Warrior Dash New England 2011

Last weekend, on June 26th, I ran my first Warrior Dash.  I’ve been wanting to do a run like this for a while.  I signed up a little late, so I ended up having to run the 3:00 wave on Sunday, which is the last wave.  I didn’t think this would make a big difference, but it turned out that there was a ton of parking traffic near the course, so I got there a little late.  They had to make one extra wave at 3:30 for all of us stuck in traffic.
Quickly checked in and took a before picture, to document the race:

It turns out that running on the 2nd day means the course will be a lot muddier.  The trails were in bad shape, and it was muddier than the mud run I had done earlier in the year.  It was a tough run, and I broke my Vibrams right in the beginning of the race.  I still finished the 3.02 miles of mud and obstacles with a time of 43 minutes, which I am happy with, for now.

The plan is to run the NY Warrior Dash and climb Mt. Marcy in one weekend in August, time to start training to improve my time, on the slightly longer course.