2016 marked the 5th year of Warior Dash for me! Please keep in mind, for this year, the moved the race to Franklin WI, at The Rock Sports Complex, instead of the Milford Hills Hunt Club in Johnson Creek (where it's been all the other years I have run it!).

The change of venue was awesome! When we arrived at the complex we quickly realized that this was a busy place! Aside from the Warrior Dash, there was also a baseball tournament going on, so parkign was at a premium. They did have a seperate area for WD parking tho, so that made it much easier.

Now, we were really not sure what to sepect with the course this year for a few reasons. 1. It was a new location. 2nd. It rained. I should say it POURED the night before, so the mud level jumped to extreme!

Once we arrived, we were quickly able to pick up race packets, have some fun and take a few grouup photos before and then drop our bags and gear check and head to teh start line! With our group, half of us were planning on walking the course, while the other half was goign to try and run as much as they could.

That plan lasted until the 1st obstacle. Those of us walking caught up to the crew that was running and they had already decided that with the extra mud and slipperiness this year, they too were walking. So we stuck together and had some fun!

Because of the location of this course on a tubing/ski hill (yes you read that right), it was a lot hillier than the old location. But we were not complaining! It added to the challenge. The most challenging "obstacle" of the course was the clumb UP the side of the ski hill. There was no running up that beast... in fact most of us wondered how we actually made it to the top! Challenge faced head on and beaten!

Overall I really liked the new locations!

For my full race recap, head on over and check out it out at the Crazy Hamster! http://crazyhamster.run/2016/12/warrior-dash-2016-a-family-affair.html