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As far as the race goes, the first half was a little touch and go for me. I'm used to running trail and it was a lot of pavement running. The pavement was oken up by a few obstacles: tires, piles of hay that were used to create a maze, and a spot where we had to do 10 jumping jacks. Thankfully, this was followed by a water stop.
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After the water, things started to get good. The second half of the event was on trails in the woods. During this portion, we had to climb a wall, which was only about six feet up, crawl through some tubes (with a helpful photographer stationed at the end of them) and then, la crème de la crème: a three foot deep mud pit followed by a steep and muddy hill. In fact, this hill was so steep that there was a cargo net buried underneath the muck. Even so, some people had trouble standing up without sliding down to the start again.
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At the end of the run, the Marine Corp Fire Department was standing at the ready with a truck to hose us off. I'd say this was tougher than the Warrior Dash, but it did lack the fire and Viking helmets.
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