myself doing every chance I had. When I got home
from Miami, I immediately started checking dates
and locations on how to get my “Trifecta” medal…
something I was determined to do before the end of
the year. I found Georgia, a Sprint, and it was about
four hours from a youth conference I would be at at
the time of the race so I made arrangements to leave
early, run the race, and drive back afterwards. I ran
Georgia and loved it just as much as Florida. I again
lost time at obstacles but finished 108th of 3300+.
I continued running after Georgia
in these events:
• North Florida Warrior Dash: 21st of 4400+
• Mud Crusade: 5th of 2300+
• Girls on the Run 5K
(yes it was for men too!): 4th of 170+
• Gator Gauntlet: 16th of 550
• Alpha Race: 4th of 90
• Ann Arbor Half Marathon: 209th of 1300+
• Michigan Warrior Dash: 80th of 9000+
• Hero Rush: 4th of 550+
• Dirty Foot: 28th of 300+
I say all that, not to brag, but to show that
“Therefore, since we are surrounded
by such a huge crowd of witnesses
to the life of faith, let us strip off
every weight that throws us down,
especially the sin that so easily trips
us up. And let us run with endurance
the race God has set before us.”
It was such an awesome moment in my life and
I had decent success running in my first year. I
had been relatively content with most of my races,
and while I wanted to podium in a few, I did the
best I could and finished where I finished. I knew I
wouldn’t “kill” the Ultra Beast…but I didn’t think it
would slay me either.
When I heard of the Ultra Beast, I instantly wanted
to be one of the first to attempt it. I sent in a few
applications, especially when my race
not one I’ll soon forget. That’s when I knew that
resumé was updated so they could
running in these types of obstacles races, Spartan
see that I was dedicated to obstacle
Races in particular, was something that I would find
races. Leading up to the Ultra I
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