Badass obstacle Kitchener Ontario

We were in the 10:40a heat , so we had left home at 6:30am.

Stopped for coffee and drive to Nicci's house, switched over to her car and on our way!

Made the 1.5. Hr drive to Brooke's and switched vehicles again. 

Once we finally got to the parking lot (total confusion thru this sub division ) we changed and made our way to the entrance. 

It was pretty locked down that you needed ID to come in and there was no in and outs once you were in.

T shirt and bib/chip grab was super easy and organized . We met up with another 2 people Brooke knew, and walked to the starting balloon.

It was after 10:30 when we had got out if the car so we weren't started till the 11 heat . They were so great and let each heat start half and half to avoid congestion . The energy and MC really pumped up the crowd.

Being at a ski resort the start line literally went straight up a hill, down - turns corner into another large hill. LIKE A SKI HILL!

First obstacle at the top of 2nd hill was 15 push ups, run down a hill and thru tires.

There was 30 obstacles in total and you were give. The option of 20 push ups if you chose to bypass one of them.

I did once. It was a tube crawl and a long wait till my turn. I didn't want to wait 10 minutes to get thru it. So I dropped and gave 20 ;)

I loved being thru the trail parts (except getting stuck behind a walker) , there wasn't a ton if mud in this run, but lots of water.

Finished in 1:15

The after stuff was amazing, one free beer, free sausage (not great for me), tons of water, oranges, vector bars and rock star energy! 

Cool medals and a hot black and yellow tee!

A+ run that was greatly organized !!

I'm so BADASS!

Well, I will be on Sept 14th. HA!

7km and 30 obstacles.  There is at least of 6 of us going this time, which includes my 12 yr old again.  He is so happy and still swimming in his glory of the Mud Hero. 

I've been getting the running bug back again, and am remembering how I love the sweat and heart racing of a great run. It's been pretty hot again the last few days, like 29+++++ degrees, but I get out there.
PLUS considering I have a half marathon AND a 25 km in the next 30 days....... ummm I NEED to get out there.

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*sheepish grin*

Still alive, still going....probably not as strong as I'd like.

June and July was a lot of biking with a run (short) thrown in here and there. The weather was so humid and kids off for summer - biking seemed so quick and easy.

The weather had returned to normal temps , and no I feel like I have to teach myself to run all over again. UGH!

And I realized that the midsummer 15k is the 17th - umm I don't think my lack of running is going to help here . 

Oh then I'm backing it up with a mud hero the next weekend.

I may be taking a different feel for my blog by the end if August . Stay tuned!

Horrible blogging

With the kids home and the heat, I have been terrible at updating here and keeping track of my mileage-which admittedly has probably been more biking then running lately.  I will run a few kilometers while biking, but with the heat, it's been so nice to have the wind in my face.

A friend of mine entered this contest, which I think is awesome! Such an inspiration, and on a day when you don't feel like exercising, seeing how Jen turned her life around and makes fitness a part of each day, you definitely get your motivation back!

https://www.facebook.com/MyAthleteDreamContest  <--- check it out, you can vote every 24 hours!!


With the running, I have to admit, I have been enjoying short burst of speed.  It's really making me reconsider distance running and working towards a marathon, and maybe concentrating on 5k and 10k and taking some time off of those distances.

I am going to have to synch my garmin on dailymile.com and see what I am missing off of my ticker here. 

Color me rad 5km Toronto

Fun- ya 

Well organized - not so much.

Their "system" was down during kit pick up. Sunglasses only had red left.

There was no water on the tables at the half way point. They were filling as we were approaching.

And final distance on my garmin (I didn't wear for time but curious about distance) was 4.28 km

But it was their first year in Canada- so I get there'd be some hiccups.

It was nearly impossible to run- it was so close to a cattle herding -hahaha

So you'd get a nice pace going only to stop dead from the people. Not to mention the heat- wowza

Rest Day (whats that?)

So I decided I needed to 'take a break' today.  43 km in running and biking in 3 days, which included hills and intervals-- I took an easy day.

Which means, I cut our hilly lawn with the push mower for 2 hrs............ I think I sweat more than I do running!

I turned on my pedometer and I did manage 5ish km while pushing and pulling the mower.

Shorter runs

I've been digging the bike so much- I bike to a trail, run the trail and bike home. I've been about half and half for the distances. And already logged 130+km this month.

So shorter runs but quality runs. Tons of hills (8-11per workout depending on hill size )

Some speedy intervals with some rest periods in between. Which is a blessing in this heavy humid weather!! I love that the garmin grabs your best pace in there - sometimes I've been in the 3's p/km - not that I can sustain it for long , but high 4s are more common and I can stay with it for longer. 

And the last time on a bike was probably around 12 yrs old- I don't remember hills hurting my a$$ so much! Or giving me wobbly legs. Hoping that strengthening my legs helps with running turnover.

Not a running pic but the pig is so cute and smiling!