On the 19th, Justin participated in the Gladiator Assault Challenge in Boone at Seven Oaks. His team was made up of 7 athletic guys, a couple of which who regularly run in triathalons and half marathons. Since Justin doesn't consider himself a long distance runner, he was pumped to take part in this challenge along with friends whom he doesn't usually get to race with. Our friend Phillip's 65 year old dad was on their team and wow, he is a machine! I was so impressed. It had 30 obstacles and was a little over 5 miles long. They all finished under 1.5 hours and had a blast doing it! And it was really fun to watch. I took Lily with me, along with joining my friend Erin and their family. As soon as we got out of the car and looked up at the hill that we'd have to climb to watch the guys, I knew bringing the stroller was not an option! The kiddos, bless their hearts, were troopers in climbing the monster hill and then walking A LOT to get to the various obstacles to watch their daddies. Erin's son Beckham was commenting "Daddy methy (messy)!" and his sister Larae would say "C'mon slowpokes!" They sure thought it was fun to see their dads covered in mud while they ran, hiked, climbed walls, balanced on beams, crawled under barbwire, slid into ponds and many other things I'm forgetting at the moment. Ok, enough with my synopsis....here are photos of the day!
The hill we climbed to get to the viewing area. Erin and I are both pregnant and here we were carrying kids up this thing. About halfway up, Lily says "Carry you" which means she wants me to carry her. Wowsers, that was no easy feat. Phillip's mom joked that we should have at least gotten T-shirts for it! :)
And he's off!
The first muddy hill
Over the 9 foot vertical wall
At the top of the hill, making our way back down
The last obstacle
On the homestretch!
Post race
As you can see, Lily was not fond of getting very close to her Dad!
Team Maximus Decimus Meridius
From left: Phil, Tim, Mitch, Phillip, Jerod, Jacob and Justin
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