Another great race weekend!! Yesterday I completed by 2nd
Tough Mudder near Jacksonville, FL.
Tough Mudder is an 11+ mile obstacle course that is “probably the
toughest event on the planet”.
Yesterday’s race lived up to that claim for me for sure. The course was full of running through
thick sand and mud, plus all the obstacles. I’m not the greatest runner (I’m working on it though!) so
this was pretty rough for me.
I felt really strong in the
beginning and then we got to the Wounded Warrior Carry. In this challenge, you pair up and
carry your partner roughly 1-200 feet.
I paired up with a guy on my team and he carried me first. At the halfway point we switched. We were in that damn sand again but I carried
him on my back for close to 200 feet.
My team was cheering me on the whole way. That’s when I think a lot of
my walking started.
The next tough obstacle was called
Mud Mile. You have to run or walk
through mud that is like quicksand.
Not gonna lie, the Mud Mile felt like the Mud 25 Miles. My legs and hips were on fire by the
end!
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The next obstacle was Everest. It is a ½ pipe that is very similar to
Colossus without the ropes to help you climb up. I made it up the last time so I was pretty sure I could do
it this time. My legs were toast
so I couldn’t run as hard as I needed to.
I tried 3 times and each time almost got to my teammates holding out
their hands. After the 3rd
attempt I looked at my coach and said I couldn’t do it. He looked me in the eye and said
something like “you are going to do this”. So I tried one last time. I got to the top and grabbed the hands
of my teammates. I tried to use my
feet to climb up, but I was beat.
The guys pulled me up and I made it. I was so tired, I almost fell off the ladder coming down one
the other side, but I caught myself.
If a blooper video ever gets done, I’m sure that move could have made
the cut! Thanks to my coach and
teammates for not letting me quit.
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I’m feeling pretty sore and have some bruises, cuts and scrapes, but I wouldn’t take back a single moment of
this challenge. I had to remind
myself many times that my mind was going to give up before my body did. I'm going to be doing a couple of new BB challenges over the next few months, so I think that is going to help a lot. I'm sure I'll write a blog about those so stay tuned!
I am SO GLAD I was introduced to the
sport of OCR. My first year will end in September 2013. I’m planning on running my first
competitive race in August. I’m
not focused so much on time (only for a baseline), but rather being able to do
all the obstacles on my own. I
plan to ROCK year 2 of OCR!!
If you are interested in running
your first OCR, feel free to respond to this blog or connect with me on
Facebook at www.fb.com/erinkterry
or www.fb.com/coacherinsmotivationstation. You can also check out www.ocrchallenge.com
As always, thanks for reading
and….HOORAH!!
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