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Warrior Dash arrived in Austin, Cedar Creek actually, this weekend and was one of the first OCR experiences for many this season. I had missed the mud fest which many experienced in 2015, although many still enjoyed it, so this was my first WD experience.

Warrior Dash is the obstacle course race that anyone can start and everyone can finish. With over two million participants worldwide since 2009, we’ve reinvented the concept of a 5k run and created a revolution: Warrior Nation. Whether you’re an elite athlete or just beginning the challenge, you’ll conquer 12 world-class obstacles like Goliath and Great Warrior Wall, wade across wooded lakes, and venture through mud-caked backroads as you make your loop to the finish line. You’ll be rewarded with a finisher medal (that doubles as a bottle opener and magnet), a sweet t-shirt, fuzzy Warrior helmet, and ice cold beer. Head to the post-race party to relive the course with friends, dance to live music, and celebrate your decision to leave your normal weekend in the mud.

The race is heating up. It’s time to leap over a row of real fire before you sprint your way through the final obstacles. Plan your leap accordingly: you’ll most likely make this photo op your new profile picture.

Don’t think you’ll finish this race without some mud in new places. Grind your face to the mud for 100 feet underneath real barbed wire.

Warriors aren’t made in the gym. This is a balancing act: Cross-step your way across a series of planks as wide as your foot.

Hit the deck and crawl towards the light. You came to get muddy and will leave with a few brusies. You’ve got 40 feet to crawl across. And it’s dark down there.

Get a running start and use your hops to hurdle yourself (and a friend) over three sets of barricades. Get your anterior down to the ground and scoot underneath an 80-foot canopy. Once you’re out, race over three more barricades. Beer is waiting for you at the finish!

Crawl up a cargo net and scale back down a 16-foot sheet of plywood, with cold running water, into a pit.

Don’t get caught in the web. Climb up, over, and through a tube of kinked cargo nets 12 feet in the air.