anyone else scoping out FUN races for 2012?

lstnlondry
lstnlondry Posts: 1,794 Member
edited October 6 in Chit-Chat
I am sitting here trying not to think of food and going through websites in hopes to get excited about fun races this year. I am in Northern California and over Halloween weekend I did a mudrace. Just looking for simple fun races like that. What do you have planned?

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  • FidalgoGirl
    FidalgoGirl Posts: 39 Member
    I'm training for the Seattle Rock and Roll Tri (Olympic distance) and my first marathon. Does that sound fun??:bigsmile:
  • kyrstensmom
    kyrstensmom Posts: 297 Member
    Nothing fun so far...but I do have a race planned in Medford, OR for mid-April...10 miles! I hope I can do it. I'm up to almost 6 miles now. I hope to find some fun races before then, too!
  • ESVABelle
    ESVABelle Posts: 1,264 Member
    Frozen Nose Four Mile - New Years Day
    Hot Chocolate 15k - February
    Commando Run - March
    Half Marathon - April
    Warrior Dash - May
  • lstnlondry
    lstnlondry Posts: 1,794 Member
    Frozen Nose Four Mile - New Years Day
    Hot Chocolate 15k - February
    Commando Run - March
    Half Marathon - April
    Warrior Dash - May

    all sound so fun but what is Commando Run & Warrior Dash, is that like Survivor or more hardcore??
  • ESVABelle
    ESVABelle Posts: 1,264 Member
    all sound so fun but what is Commando Run & Warrior Dash, is that like Survivor or more hardcore??

    Warrior Dash and Commando Run are both the mud run/obstacle course type races. I've heard of Survivor, fairly certain Warrior Dash is comparable. Commando Run is a little more hard core. It has 20+ obstacles as opposed to the typical 10-12 seen in Warrior Dash/HellRun/SpartanSprint
  • gdr1976
    gdr1976 Posts: 460 Member
    doing a 5k in either March or April
    New England Warrior Dash in June

    www.warriordash.com
  • lstnlondry
    lstnlondry Posts: 1,794 Member
    all sound so fun but what is Commando Run & Warrior Dash, is that like Survivor or more hardcore??

    Warrior Dash and Commando Run are both the mud run/obstacle course type races. I've heard of Survivor, fairly certain Warrior Dash is comparable. Commando Run is a little more hard core. It has 20+ obstacles as opposed to the typical 10-12 seen in Warrior Dash/HellRun/SpartanSprint

    GO GIRL!!
  • Sarabeth5
    Sarabeth5 Posts: 134 Member
    I'm also in NorCal. I'm looking into a duathlon in April, a half in May and maybe a Warrior dash in October I think. We'll see what else pops up :)
  • EricNCSU
    EricNCSU Posts: 699 Member
    Rock and Roll New Orleans Half marathon in March.... can't wait! My first half.
  • Just_Dot
    Just_Dot Posts: 2,283 Member
    I'm looking into the Warrior Dash in Copper Mountain in August and I'm doing the Urban Assault Bike Race in Denver in July.
  • NuMe46
    NuMe46 Posts: 128
    Thinking about a 5K since I have never competed before. Does it matter if you can't run the whole way? Is it OK to walk or jog part of the way?
  • Shannon023
    Shannon023 Posts: 14,529 Member
    Thinking about a 5K since I have never competed before. Does it matter if you can't run the whole way? Is it OK to walk or jog part of the way?

    It's fine. :smile:

    I'd like to try a out of state race this year, just don't know where yet. :tongue:
  • Carl01
    Carl01 Posts: 9,307 Member
    Thinking about a 5K since I have never competed before. Does it matter if you can't run the whole way? Is it OK to walk or jog part of the way?

    It's fine. :smile:

    I'd like to try a out of state race this year, just don't know where yet. :tongue:

    I will look around NY for you. :smile:
  • Carl01
    Carl01 Posts: 9,307 Member
    Am going to try the Warrior Dash in May in Maryland.
  • lglg11
    lglg11 Posts: 344 Member
    So far I am planning the Jersey Girl Tri and the Rugged Maniac ( mud run ) both in July.
    Sept is the Merrell Down and Dirty in the Bronx and in Oct my family and I are doing a 25 or 50 mile (depending on how well we train) bike ride to benefit FARA just outside of Philly

    Looking for some 5ks for the Spring still . I'm a little tired now from reading that lol
  • Christinesyear
    Christinesyear Posts: 100 Member
    YES! Scoping out the Warrior Dash in Michigan in July! It's a great goal for me.
  • La_Amazona
    La_Amazona Posts: 4,855 Member
    Dirty Girl!!
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    I NEED to do the Run For Your Lives in Pittsburgh. I'm also hoping to choose a Warrior Dash somewhere. For a guy who used to love nothing more than spending the entire day on my couch watching tv I can't believe I'm excited to enter 5Ks!
  • HMD7703
    HMD7703 Posts: 761 Member
    Heck yeah!! I did my first 5k (since my spinal cord surgery in 2010) in 2011. I simply cannot wait to do more in 2012!!

    http://www.runningintheusa.com
  • SinIsIn
    SinIsIn Posts: 1,865 Member
    I'm doing a 5K tomorrow morning.

    Jan 14 a 10K over the Causeway over to South Padre Island.. that should be FUN!

    Jan 28 another 10K

    Feb 18 my first half marathon.
  • beerbomber
    beerbomber Posts: 184 Member
    Spartan Race, Tough Mudder, Savage Race, Warrior Dash, Merrell's Down and Dirty Race, Iron Man, and no telling how many local races you have from 5K 10K, halfies and whole marathons, Duathlons and Triathlons so many fun things to do



    For the ones doing the Warrior Dash, Tough Mudder mocks you lol...if you done a tough mudder you know what I'm talking about,.
  • Just_Dot
    Just_Dot Posts: 2,283 Member
    And for those of us that have had 4 ankle surgeries and 2 knee surgeries in the last 4years...the Warrior Dash is just fine.
  • Shannon023
    Shannon023 Posts: 14,529 Member
    Heck yeah!! I did my first 5k (since my spinal cord surgery in 2010) in 2011. I simply cannot wait to do more in 2012!!

    http://www.runningintheusa.com

    Love that site, thanks!

    Much more user friendly then active.com. :smile:
  • ESVABelle
    ESVABelle Posts: 1,264 Member
    For the ones doing the Warrior Dash, Tough Mudder mocks you lol...if you done a tough mudder you know what I'm talking about,.

    I'm supposed to do a Tough Mudder in September
  • LilSomethin
    LilSomethin Posts: 545 Member
    I'm signing up for a Warrior Dash in June and a Rugged Maniac in September in September and at least 2 more 5Ks to keep me motivated :)
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