“I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.”
Vince Lombardi
Fuck them up dday
[quote]JLO73 wrote:
Your family will be in our prayers.
Time for a fight.
If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or fight like hell. ~Lance Armstrong[/quote]
X’s 2
Life kicks us all in the balls at one time or another and it up to us how we respond. I don’t know you but from following your log you seem to have grit. Keep doing what your doing, stay strong for your wife and continue to take care of yourself. We are all defined as men by how we deal with adversity. I personally find strength to overcome by my faith (hope) and also when I look at my children and ask myself what kind of dad do they deserve? Like your new thread title suggests, a fighter. Hang in there brother and beat this mofo.
It was much harder than I expected simply because we had a 90 minute heavy rain storm about 2 hours prior so the mud was crazy. I ran as much as I could, the last half of the race was pretty much walking because mud was so bad you couldn’t run unless you wanted a broken ankle.
Way more hilly than I’d expected and super rocky. I could tell how much the prowler work helped walking up the mud covered hills I was flying by people. Most folks struggled up hill I excelled. The obstacles we’re pretty easy for the most part, I don’t like heights so a couple were unnerving.
I don’t think I’ll run another unless I go with a partner who can either keep up or I’ll hang with them. It would be a lot more fun with someone else to joke around with.
Guys, thank you all so much for the inspirational words and overwhelming support. I honestly through about you all while running and how awesome you all are.
Edited to actually make sense.
Before
Awesome job dday! looks just right for a “mudder” race!
[quote]soldog wrote:
Awesome job dday! looks just right for a “mudder” race![/quote]
Thank you. Can’t stress enough how muddy it was even before the mud pit.
Nice one, top effort…
You sure would catch hell coming home looking like that as a kid. Ot really does look like a real blast. Great to hear you kicked the asses.
Thanks BN!
Streamline- My mom would have had out picking a switch. It was a good time and a great experience. Thank you.
For the record, my quads are killing me right now.
I am an ass. I just read about your wife, and I’ll join the significant gang of folks who lined up already to offer support.
If your wife is half as stubborn as you are she’s pretty well perfectly equipped to fight the good fight.
Whatever you need, say the word. For the moment it looks like you need industrial strength laundering services and a lilac-scented exfoliating facial.
Well done. The pics were great.
Looked a lot of fun.
That action shot is awesome. Congrats!
CK- no worries man, I haven’t been keeping up much with logs lately, too much going on. Thank you for you sentiment.
FB- It was a good time. You seem like the type a guy who would really enjoy it.
Matty- Thanks man.
Results are in!!! I killed’em both!
My time wasn’t great at 56:15 with an 18:38 mile time. The closest was 1:14 with a 24:47 mile time, followed by 1:21 26:55 mile time.
Finished 384/677. Actually beat everyone I know who was in the race. Me proud.
[quote]dday wrote:
Results are in!!! I killed’em both!
My time wasn’t great at 56:15 with an 18:38 mile time. The closest was 1:14 with a 24:47 mile time, followed by 1:21 26:55 mile time.
Finished 384/677. Actually beat everyone I know who was in the race. Me proud.
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Congrats for flyin’ the over 35 flag to victory over the youngsters!
As requested, you fucked 'em up. Nice.
“In war there is no substitute for victory.”
Douglas MacArthur
Hell yeah! Congrats on the strong finish and those pics definitely tell the story.
james
great work
[quote]dday wrote:
ACTION SHOT![/quote]
This should be your Avi at some point.
