I find it is easier to highlight portions of these events:
1. Holy feck hills. The even took place at a ski resort about 3 hours north of where I live. And I swear once you enter WI, it is up down up down...ugh. I've never run hills like this, and I love hills. For the first 3 miles it is upppppp, and then down...
2. Mud/Water. About 90% of this course is either soaked in mud...or water. I had so much mud on me and in places where mud should never be, that I am going to be giving birth to a mud baby, in about 8 months. Give or take a few weeks. Seriously....mud...bugs...blech. But I loved it, because I'm a dirty hobo.
3. Men, I think about 75-85% of this event is all men. Men everywhere, of all sizes. But mostly nice looking men...or at least from the neck down. Heh. I admit I was oggling a few, and no....that doesn't mean I'll be a cheater (WZ, I'm looking at YOU!). I'll find a good photo for you.
4. Obstacles. I had to have help over many of the obstacles, and I'm talking 12" tall Berlin Walls that I couldn't just hike over. I've never had my ass felt up so much and been thankful for it. I didn't mind it by the end. Seriously, just help me up the farking thing!
5. Things only White People Do: Nola...I saw many black men. Just sayin'.
6. Ambulances. They were going all day long, and I saw at least one medi-vac. He was probably coming after the dude who most likely broke his leg on the 2nd set of berlin walls.
7. Slip n Slide. 180 feet. 'nuff said. teh ossum
8. Washing off? Ha. Yeah right. There was a HUGE area with a hoses set up in a system, but the best part? The water pressure was for shittles, you had to up and down the hose to get any water out. I got felt up by h in front of dozens of men....with my clothes on. HOT.
9. FINAL: the worst obstacle? The last one. You walk up this forest of wires hanging in a system from here to eternity and you link arms or go through by yourself. The catch? Some are electrified with 10,000 volts (no joke) and you RUN THROUGH! Yeah...except I got caught, and felt like I was punched in the nads, and then thrown to the group. I'm talking straight up-board fall backwards. This is where the "fight or flight" option came in and scrambled on hands and knees out of that forbidden forest of fvckery. I had mud on my EYELASHES.
All in all...I recommend. Because I'm a suck *sick* woman who likes pain. We will do this again...maybe in WI or MN next year.
Oh...and last part, I SWEAR, these events started with ONE last year in may, and now are expanded to dozens a year...with 10,000+ participants at each event. At at LEAST $100 a person...that is a lot of money.
