Warrior Dash Texas 2014

The Warrior Dash in Dallas 2011 was my first mud run, so I was really excited to run it again this year in Smithville. I run flat 5ks all the time, but the hills and humidity kicked my freaking butt. And my friend, a first time racer, broke her ankle near the end.

Me in pink with my friends (left) and brother (right)

The event was alright but nothing special. I realized that I'm pretty bored with obstacle course racing and want to switch solely to trail racing, but I have another 8 OCRs this year that I'm already registered for. I don't enjoy weight training and am not really motivated to do it even for my races. I just want to run.

I think have a running problem

I had registered to run the Cinco de Muddo 5k on May 3 because I'd heard such good things about it last year and had room in my schedule this year. Then I got an email about the 5-mile Cinco de Miler race the same day that has a freaking sweet tech tee as part of its race packet.

So I dashed down the hall to ask my coworker exactly what time her wedding is that afternoon: 4:30. Perfect.

The 5-miler is at 8:30 a.m., so I transferred my 9:30 mudder registration to noon to allow me time to eat and drive the hour between races and still have plenty of time to clean up for the wedding and get a nap if I'm lucky.

And then I'm running the 10-12 mile Tough Mudder noon the next day at a site three hours away.