My Extreme Run

Saturday was my first attempt at an "extreme" run, which is basically a 5k cross country run, with obstacles. The obstacles were:

• a 100' slip and slide
• a 14' ladder wall
• a 20' military crawl through sand under ropes
• an 8' wall climbed using a rope.
• crawl through two 3' diameter culvert pipes, half submerged in a muddy pit
• run though 50' of muddy field
• run 4 up/down sand hills
• go over, under, through, and over 4' walls
• race through a maze of 55 gallon drums
• walk a 100' balance beam, consisting of 2"x8"s balanced on edge in a zig-zag pattern
• military crawl through 100' of mud pit under ropes (glad it wasn't barbed wire!)
• swim 20' under ropes through a muddy water pit

I finished the race 63rd overall, with a time of 37:34. It was a LOT of fun, much more so than your typical road race. I am definitely going to sign up for another one. I hear that the Spartan Race is pretty amazing, and the Warrior Dash looks like a good time too. Any compatriots out there looking to join me at the next one?