This is the tent where zombies are created! Although I didn’t get to be one in this race, I DID get chased by the product of all this goop and goo!
For my second 5K, I think I probably should have trained a bit more for this one. I knew about the obstacle course, but I didn’t realize JUST how challenging it was going to be. I mean, it’s not like the Tough Mudder! Or was it…?
For me, this might just as well have been the Tough Mudder because it sure was tough on these bones…and muscles! I am still hurting a week later! As much pain as I feel in my muscles (particularly in my thighs), I want to participate in more 5K’s in the future. I am glad my friend, Jeanette was running with me!
These are just a couple of shots of what I could see of the course from along the sidelines. It doesn’t look all that intimidating, but once I was actually trying to run it, I realized a couple of things: 1) I didn’t train enough ahead of time, and 2) I had the WRONG sneakers on!!
Because I didn’t want to ruin my hot pink kicks, I dug an old pair of walking sneakers out of my closet…the kind with the rocking sole about two inches high. Yeah…bad idea. At one point when I was being chased by a huge swarm of brain munching infected zombies, I was trying to run around an uphill curve in these elevated sneakers. Ouch, ouch, ouch as I turned my ankle, but I kept going. I didn’t want to get eaten! Limping along, I hustled as best I could and did my best to go through all the obstacles. 
I crawled in the mud… 
I climbed over barbed wire while my feet sunk ankle deep in the muck…
And I swam through a pit of freezing, ice cold “blood”…
And I am still standing!!
And we finished!! Okay, so the zombies took all my flags off my belt, but I still got my medal!
I may be still sore a week later, but I am so glad I challenged myself!
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