Dirty Dash 5K
Drove the entire clan up to Soldier Hollow for the Dirty Dash. I didn't really treat it as a race. I just tried to have a good time. We were in the first wave so it was not quite as muddy as it should have been. When the race started, I went out with the leaders up the mud hill. A group of 5 was ahead of me and I just kind of hung back. After the first couple of hay bails, I decided that I just wanted to have fun so I stopped and waited for Becky and ran the rest of the race with her. The hay bails were fun once I got the hang of them. The walls weren't too bad except I struggled on the last one because the mud was pretty thick at the bottom and I couldn't push off. The pipes were a pain and the tires lasted a lot longer than I thought necessary. My favorite part was the net that we had to climb. My kids and I have been watching Ninja Warrior so I knew exactly how to attack it and executed the flip over the top perfectly. After we finished, we waited around for a couple of hours so the kids could to the Piglet Plunge. This included the run up the first muddy hill, a good little climb to the water slide, down the slide and through the giant mud puddle. I ran most of it with a 6 year old on my shoulders so it was a good workout. I didn't feel muddy enough so I tackled Ashton before we got to the finish line just to make sure we got our money's worth. It was fun for all of us but not much serious running. | 