Lap: 1 (Sprint Lap – No Obstacles) Miles 1-5
Gear
ORM MudGear Shirt
Merrell Buff
Shoes:
Hydration:
Start: Geigerrig 500 (2L) filled with H20
Halfway Water Station: 1 cups water 2 cups Cellucor
Issues: Rocks in the shoes
Obstacles Failed: N/A
Time: 1:06:07 (Lap complete at around 1:15pm)
Bonus Fun Fact: Number of Eminem/Slim Shady/PonyBoy Comments: 10
Pit Food prior to next lap: Banana
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Lap: 2 (1st full obstacle lap) Miles 6-10
Gear
Same as previous lap
Shoes:
Hydration:
Start: Geigerrig 500 (2L) filled with H20
Halfway Water Station: 1 cups water 2 cups Cellucor
Issues: More rocks in shoes
Obstacles Failed: Funky Monkey Revolution, Kong
Time: 1:52:56 (Lap complete at about 3:10pm)
Pit Food prior to next lap: 1 PB&J
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Lap: 3 Miles 11-15
Gear
(Change to) Marena Sport (Formerly A8) Compression Pants
(Change to) Neptune System Top
Hydration:
Start: Geigerrig 500 (2L) filled with H20 and a little Gatorade
Halfway Water Station: 2 cups water 1 cup Cellucor
Issues: Slight occasional heartburn
Obstacles Failed: Operation, Funky Monkey Revolution, Double Rainbow, Kong
Time: 2:02:02 (Lap complete around 5:30pm)
Pit Food and Hydration prior to next lap: 1 can of Chicken Noodle Soup, 3 Tums
Carrying sandbags on one (of many) penalty loops
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Lap: 4 Miles 16-20
Gear
Same as previous lap
Shoes:
Same as previous lap
Hydration:
Start: Geigerrig 500 (2L) filled with H20 and a little Gatorade
Halfway Water Station: 1 cups water 1 cup Cellucor
Issues: Slight occasional heartburn, chafing near right arm pit
Obstacles Failed: Operation, Double Rainbow, Funky Monkey Revolution, Kong
Time: 2:08:33 (Lap Complete around 7:45pm)
Pit Food prior to next lap: 1 PB&J, some cookies , Walmart Peanut Butter Trail Mix, 3 Tums
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Lap: 5 Miles 21-25
Gear
(added) 2 mm HyperFlex Beanie
Shoes:
Hydration:
Start: Geigerrig 500 (2L) filled with H20 and a little Gatorade
Halfway Water Station: 2 cups water 1 cups Cellucor
Issues: None
Obstacles Failed: Operation, Double Rainbow, Funky Monkey Revolution, Kong
Time: 2:22:18 (Lap complete around 10pm)
Bonus Fun Fact: 4/4 on Twinkle Toes including this lap. Sadly, they closed this obstacle moving forward.
Pit Food prior to next lap: 1 can of ravioli
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Lap: 6 Miles 26-30
Gear
Same as previous lap plus
(added) Amcupider Windreaker
Shoes:
Same as previous lap
Hydration:
Start: Geigerrig 500 (2L) filled with H20 and a little Gatorade
Halfway Water Station: 1 cup water 1 cup Cellucor
Issues: None
Obstacles Failed: Operation, Double Rainbow, Kong
Time: 2:38:41 (Lap complete around 1am)
Bonus Fun Fact: Cliff is Open!
Pit Food prior to next lap: PB&J
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Lap: 7 Miles 31-35
Gear
Same as previous lap plus
Shoes:
Same as previous lap
Hydration:
Start: Geigerrig 500 (2L) filled with H20 and a little Gatorade
Halfway Water Station: 2 cups water
Issues: Sleepwalking
Obstacles Failed: Grappler, Funky Monkey Revolution, Double Rainbow, Kong
Time: 2:14:33 (Lap complete around 3:30am)
Pit Food prior to next lap: Walmart Peanut Butter Trail Mix
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Lap: 8 Miles 36-40
Gear
Same as previous lap
Shoes:
Same as previous lap
Hydration:
Start: Geigerrig 500 (2L) filled with H20 and a little Gatorade
Halfway Water Station: 2 cups water 1 cup Cellucor
Issues: None
Obstacles Failed: Grappler, Funky Monkey Revolution, Double Rainbow, Kong
Time: 2:24:24 (Lap complete around 6:00am)
Bonus Fun Fact: Number of times peed in wetsuit on this lap : 3
Pit Food prior to next lap: Honey Stinger Waffle, Walmart Peanut Butter Trail Mix
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Lap: 9 Miles 40-45
Gear
Same as previous lap
Shoes:
Same as previous lap
Hydration:
Start: Geigerrig 500 (2L) filled with H20 and a little Gatorade
Halfway Water Station: 2 cups water
Issues: Everything Hurts And I Want To Die.
Obstacles Failed: Operation, Grappler, Funky Monkey Revolution, Double Rainbow, Kong
Time: 2:50:02 (Lap complete around 9:30am)
Pit Food prior to next lap: PB&J, Walmart Peanut Butter Trail Mix
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Lap: 10 Miles 46-50
Gear
Took off BlegMitts, Cap, and took down wetsuit to waist mid lap due to heat.
Shoes:
Same as previous lap
Hydration:
Start: Geigerrig 500 (2L) filled with H20 and a little Gatorade
Halfway Water Station: 2 cups water, 1 cup Cellucor
Issues: I am so glad it’s almost over, all pain is irrelevant.
Obstacles Failed: Funky Monkey Revolution, Double Rainbow, Kong
Time: 2:58:17 (Lap complete around 12:40pm)
Bonus Fun Facts:
- I had more than enough of everything including: I purchased $60 worth of food and $30 worth of gus/gels/bars, I ate about 25% of it. I had an additional Hyperflex wetsuit layer I never had to use.
- I jumped off The Cliff 4 times total (Laps 6-9).
- I thankfully avoided my biggest fear, which was suddenly having to poop and going in my wetsuit.
- My Garmin Fenix 3 battery in UltraTrac mode lasted the entire time.
- The first place we went after the event was Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop. Visit Capriotti’s while in Henderson, tell them I sent you.
Thank Yous: My partner who was, then wasn’t, yet always is: J.D. Allen. My new bestest lesbian buddy Ashley Conti. A pit crew of Josh Grant, Yvette Tetreault and several more that took care of me. Kyoul Cha and Jay Bode who did a fantastic job on social media covering for Obstacle Racing Media.
Additional Thank Yous: The following companies provided items specifically for this event: Olight, Wetsuit Wearhouse, BleggMitts, Athletics 8/Marena Sport.
Photo Credits:
Featured Photo – Dario Cantatore/Bob Mulholland.
Lap 1 – Ryan Meade GoPro Still.
Lap 3 -Tyra Gruzinga.
Laps 8 and 10 – Kyoul Cha
Matt B. Davis
is the host of the Obstacle Racing Media Podcast and the author of "Down and Dirty-The Essential Training Guide for Obstacle Races and Mud Runs". He is also the only (known) #wafflehouseelite obstacle racer.
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Thanks for the recap! It’s nice to have just the basics sometimes instead of over-explanation of every mile and every gear item. Well done!