The latest craze in running seems to be these obstacle races. Mud, fire, climbing, push-ups, etc., etc. Every running events group is doing one now and Micah has caught the bug along with everyone else. He says it's more exciting than just running down the road. I just nod my head, smile and take pictures.
This past weekend he competed in the Warrior Dash - three miles and the usual obstacles. He managed to convince a few co-workers and family members to join him as well. Micah placed 2nd in his heat, 7th out of 820 in his age group and 45th out of 7222 overall for the day.
Not bad!
The girls and I stood at the mud pit at the end because it's where we can get the most exciting views. They remembered, from the last race, a man yelling "CRAWL BABY CRAWL!", so they pretty much screamed that for 20 minutes at everyone coming through. Note: You might be asking yourself why Micah is covered from head to toe in mud, while the other two guys in the picture are only muddy on their front half. Well, it's because he literally dives in while the others just start crawling. Usually the dive has some trick attached like a jump spin. His philosophy is that if you're going to sign up for this, you might as well go all out.
This coming weekend is the Dirty 6 - 6 miles of fun this time.
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