling my knee from an injury falling on a wet floor at work. I did not run the entire month and then just began running again mid May. BUT....in all strength areas I rocked! Last year I pathetically fell from second ring and into the muddy water pit. The past year I have spent practicing on the monkey bars at school and swinging from the pull up bars at the club. I went over the wooden walls by pulling myself over without help! The last challenge was going up the warp wall, up a cargo net and then DOWN the water slide to the finish line!!

This was taken pre-race....the wall becomes muddy and wet from all the people going up it. I watched a video last night of people attempting to go up the wall. The Captain suggested that I don't take a huge run to go up, but rather take 5 or so large steps and continue going up to grab a hold of the top. I was successful on the first attempt...I had to tell the men on top to let go of my wrists as they were pulling me up and I needed to get my forearms on the wall to get a foothold and pull myself over. The man said, "Good job!" And I said, "Yes...I am 56!" And he answered with, "GO GIRL....so much better than sitting on the couch like my mom!"

*LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*LAUGH HARDER*RUN A 5K WITH 26 OBSTACLES*