I am woman hear me roar!

In an effort to celebrate my 40th birthday (coming soon) I decided to do an adventure race. This race was to prove that I am still strong and not to be tossed aside because I was to old to do anything. This was to prove that there is life after 40 and that maybe in some ways it could begin at 40. I just know that 40 is a big number and that I didn’t want to be tired when I reached it. So about 3 months ago a friend ( who also turned 40 this year) and I signed up for our 1st adventure race. I sounded so fun. I really buckled down and started to exercise. I Anticipated the race and it really kept me focused a lot. The race was last Saturday and boy was I a happy girl. There was running/trekking, canoeing, and biking. It all seemed like extreme sporting, which I loved. There was going through thick forests and biking down and up steep grades with rocks in the trail, and hairpin turns. I could not wipe the smile off my face. We did not get in first at all, but we finished and got all the checkpoints. I can’t wait to do this again and Tarra said she would never do one again. These are the pictures from the race.

The road trip was loads of fun.

Sunflower seeds, coffee and diet coke.

Rain, wipers keeping time to the conversation and strategy for the race.  

Choosing the perfect camp site. Learning how to set up camp.

Late night talking and laughing and laughing and talking.

Way to early morning rising.

 

 

Taking before pictures and trying to control a nervous bladder.

Getting instructions with 90 other people and going to the bathroom one more time before we started.

Starting what ended up being a 4 hour and 6 minute race.

Staying alive during the race.

Inspecting injuries. (Tarra’s foot not mine)

Sweaty after pictures.

Feeling like a rock star. I can’t wait until the next one!

~ by mock6 on July 21, 2008.