Any Warrior Dash participants out there?

Slack2ShortGo

I may be in over my head but, I signed up for my first Warrior Dash on April 27th, 2013 in Kansas City. What should I expect and how should I prepare? I am moderately active. I play softball in the summer, walk/run everyday to keep in shape but, I haven't pushed myself in years. Is that enough or do I need to step it up before then? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.

tanetti

I did WD in Kansas City in July 2011 and despite the record heat (110 and high humidity) it was really fun. I would do upper-body strengthening (especially in the chest and shoulder areas, like pushups and working with weights--a Body Pump class is good if you have access to one), for when you have to pull yourself up and over things. But keep in mind that every obstacle has a way around it--you don't have to do it if you can't or don't want to (fear of heights, looks terrifying, etc.), so don't be too intimidated (and there were people of all shapes and sizes). I walked the entire thing (this was before I started running) and it took me 90 minutes (I had planned for it to take about 50), a lot of it because of the heat but also because I was walking (slowly, and it was hilly, out near KCI). Wear shoes you don't ever want to see again and bring a change of clothes and shoes. And they do have a free, secured bag drop, which is great because at least when I did it, parking was a million miles away (literally, shuttle was required) and I didn't have my stuff! That sucked. Good luck!

RhineDHP

Assuming the obstacles of most warrior dashes are the same, I can tell you about the time I did mine, wich was this past october.

What should you expect? Expect to get MUDDY. There's no escaping it! haha


The first "obstacle" of the race was a very long stretch of highly eneven ground, I think maybe a mile or 2. After that was a giant mud pit (the true first obstacle). Oh, make sure you don't wear anything loose, like a necklace or watch. And tie you shoes REALLY tight! I remember this one guy lost both his shoes in the mud, and didn't bother to go after them (cuz of how many other racers were mucking around) and just went the rest of the way BAREFOOT! Crazy man.


Most of the obstacles are not too terribly hard, what really slows down your time is all the mud weighing you down. It was fun though! Also, make sure you don't skip any of the obstacles, because I was told that automatically disqualifies you. And cmon, you paid money for this, you don't want it to go to waste!

And it really depends on if you want a good time or not. I personally was only aiming to finish the race, so I wasn't gunning it the whole way. I maybe started running to train like 2 weeks before. I wouldn't recommend this though, its better to start training like a month or 2 in advance. but the main point is that I went from totally inactive to training for 2 weeks, and I was able to finish it within an hour. That was an accomplishment for me, considering I was worried about finishing the race at all.

Slack2ShortGo

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batlou

I raced in one last year, other than being held on a ski slope it was not that hard. Climbing up the slopes was probably the most difficult part as the obstacles were more fun that difficult. I would recommend going with a friend as the walls that you have to scale might require a boost/lift up.