First race of the year, and I convinced a friend to do it with me. They wanted to train for the BMO half marathon in May, and hadn’t been running in a long time. I said “How about you do this 5K with me?” So they did! The weather this time was much better than
I have most of my races already chosen and signed up for, because I wanted to keep with my 1 race per month frequency (which I started in August 2016 by accident). I wanted to select my races well in advance because a) I love being hyper-organized and b) I needed to know that races
A lot of my loved ones, workmates, people I meet along the way, have asked me “How did you get into obstacle course racing?” or subsequently “How can I get into obstacle course racing?” to which, the answers are quite similar. I first learned about obstacle course racing about 5 years ago. The first one
It was such a gorgeous day. A little cold and crisp but clear and bright and sunny. Oh, and windy. Very very windy. Here is a video of me talking about the wind before the race: I had managed to rope one of my coworkers into joining me, as he had been expressing frustration that
I wanted to make sure I kept up my monthly races, as I have been keeping up with my training always having a goal in mind. This race was only $10 (normally $15) because I got a discount from doing Rugged Maniac. I look forward to doing more of the MEC races because of the
I learned that if I wanted to do a Spartan race for free, I could volunteer and get a free race entry code. There was a bundle weekend in Seattle, WA Oct 22/23. The Beast (about 21 km) was on the Saturday, and the Sprint (about 6.5 km) was on the Sunday. So, one could
I had heard about Femsport a few years ago, when I was working with some fitness professionals who were fans of the owner who created the competition. Femsport is a female version of the famous Strong Man competitions. There are 6 possible events over the course of an afternoon, and one’s total score at the
This was my first obstacle course race (OCR), ever. I had not heard about the Rugged Maniac before this year. I found out about in my email, as I subscribe to Living Social deals. They were offering a discounted entry. I had already set out at the beginning of 2016 that I would complete my
This was the first run of 2016, for me. It also was the first race I had done in probably 6 years – the last race I can remember was the 2010 Sun Run (one of the biggest 10K races in North America!) I started training for it back in April, because I hadn’t been