run for your lives

so for my birthday I asked to do a 3 mile obstacle run that is called run for your lives.  This was held at an orv park outside of Olympia.  Not only is it an obstacle run but you are chased by zombies.  you finish either as a survivor or you finish as infected   I have never done a mud run and wanted to try one and this one sounded like so much fun.  Now I thought hubby would just watch but he said I will do it too this was shocker number one.  Number two because it involves getting dirty very dirty and he isn't one for that.

set in the woods at an orv park the first mile was through the forest



here I am still clean before the race


there was lots of music and entertainment in between the waves of runners



this guy was very brave in his zombie get up and he even ran that way.  I wonder if anyone dared grab one of his flags




the first hill and one that took hubbies first flag and my first fall  with  rocks and twigs and yes I did fall twice once was pretty bad and ended up with a hand size bruise on my thigh.  watching for rocks and trying to avoid getting one of my flags taken made for tricky running



one of the first mud pits I was sure I was going to leave a shoe behind but made it out




yep dirty





some zombies were slow and for show and some were fast and chased you far you could participate as a zombie or as a runner or both if you wanted to.  next time I want to be a zombie



then came the tent.   the tent filled with smoke  and another surprise



there were wires hanging that delivered a bit of a shock if you touched them.  I made it out without touching them but hubby didn't.



but i didn't survive the shock from the finish line where the fence was wired as well


me after my fall


it was so much fun




even hubby was smiling at the end


yes we would do it again

olympia

For my birthday I asked for one thing to do a mud run obstacle race in Olympia with a catch.  the catch I will save for the next post

today are sights from around Olympia the capital of washington state.

the old court house

 




 

capital building



happened upon the most amazing thing a bunch of young kids dancing in the heat of the night in the fountain to old swing time music




dinner on the boardwalk


some cool art that we saw from the car



there was lot of cool art everywhere you looked