Spartan Race #2 - The Super

Kyle's second Spartan race was by far his hardest, or so he said. I believe him after watching him go through every obstacle. This course was 9 1/2 miles with 29 obstacles. There were some obstacles I couldn't see but for all other parts, I had a rough workout just keeping up with him. I've loved watching him race and seeing how hard he has worked to train and stay in good shape to get a good time. And he did get a good time, completing all mileage and tasks in under 4 hours! Keep on going Kyle...you are doing awesome!

The course. Bleh.

 This was after coming down a HUGE hill. In fact, this course was chuck full of hills.

Waving goodbye before seeing him again for a while. 

This was one of my favorite parts. The course was at a ski resort and so naturally, I took the ski lift up and down to watch him at certain obstacles. 

Someone brought their angel dog to run the race with her. The dog was so sweet.

Tired little kiddies waiting for their Dad. 

This was near the end and his worst obstacle. He had to carry a bucket full of rocks up a huge hill. 

I watched him get this cut on his arm and it was intense. 

The fire jump!

Good lookin' guy.

Battle wounds to show off.

"Challenge & surprise myself. Kyle McO"

The #WHYIRACE board.

His final time!

This is always one of my favorite things. Everyone has the chance to write down their reason for why they signed up and ran the Spartan. Some are inspiring. Some are hilarious. These are a few of my favorites.

One of my all time favorites. This is such a cool race. Way to go Kyle! 

The Happiest Birthday

I was one spoiled girl on my birthday this year! When I heard that Wolf Trap, an outdoor theater in Virginia, would be hosting a 'Disney in Concert', I immediately knew what I wanted to do for my birthday. Kyle was such a good sport and sat by my side while I secretly sang every song they played. It was a beautiful night and it hit right in the feels every time we listened to another Disney classic compilation. Kyle also made me an amazing breakfast and knew exactly what to get me including one of my favorite flowers, the sunflower.

We went to the Disney In Concert before my birthday so on my actual birthday, Kyle ran his second Spartan race down near Charlottesville, Virginia. We ate at a fun restaurant and then my dreams came true when we stopped by a peach orchard and picked up some fresh peaches. 

Something about me is that my all time favorite fruit is a peach and I miss our beautiful Utah peaches every summer.

I was so shocked to find that Virginia had just as good of peaches. We made sure to buy at least two dozen.

The breathtaking sunset on our drive home. 

Kyle even made me peach ice cream!

Nothing better than a mug full of fresh peaches! Thanks Kyle for an amazing birthday!

Spartan Race #1 - The Sprint

At the beginning of the year, Kyle decided he wanted to do a race in all three of the Spartan Race categories - Sprint, Super, and Beast. If you win all three, you get the Trifecta medal (it's basically a circular hold for your medals that you can display). I agreed that Kyle should make this goal and I even joined in on some of his workouts! And let me tell you...they were HARD! A lot of burpees were going on as well as bear crawls and sand bag holds. I've been really proud of Kyle and how hard he has worked. It was fun to go and snap some shots of him on his first race.  

It's always funny to me how happy they can be before a race like this one.

Over the beam jump.

Over the wall.

Flashing an "I love you" sign before heading through the area I couldn't watch.

Luckily, they had some photographers that shot these two great ones.

Between the first wall jumps and the up and over the mounds of mud, I had to wait

about an hour and a half. It was nice until I started to get hot and sunburned.

I think here he was hoping to hold up his shirt away from the

mud but it splashed in and then I got to carry it afterwards.

 Under the wall of mud and sweat. For the glory.

Rope climb.

Sandbag rope pull.

Spear throw (note how clean his shoes are).

Some burpees thrown in just for fun (#abs).

Barbed wire crawl...or in Kyle's case, roll.

 The epic fire jump picture.

Hydrating after the finish.

Nothing walked away without mud on it, including me.

FINISHER!

After we showered off the mud (thank goodness), we went and got the burritos bigger than our faces. Kyle was determined to eat this thing by the end of the night and I'm so glad he did.

At the SLC Real vs. D.C. United soccer game later that night.

Way to go Kyle! So proud of you! Next race...Spartan Super

on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains.