The Dirty Dash

Last weekend Dave ran a 5K called the Dirty Dash with some of his co-workers. It was aptly named, as it involved running 3.3 miles through mud and obstacles like hay bales and giant waterslides.  It was at Soldier Hollow, and it was so fun to see him run though it. Probably even more fun though, was watching everybody else try to complete the race. I had a seat right at the end of the race with the toughest mud obstacle to climb, and people were having the hardest time doing it and they were so filthy that it was well worth the drive up there just to watch these people in the race.  Dave tried to get me to run the race next year, but after seeing all of those people covered in mud in every possible crevice in their body, and by the smell that the "mud"(I'm not so sure it was mud....) pit put off, it is a definite no go for me.  But, I will go every year and watch Dave run it if it means I can people watch like I did this time.

Before the race:

An excellent view of the mud obstacle I got to watch people try to pass throughout the race:

After the race:

At the end of the race, there were two options. A hot shower for three dollars, or a cold, runoff water shower for free. They chose the free option.  I don't think these folks quite knew what they were in for with the cold runoff option. Dave recalls that shower as "the frigid shower of death". I thought Dave had hypothermia after his rinse-off because his lips were blue and his limbs were purple. He could hardly breathe, and his teeth were chattering so much he could hardly talk. He wanted to stop and take a picture by this sign on our way out and it was hard to get his teeth to stop chattering to a point where he could smile for the picture.

After he warmed up in the car, we went to find some geocaches in Midway. Dave is trying to get to a point where he can find his 100th geocache while we are on our trip to Washington, D.C., so he has a lot to find. We found about 5, and then he was ready to head home for a real, hot shower. 

After all was said and done, he was he would for sure do it again next year. He is trying to convince me to do it with him, but no way. It is an absolute no go for me!