Spartan 2012 v/s Spartan 2013

All I can say...is you never realize how much the change is until you put the pictures side by side!

Top half: 2012
Bottom half: 2013

















Lets see what Spartan 2014 brings

Spartan Race 2013

Last year I signed up for the Spartan Race, and let’s just say that yes I finished, but I was pretty sure I died about half way through the race and really my body was back on the course somewhere. IDK what possessed me to sign up last year…oh wait, yes I do, my crazy ass friends and a GROUPON for $45. But seriously last year, I am pretty sure that I walked more of it than I ran and the 4 miles back in the trails…HORRIBLE! I knew I was doing bad last year when the wave (or two) that started after me passed my fat ass in the woods!

Well this year was going to be different! Last year, waddling around the Spartan Race, when I “thought” I was in shape made me realize just how outta shape I was! Thanks Bad Knee for making me fat! LOL. So for my birthday last year, I signed up for Kickboxing and going 2 a week turned into 3 times a week, turned into 5 times a week, turned into 7 times a week (2 of them boot camp!) Let’s just say that JWKFA has kicked my ass into shape and this year I was going to rock the race! 

And let me say right now that I DID!

I went with my girl Kristin and my friend Cameron, I had a few other people that were going to be around, a few co-workers that we got hyped up and this one boy that I totally have been crushing on for about a year now (boy has no idea I exist beyond the social talking and “hey any races come up”)

The race started…and we were in the front of our wave…I was making GREAT time and keeping up with the big boys, you know the ones I am talking about…the ones that take of their shirts and your jaw HITS the floor as you wondering if they would mind if you just licked their chest…just once…real quick?! I was actually passing them in the running and they were helping to toss me over the walls. I smoked EVERY SINGLE obstacle (except the stupid one at the end – put I did my 30 burpees, no problem!). 

BUT the path was not clearly marked, and I know it wasn’t just me because after the fact I followed up with all my friends that had been in the front of their groups and we ALL got lost at the same point, pushing all of our rankings down and our times up. 

Those of us (about 8) that were out front and ahead of the pack ended up totally missing the turn and taking this rugged bike trail in this back area for about 10-13 min. We started to wonder if this was right, but we had already gone so far, we couldn’t turn back now…and we ended up meeting back up with the middle of our wave…and having to pass them all over again, which we did! 

But this caused the competitive me to be completely and utterly depressed and disappointed in my time. I came in a pathetic 1:48:07!! I truly believe that without the loss in the trails...would have been around 1:35:00, but that is not what shows up right! What matters is the time you get. I guess it was a lot better than last year, considering I came in at 2:47:15. So really…I cut an HOUR off that bitch! NICE

Sadly a lot of girls didn't do it 100% and cheated, which also frustrated me. Nothing like doing the monkey bars or walls or ropes or tires and watching the girls walk by and just walk past the obstacles. I mean, come on at least try it! But whatever, I guess when it comes down to it, the only person they cheat is themselves, I know what I am capable of!

Next year, I am going to train my ass off to drop that time down closer to 1:20:00 (and NOT GET OFF COURSE)

One crazy thing, as we were taking the bus back to our car, we saw a few girls walking off into the woods with a 5^th of Vodka…I was watching the news to see if anyone got lost on that race, because damn…them girls were crazy! You drink after…not during! LOL

Next race is the iRun 5K. Something nice and easy … Right :)