The Abadies: Good dirty fun

Last weekend, I "ran" the 5K Foam Fest with some friends from work and had a BLAST! I was quite worried, feared impending doom before the race started but laughed the whole 5K.

One of the items on my bucket list is to be a contestant on the show Wipe Out. I figured this was the closest I'd get to making it a reality, so I signed up like no biggie. Not until a friend of mine, who I was trying to talk into joining us, educated me on some of the obstacles, then I feared for my life...seriously, I'm not a swimmer and truthfully don't consider myself physical fit.

My coworker, Emily (third from left) came up with the name of Foxy Foam Fighters and made our capes. They were a challenge on some obstacles but went with our superhero theme. This is our fresh and clean pre race shot.

Here we are mid race dirty and foamy...we were having so much fun but getting tired at this point. They all made fun of me because I kept my mask on the whole time. My eyes are very sensitive to the sun so I kept my sunglasses on over the mask which kept it firmly in place. And added a little mystery....who is that masked girl flying through the course (that's a joke, obviously, despite the cape, I didn't not fly).

We even had nicknames...flirty, fierce, and I can't remember the others. Emily added our names on the back of our capes.

Here I am at the top of one of the four walls we had to climb. This was a challenge, especially since I'm so short. Apparently though, it was easier for me with smaller feet to get in between the slats, so the tall girls said.

Victorious at the top! But then I had to get over and down...tough stuff. I was so proud of me at this point because several of my teammates were going to skip the third and fourth walls but I was pumped to be so close to the finish line. I gave a little motivational speech and we all gave it our best.

Last obstacle, worlds largest water slide, into dirty foam. This picture cracks me up because I was so preoccupied with not getting dirt, water, foam, who know what else in my mouth. The shot of my landing shows I totally nailed it.

Final jog to the finish line as a team.

Team photo op...I have this framed in my cubicle at work. We decided it was a good team building exercise and we should recruit other coworkers next time.