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Saturday I ran my first ever Warrior Dash.  The weather couldn’t have been more perfect and Warrior Dash like.  It was 66 degrees and started raining while we were in the starting chute waiting.   Muddy slopes to slide down and hills to slip up.  I had a blast.

But my Dash comes with another story.  I ran with two friends, or better yet, they ran with me.  You see I’m not as fast as they are and I am much more cautious, mainly out of fear of an injury.  

My story is for all of the youngguns out there.  You want to do something big in your life??  Wait for a friend.

The sacrifice my Warrior friends made by waiting for me didn’t go unnoticed by me.  They are competitive, they like to do well at what they do.  Who can blame them, they are both swift on their feet and great runners.

Saturday, they waited.  They waited as I cautiously went over things that scared me.  Laughed at mud running down my face when I slid down into a muddy pool.  But they waited.

Do you know how much patience it takes to cool your jets long enough to think of someone else?  They set aside personal goals and personal bests to wait for a friend.

This life will pass you by in the blink of an eye.  Before you know it, life takes over and your internal Warrior gets set aside for kids and life.   But it’s never too late to bring your Warrior back.  Out of over 6,000 people, there were only 27 or so 49-year-old female participants.  I was one of them and I had a BLAST!

I was one of them, and these two ladies are the ones who waited.  They are the rock stars!

Before the Dash.

And after the dash!