On Saturday morning before heading for home, Michael had a race to complete. It was in Washougal, WA and the first time this race had ever come to the Pacific NW region.
At the start...
Beginning at 8am they had heats starting every 30 min. with 250 racers in each heat. It was quite the event. I think they had just over 4500 racers total. About an hour before Michael's heat a couple got married at the starting line all dressed in their Spartan costumes - crazy!
Waiting to go...
Waiting to go...
and they're off. The first part of the race was 3/4mile run uphill...
About 45 minutes into it is when he first came back into my view - at a spectator area - for the rope climb. Already soaked in mud at this point.
(Michael in the middle)
And I got to see him traverse the wall - (he's in the middle again)
Then off and out of sight for quite a while again...I found out it was the 200meter uphill mud crawl with barb wire, then monkey bars and a short run before I found him here:
Now he's really covered in mud!
He went down this hill over a wall and then walked (balancing) on stumps...
A short run then a hop over the fire (he's on the right)
Then run into the gladiators (on the right)
just before crossing the finish line!
You get the medal and t-shirt at the finish!
and he's off to the hoses to clean off!
After getting cleaned up a bit and putting on his new shirt we began the journey back home. Our first stop about 15 min. down the road at Five Guys and a yogurt place next door - it was so good!
Just 12 hours to go to get home...
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