Mission Complete!

For all those who did not know I just ran my first race on Sat. It was not just any race though. The name of it was Volkslauf. Many of my friends run in a race called the Mud Run in San Diego. They heard of a similar one in Bakersfield and decided to give it a go. All right, I'm game. We signed up and watched the 6 videos about it on you tube. I thought okay, I guess I can do this. I have been running for awhile with a friend on average 3 days a week and on the alternate days I go to the gym with a group of friends. I honestly thought I was in decent shape for this. NOTHING could have prepared me for what I was a bout to do! The Volkslauf is a 10k course with 60, yes I said 60, obstacles. These obstacles are typical military obstacles. Walls to climb over, muddy trenches to dredge through and swim through, ropes to cross over muddy trenches upside down, ropes to climb up and then down, more walls, and things to climb over, hills, lots of muddy hills to go up and down. It was totally crazy. On top of that there was military men and women yelling at you at each course. I did it though. My time was 1hr. 31 min. 46 sec. Not bad for my military training course, heh? Out of 179 women I placed 72. Oh, did I mention I was totally sick? I had been fighting a horrible cold since Wed. Okay, so the after math. I am sore in places I had no idea that I even had muscles. I have bruises and scratches and rope burns too. I think I wore myself out because when we got home at 4pm on Sat. I went to bed at 8pm and didn't get up until 8am Sun. Today I am doing much better. The cold is on the mend and well it really only hurts when I take my shirt off and on.
I wanted to post one of the six videos so you can get an idea of what it was like. Yes, I am also going to show you my war wounds. Of course I have to document this for posterity. I was showing Craig the videos and he asked me if it was at all similar to what I did. I said it was exactly the same course! He couldn't believe that I would get that dirty. So here you go.