This past weekend i took a little road trip. My friend Shanda and I drove over 1,000 miles round trip to run the Dirty Dash...even though they do two in Utah, a random road trip to Montana sounded like more fun. So off we went to Billings, jamming out to our tunes, and laughing so hard i thought one of us would drive off the road for sure. We went through Yellowstone and had a blast, had a few intense encounters on our detours through creepy Columbus and Big Timber Montana in the wee hours of the morning. We camped at the KOA in Billings, the 1st KOA in the world, might i add. Advertised to be located next to the scenic Yellowstone River, we later learned it is located next to a not so scenic swamp inhabited by extremely loud bullfrogs. Yum. We pitched our tent when we got in at about 1: 30 a.m. (that in and of itself was an adventure!) Saturday was race day! The Dirty Dash is just one giant party. They don't time you or announce winners, or care if you take short cuts, or run the course 5 times, it’s just a riot! The course is an obstacle course that consisted of 32 hay bales 5 plus feet tall that we had to scale, tires, tunnels, waist deep mud pits, slip 'n' side, ladders, cement barriers, mud, and more mud. We were lookin' FINE by the end of the race!
After the race we set off to get our pictures developed which after 2 different stores, 3 trips to Walgreens, and a frazzled photo lady we got our pictures. In between Walgreens runs we saw Captain America...which was interesting, i was just ticked he didn't get the girl. I mean come on! Sunday, we took off driving through Yellowstone again, the Grand Tetons, and Jackson Hole! Then began the long trek home. We only got pulled over once, because heaven knows it's not a road trip until someone gets pulled over....going 25 over the speed limit. (Not really more like 15) But, we got off free and clear. Thank heavens we were from out of town!
All in all one fantastically spontaneous trip!
This looks like so much fun! I didn't know this was the kind of race you were training for! It looks like it actually makes running fun
ReplyDeletetoo cool! i am sort of confused to what you and your friend are holding...in the second to last picture? you sure know how to have a fun time!
ReplyDeletei actually didn't train for this race at all...and it showed. haha. It was such a crazy race! Meg, we are holding an extremely muddy stuffed animal pig, which i am sure was very cute and recognizable before it was put through this ordeal with the rest of us. haha
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