The course we did was very different compared to the mountains in Colorado. It was a flat terrain, but with a lot of loose gravel, dirt, ect. It was a longer course too, 12.5 miles, and consisted of about 30 obstacles, plus a lot more running verses the hiking.
So what happened with the race was that we split up into 2 groups of about 5-6 people each group. My father in law, Uncle, and cousin, with some of his friends went 20 minutes earlier, and then my bro in law, his buddies, and I went after. Me thinking I'd be fine with them and us all working as a team, I figured I'd be good to go with them. BAD DECISION!! Right when we started, they all took off, me behind them keeping up for the 1st, 2nd obstacle, and then was left all by myself!! They didn't wait for me or anything too :( Pretty bummed about it at first, I mean I wasn't going slow or anything, but I guess not as fast as them!! I just didn't want to be left alone! That wasn't the point of the race. It all worked out though because for the first bit of the race, I kept at a steady pace with 4 fire fighters that were a team. At about the 5th obstacle and talking with them about being alone and all, they had me join their group! You have no idea how happy that made me feel! This race, you definitely need support from others!! So, the whole rest of the way, I had a blast with my new team! They were the coolest guys too! We all worked real well together. One of the guys Frank kept cramping up though towards the end which held us back a bit, but we all stayed together and helped him out where needed.
Some of the obstacles were the same as what I did before like jumping in a ice jacuzzi (SO COLD), army crawling under barbed wire in mud, A LOT of berlin walls, monkey bars, half pipe, ect, but some of the new ones that were fun was this HUGE mud mountain that was ridiculous to climb, climbing over junk cars and tires, leaping over these big dirt trenches that went forever, and a way fun plank that was about 20 ft high that we jumped off into water. There are still tons I haven't even covered! The one that was the most fun, NOT, was the electric shock therapy at the end. Colorado's voltage on this puppy was nothing compared to Arizona! Bill was nice and waited for me to go through, so as we were about to go in, I had a hold of his arm and when he touched the first wire, we were both shot back and taken to the ground!! It hurt like no other!! It took me a few seconds to decide if I wanted to go through or not. What a lot of people did though was wade at the bottom, under the wires in the muddy water to not hit any of them, and that is exactly what I did!! There was no way I was going to hit another one! My poor father in law though hit one a second time, but on his eye, so he was hating it after :( The voltage blacked out a lot of people too!! Just pure craziness I tell ya!!
People think I'm crazy for enjoying the torture I get by doing these and heck, I even question myself while doing them, but seriously, it is the most rewarding thing to accomplish these monsters!! Even though I was left by myself, covered with bruises from head to toe after, and am still a little sore from it, I want to keep doing them!! My next one will be in Vegas this October and I am super excited! My brother Jaren and a few of my friends will be trying it for the first time, so it'll be awesome to get to do it with them!! As for now, I am going to take it easy and focus on my dancing and triathlons this summer :)
Here are some pics of the fun day!!
