Dirty Girl

After visiting Chattanooga the following weekend my girlfriend Shannon and I went on a little adventure to Kenosha Wisconsin to get a little dirty.
The Dirty Girl 5k obstacle coarse was next on the list of adventures.
Of course we turned it into a girls weekend with lots of laughs, a night out dancing and a mechanical bull ride!!!














The race itself was a bit more of adventure than I think I was prepared for.
The whole getting dirty part wasn't the issue, I can get muddy with the best however, I failed to take a look at the obstacles we were to take on.
It all started out very nice with the obligatory party at the starting line with music and a Zumba type warm up. After the gun went off we dashed into the forest and came upon our first obstacle the inflatable tire trap. We ran right through them with little ease then onto the next one. An inflatable pool of sorts filled with mud and water with cargo netting to crawl under and make sure we got really muddy and dirty. This was the first of many on the course that day.
After about four muddy obstacles the running part of the run had come to a halt. Our shoes were about five pounds heavier than when we had started and were clumped with grass from the fields we were running through. So our run turned into an obstacle walk/jog.
Everything was going great until we came upon the cargo net climb.
This net obstacle was your standard cargo net that was draped over a couple metal poles heading upward then across the top of a meatal frame leading to a twenty foot fireman pole to slide down and finish the obstacle.
I started climbing up the net with no problem at all. I got to the top of the pole to start across the top and that is where I froze.
I was twenty feet off the ground, needing to cross on cargo rope netting to the pole and I completely freaked out.
In case you didn't know, I AM AFRAID OF HEIGHTS!!!!!
The rope itself was slippery and the footing holes were very wide and I was panicking.

After taking what seemed a lifetime to get across here I stood at the top of this muddy wet pole I was supposed to slide down. Again I froze.
There were some sweet ladies who handed me an old shirt to wipe the
pole off with so I wouldn't slide right off it, still this did not ease my panic.
Finally on the other end of the pole was a very nice firefighterish
 man standing below me and he uttered the words
"grab on tight, squeeze your thighs around it, slide down slowly and I promise I will catch you."
Well, I headed his advice on the promise that he would indeed catch me if I fell and down I went.
I landed down the pole, my legs were shaking, my heart was pounding but I did it!!!
We continued to the other obstacles which included a fire pit jump, a couple more mud baths, a very large inflatable slide, and finally a balance beam with large balls swinging about.
Other than the afraid of heights frozen moment we had such a great time and will most likely be returning this year.

Up Next......MO' Cowbell Half Marathon Adventure