In Evansville alone I have done two of my all-time favorite
races! The first was in 2010 with my
wonderful dad and beautiful puppy Sasha.
We ran in the Fido Walk, Rock & Run 5K sponsored by the Vanderburgh
County Humane Society. And guess what,
we each got first place! Sadly Sasha didn’t
get a trophy, but I fed her treats like a princess!
One of my other favorite races was in 2012 at Evansville’s Viking Assault. It’s similar to a Tough
Mudder. It’s an obstacle course full of
muddy events and challenging jumping, climbing, running, or crawling
activities. You can see the full re-cap
on it here.
Neal and I signed up for the race as a 2 year anniversary
outing. You could say we like to get
dirty. For our 1 year (2011), we went
Spelunking over at Marengo Cave.
Some other fun fitness challenges I have done outside of
Southern Indiana:
Urban Dare in 2010. That’s
Brittany and I posing at one of the many stops you had to take pictures at for
this event around Nashville TN. This is
a fun race if you really know the layout of the city. We didn’t, but still had a great time!
The Music City Half Marathon in 2011. I was aiming for a time under 2 hours and boy
did I make it! For some reason, I didn’t write down my exact time, but I know
it was between 1:55 – 1:57!
Miami Turkey Trot in 2011.
My brother, now brother-in-law, and I all ran the Turkey Trot when we
went to Miami for Thanksgiving. My mom and her then boyfriend, now husband,
hosted a great Thanksgiving week of fun!
We got to go to Disney World too on this trip! Sadly, Neal had food poisoning, so he wasn’t
even able to come watch the race. Yuck!
Climbed the Grand Teton in 2012. This was the BEST experience of my life in
terms of fitness goals. Sure, we had
some challenges and it wasn’t all easy, but we climbed a freaking
mountain. That’s a really cool
accomplishment in my book!
What will 2013 bring in terms of Fitness Fun? I have high hopes for this year. I have truly started it off well by doing the Tone It Up Love Your Body
series. I have some ideas of what I am
going to do, but that’s a post I will save for tomorrow!
What are some of your favorite fun fitness activities? Have you taken a long hike, a color run, a mini triathlon, a
cross-fit challenge, ooh the Krispy Kream 5K, or maybe the polar plunge (brrrr)? I’d love to hear
what fun activities you are doing in your life!
Love hearing a bit about your Grand Teton climb! Summitting a particularly challenging peak is one of the best feelings in the world!
ReplyDeleteThanks Natalie! It was an almost inexpressable feeling of joy, pain, fear, pride, glory, amazement all at once! Looking forward to following your big trek this year :)
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