Whacky Races

As you can see over on my goal list, I'm a pretty active person. With a Half Ironman and a Marathon under my belt, I'm eyeing a Full Ironman this year. However I do like to break up the monotony of training with fun races along the way. So far I've done:

Urban Challenge - Solve a series of clues pointing to locations around a city, run there and snap a picture

The Mad Cow Urban Adventure Race - A Canoeing, Rollerblading, Orienteering, Biking, and Running Race

The Muddy Buddy: The Muddy Buddy is a race that consists of a two person team. One person begins the race on foot while the other begins the race on a bike. The person on the bike rides until they reach an obstacle. They drop the bike, complete the obstacle, and then take off on foot. The guy who started on foot completes the obstacle, grabs the bike, and then leapfrogs his teammate. This pattern continues through the course as you encounter obstacles. At the end, you are your teammate meet up and slog through a mudpit to the finish line.

The Tour de Donut : A 30 mile Bike Course with Donut Eating stations. Every donut you eat takes 5 minutes off your time!

And this year I'm signed up for The Warrior Dash

What will the future bring? Well I have some MORE ideas:

10. SkirtChaser 5k The women start the race 3 minutes before the men. Then the men get to chase em down! I think this would be tons of fun to do with my wife

9. Marine Mud Run 3 miles of hills, obstacles, and mudpits.

8. Krispy Kreme Challenge Run 2 miles, eat a dozen donuts, run two more miles all in under an hour.

7. A Bare as You Dare 5K.

6. Escape From Alcatraz A triathlon that starts with a swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco. Awesome!

5. The Survival of the Shawangunks After a 30 mile bike you run, swim across a lake, run, swim across another lake, run, swim across yet another lake, then a run to the finish. All while carrying your shoes during each swim.

4. A Reverse Order Triathlon

3. Loveland's Amazing Race A course that: "challenges the contestants agility, balance, coordination, strength, intelligence, problem solving skills, fine motor skills, and most important their sense of humor"


2 & 1. The Tough Guy Challenge. Summer and Winter Versions Just watch: