More Pictures: Dirte Dashes Some More

It's amazing what a little investigating will get you.  I was bored looking at Warrior Dash results so I found the youngest female finisher in the results (14) and looked up her pictures.  What did I find, but my husband falling out of the mud pit!  

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Wordless Wednesday: Tipsy and Dirte Do The Dash

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Fill In The Blanks - Warrior Dash Whistler

This is originally from whistlerisawesome.com and I am blatantly stealing it!

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The night before Whistler’s first Warrior Dash I felt energized.  I prepared for the task at hand by aimlessly driving around looking for cheap overnight parking and getting drunk with friends until 3am.

It was important to grab old runners and remember to pack my sunscreen before the big day, August 6. After I completed my preparations, I fell into bed and slept like the dead.  I was ready for action.

Saturday morning dawned bright and early - too early.   First I ate my oatmeal and moved the car to the free lot. Then it was off to the race.

When I got there I saw my friends Dirte, Rockstar, Shagger, Hanky, Panky, Sparkling, Awesome, Achy, Muddy Terror, Crampy, Sassy, Allstar, Special-T, Gina, Ruby, Dan, Bill, Dave and Christine.  I was glad I was wearing my Tipsy t-shirt. After I saw what they were wearing I knew I was going to need all the new costumes I could get.

We all gathered at the starting line and I noticed the host of the local morning news. Oh yes, this was going to be interesting. And then we were off!

Everyone around me was cheering for the winner of the first wave and gawking at the hill. I decided the only thing I could do was try not to pee myself.

When I came to the first obstacle I thought I was going to do okay.  It was so the right height.  Finishing that section was a relief but then I saw the bruise I gave myself.

I decided to try not to roll down the hill before I tackled this next obstacle.  The dark tunnel loomed large and in charge but I knew I just had to avoid crawling over another warrior.  That was tough but the hardest part of the race, by far, was the Hill of Character! 

The best part of the race was when I was running downhill!

Finally, it was all over and I could see the finish line.  I whooped "I'm bleeding!" with mild bewilderment. I survived the Warrior Dash! And now, it was time to get my medal and warm fruit, let the mud dry, cheer on my friends and give Colin my free beer.  Off to results tent I skipped!

To anyone who asks, I will tell them the Warrior Dash is a great way to get to know your friends and a reason to party!  And next year I will bring my warrior hill-training for sure!

I Won The Prize...

... for best Warrior Dash inflicted injury*!    

I can't wait to do it again next year!  Recap coming soon...

*in our group, that is.  Really glad I made it up the 21% grade 1km hill at the start and didn't roll an ankle on the way down...

Whistler Warrior Weekend

Just a quick post before Colin and I (and 16 of our running friends) are off to Whistler, BC, for Warrior Dash!  2 nights of being adults as my parents are watching Spud.  There will definitely be a trip made to the liquor store before we head out of town... I'm sure it will be a gong show a fun time will be had by all.  There should be some awesome, and hopefully not too incriminating, pictures to post next week.  

Hope you have a great weekend too!

Extra-Wordy Wednesday: Meet The Team!

Mel has done an insane amount of work to introduce all the Nuun team members to you and to each other!  Click the photo to read all about us!

I absolutely cannot wait!

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Team Nuun Tuesday

1. Thanks to the talented and extremely patient Carrie team After-NUUN Delight now has a logo for Hood to Coast:

There were a couple of days during which many Facebook conversations were going on and Carrie was good enough to tolerate all of our "input"/demands for revisions.  

2. Back at the start of this adventure, and when we all had ideas coming out the wazoo, we thought it would be great to have a team shirt.  Well, there is no longer a need.  Nuun has come up with a sweet design - it's Nuun, not team name, specific - and I am so excited to be getting a couple of them!  I hate being secretive, but I don't think that they're for the public quite yet.  Let me just say that their design team is exceptionally creative!

3.  Bought your Nuun yet?  Don't forget to use coupon code: afternuundelight to receive 25% off.

4.  Hill training started last week so I should have a fairly good base going into HTC.  I just need to make sure that I do a couple of runs where I focus on my downhill technique.  I still want to try to run down Mt. Seymour, but will need some assistance from my friends.  Hopefully at least one person is as nuts as I am - I don't really want to have to run it alone.  More from a wildlife encounter perspective than anything else.

That's about it for this week.  Things should be swinging into full gear soon enough since there are only 22 days until I have to be in Seattle to meet my teammates.  I know that HTC should be announcing start times on the 6^th so that's what I'm looking forward to for the next few days.