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Originally Posted by bigpiney
in the spirit of full disclosure, I suck.
I ran that 10 k. Not sure if any marines beat me, but a bunch of other people did, including 2 girls. It was a 11:00 start and I was feeling really good as we started out down a steep hill and turned the corner to the 1000 climb over 2 miles. I was still feeling good for about 1.5 miles and then the burn in my quads and lungs got super intense. At that point I was in 3rd place but my body decided that running wasn't a good idea. So people started to pass me and when I got to the first obstacle the 5 foot wall climb I couldn't do it. Had to use the hay bail like a freaking wimp to get over it.
The race seemed to go on forever. I was hurting. I thought I was going to kill myself when I came to the tire run. Had to walk through that. I passed some guy that had passed out on the course, but the medical staff was already with him. The last mile and a half are a steep down hill and I managed to not let any one pass me in that time and even out sprinted some guy that was coming up behind me (allowing me to maintain 1st in my age group).
After the race I couldn't walk more than 10 feet without feeling like I was going to wither puke or pass-out. It took me 45 minutes to recover and never have I felt like such a wimp. I have never actally participated in something where I felt like I could not have gone any harder. I used everything my boby was willing ot give me that day, and it wasn't much. Overall result 19th out of 307 racers, first in my agegroup, 4 minutes and 20 seconds slower than when I did it 2 years ago.
One fun part was watching my kids climb the 60ft climbing wall in the gym. The marines were great hosts. I just sat there on the floor and tried not to lose it.
Overall it is a great race, even though the 80 degreee temperatures and 7500 ft elevation didn't agree with me. Next year I may be watching from the sidelines taking care of kids as my wife wants to do it. She could win the womens race.
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So first in your age group means you suck? That sounds like a brutal race, I doubt I'd finish. For the 5 foot wall does it have a rope hanging off of it? Or do you just grab the top and throw yourself over?