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I'm going to make it my new goal to be able to participate in this next year. Looks like a blast!
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I'm sure you could find a charity run/walk 5K to do prior to the Warrior Dash & build up to it. There are plenty of leisurely 5Ks out there. There are also Mud Runs that are similar to (but less intense than) the Warrior Dash. I'll be doing 2 of these in Lincoln & just outside of Omaha next month. They are pretty laid back events so you wouldn't have to worry if you had to take breaks to walk. You won't be the only one. |
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You know my ultimate goal has always been to move to KC. I think you know that I've done a lot to work towards that goal. I've gone back to school, and I will have my AD in February. I've moved back in with dad to get some debts paid off and save some money. Along with those two things, I've been working on losing weight. Of all people, I thought you might see those accomplishments and be somewhat proud of me. Anyway, in regards to this. I guess I need to go out to a friend's family's farms and practice climbing hay bails and rolling around in the mud? My dad's pool is 4 1/2 feet deep, so I can practice wading through it. Are those the short term goals you had in mind? |
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was going to do this.....then a bud at work gave me free floor tickets to Billy Currington, Zac Brown Band, and Kenny Chesney for free.....so I did that instead....didn't have time to do both.
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They jogged some, they ran some, they walked some. The pictures she showed me were pretty priceless though. LMAO |
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http://www.nscevents.com/mudrun This one is in Springfield at the Soaring Wings vineyard. It's smaller. I'm taking my kids to this one. http://www.raceregister.net/RaceRegi...ion=view&id=41 |
Wow. Just got an email from a buddy. A guy he knows is in ICU after getting heat stroke during the race yesterday. His brain is swollen and his organs aren't functioning correctly. His body temp was 108 when he got to the hospital.
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A grueling endurance race became too dangerous in the heat Sunday and had to be called off early. The Warrior Dash obstacle course was shut down about 1:30 p.m. after 57 people were treated on site for heat symptoms, and four were taken to hospitals as a precaution. The event, which started Saturday, was scheduled to run until 3 p.m. Sunday. “The heat was so excessive it was not safe for the participants to run,” said race director Bryan Sechrist. “Safety is our No. 1 priority.” Warrior Dash set up cooling stations and a medical tent for the approximately 7,000 participants today. The event was at Tiffany Springs Park, about 18 miles north of downtown, and involved a 3.1-mile course. The National Weather Service said the temperature at Kansas City International Airport was 95 degrees at 1:53 p.m., and the relative humidity was 47 percent. |
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og circle pit. the true warriors dash.
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Yeah it was hot as hell when we ran at 10:30. Really the hardest part besides the heat was the damn mud after the small creeks. I was sure I was going to wipeout on some of the slopes. Overall I thought the obstacles weren't too hard.
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Here's another article that shows his picture. He looks like he's in pretty good shape.
http://www.fox4kc.com/news/wdaf-frie...0,511672.story It's awful that this happened, but I don't think it's fair to blame Warrior Dash. They had three water stations for a 3 mile race. That's a lot. (The original plan was to only have 2. They added one presumably due to the heat.) They took good care of my diabetic friend who had to be carted off to the first aid tend due to blood sugar issues. I thought the event was very well run. |
It is sad that someone died but no one made him participate. The supposed lack of water on the course had little to do with this.
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I ran at 1230 on Sunday, and people were dropping like flies. Saw one broad passed out in the mud. It was so hot I got a headache, and was getting cold chills. Didn't feel right until Monday morning, but in the end I made that course my bitch. About a half hour after finishing, I was going to get a beer and a turkey leg and they shut everything down.
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That sucks if true. Kctv5 & kmbc are going with the story now.
I don't think it was the races fault. They had water stations and personel everywhere. Man problem is people skipped water and the other half were out of shape thought they could handle this for their first race. Probably had an enlarged heart. If you had heat stroke problems, it was on you. |
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Did anybody here run the Wakarusa Off-Road Challenge last week?
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I signed up for the April 27th event and I'm in the 3pm group. |
I just ran Tough Mudder in Sarasota last weekend. If you want a real challenge try taking that on. Although I was a little disappointed with some of the obstacles, they had several that were much more of a challenge. The part I didn't like was the fact that they had these mud hills for several of the obstacles. It was like they ran out of ideas so they said lets just throw a mud hill in here.
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I'll check that one out.
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I'm looking forward to Spartan Race this summer/fall in Lincoln.
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I doubt I'll ever do one of these again. It just didn't seem worth the money. besides, I'm an athlete. I'm not trying to be the best at exercising.
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It is a good way to have fun for the day, meet some ladies, get muddy.. |
Seriously though.. they marketed this thing as a fun/goofy walk in the park. There were a lot of out of shape people that didn't take it seriously, mixed with the heat it turned deadly. I'm in decent shape and well hydrated and it ****ed me up a little. Majority of the people shouldn't have been allowed to run that day. I saw people smoking cigarettes waiting to start, was ****ing dumb. People passed out on the trail in the mud.
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