Warrior Dash was AWESOME!!!!!!!

"You are far too excited about this."  Here I quote my hubby, Dahmon, in something he said while we were driving to the Warrior Dash in Hastings this past weekend.  In complete fairness to the very patient man, I was happy dancing/bouncing in my passenger seat as he drove.  Warriors can squee, right?  = )

In case you couldn't tell, I had an ABSOLUTE BLAST at the Warrior Dash this past weekend.  Got to hang out with the 27 World Wide Village volunteers - a fabulous group made up of people who have gone to Haiti with us, Theta Chi gentleman from the local Beta Kappa chapter, and people affiliated with those mentioned.  It was absolutely amazing to be able to spend time with all of them - thank you thank you thank you to all of the volunteers!  You guys rocked!   AND our volunteers had a pretty sweet gig--most of them were manning obstacles or handing out water and bananas to race finishers.

AND we got to talk to a bunch of people about Haiti and meet all kinds of people from all over the place (there were even some people from Italy who flew in just for the race!!).  World Wide Village had a booth at the race, and Ali Funk, Emily Cargill, and I had a grand time interacting with people, giggling over the more hilarious costumes, watching the shoe pile next to us grow (a group was there that collects old shoes and refurbishes them), and making sure the nutritious sodas we were giving away didn't disappear too quickly.  It. Was. Awesome!!

My time was 39:33.  murgle murgle murgle...for someone who can run 3miles in 28ish minutes, I was a little dissappointed - but I blame the intense humidity that day.  = )  We had true MN weather, clear one minute and then they closed down the course for a little bit because lightening isn't an obstacle approved by race coordinators.

You should totally do the Dash, whichever one is closest to you!  You will get muddy...oh just you wait for the pictures that will follow as soon as I get permissions and pics from everyone.  More details about the race (and some favorite costumes) will follow.

Mud was the word of the day.  Everyone got mud on them--participants and onlookers alike...it was AWESOME!!

Just a reminder why I'm running 400 miles for a cause this summer, this article almost made me start crying (please consider clicking the "Donate/Sponsor" link above and helping send water purification units to Haiti) :


http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/186008/20110724/cholera-haiti-epidemic.htm