Warrior Dash Weekend

This past weekend we headed to St. Louis shortly after work for a weekend of Warrior Dash for Kody and Kyle (his brother). We arrived at Kaci and Luke’s house about 7:30 and headed to Talayna’s with them and Kyle & Erica. It was great food, my 2nd time eating at a Talayna’s and their pizza is WONDERFUL! We watched part of the Cardinal’s game while we were there and then headed back to Kaci and Luke’s house.

Saturday morning started early. Kody and Kyle had been signed up for this Warrior Dash, which is a 5k with 11 obstacles, for quite some time. They ran at 9:00, but it was about a 50 minute drive and they needed to be there an hour early so they left before I was out of bed! We headed there around 8 and got to see them right before they took off. You can see the excitement! Kody had never ran a race and was a little nervous, he did SO well though!! The sun was shining SO bright that it’s causing a bad reflection in the some of the pictures.

It was very chilly Saturday morning and the wind was bad. I wasn’t dressed to stay out there all day, but the guys did stay for the day and enjoyed themselves. I had NO clue how large this race would actually be, almost 7,000 people ran in it. That’s crazy!

We were able to watch the last leg of the race. We watched them scale this wall, hurdle over 2 fire pits, and then go through a muddy, cold pit with barbwire above their heads. Here’s a few pictures…

Kyle placed first out of their flight and 13th overall! Kody got 231st overall, which I might add is incredible for have only been training since April and his first race. I married a stud, what can I say?

Here are a few pictures from after the race. I think the adrenaline had for sure set in.

   

And yes, the hats came with the registration! HA!! I now have a warrior hat sitting on my bar, jealous?

Afterwards us girls went back to Kaci’s and then headed to the Galleria for a little bit. My brother came to see me so I spent some time with him while they got pedicures. We went back to Kaci’s and I napped the afternoon away. We went to Stir Crazy (good, fun place) for dinner and then went to bed fairly early! Kody and I left around 8 and got back to town around 11 and ate lunch with our friends and went home. He worked on homework for about 8 hours and I napped, grocery shopped, and watched TV. We’re working on time management so he doesn’t have to blow every Sunday doing homieswork (as we like to call it.) It was a good weekend, but I was happy to be home. The boys never do good when we’re away and we came home and they both have 2 big hot spots. They are itching like crazy and licking too. It’s disgusting. Such is life!

It’s only Wednesday and I’ve posted about our weekend. I think I’m ahead of my usual game.