Base Line
Posted on August 31, 2010
This past weekend I took a giant leap forward in my training for the Rugged Maniac obstacle course. I had been hearing from coworkers about Lisa Thomas who offers obstacle course training locally. Check out her web site at http://www.lisathomasfitness.com/. I contacted her and arranged to join one of her group classes. It was just the kick in the pants I needed.
Looking around the yard at the obstacles I started doubting myself. There was an eleven foot wall and cargo net, the huge monkey bar set (had to be over 20 ft long) and other devices scattered around the yard. I thought of the line from the Matrix where Neo can’t jump from one building to the other, “Everyone falls the first time”. So where would I fall?
We hit the ground running with a jog through some “tires”, then across the monkey bars. I made it all the way across. I didn’t fall. The wall was next and having no experience climbing a wall I failed my first attempt. The second attempt I was given the extra help needed to get over the wall.
Lisa offered advice and techniques to conquer each obstacle and pushed me to my limits in a good way. I felt tired and worn out and learned about the one area I will need to start training on the most, my running. I’m going to start a running regiment today.