Wow, what an event! Last Saturday approximately 4300 people participated in this amazing obstacle race. 4.9 miles, 2200 ft elevation gain, and 15+ obstacles. I volunteered to help out. Arriving at 6:30am last Saturday, my husband and myself learned we were at a water station at the 4 mile mark. We thought, how hard can that be? On the very bumpy pickup ride through the course to our station, the driver told us this was the hardest job. We road in the back of the pickup, holding on for dear life through ruts, mud and over the terrain to our station. There were 5 of us assigned to water and 2 others to the 8' wall climb across from the aid/water station. We also had a medic. We were told we would get slammed, so at 7:30 am with a start 4 miles away and the Elites starting at 8am, we started pumping water from 5 gallon jugs into plastic cups. We filled our 2 tables with 400 cups and stood around waiting for the crowds. It took about 2 hours and then instead of a trickle of participants we were slammed. There were only 2 water stations so we were very much appreciated by the runners. I knew many people signed up for the race but when we got slammed, all I could do was fill cups and attempt to keep up. The medic handed out salt packets for cramps. I did see some people I knew and among those, fellow crossfitters from Flathead Crossfit. By 1pm we had gone through 3000 cups! We were relieved by other volunteers then and we were exhausted!
It was an amazing race and watching people scale the 8' wall and then slog through a muddy pond was entertaining at times. There were those covered in mud and those who were exhausted. All were happy to hear me repeat for 7 hours "good job, you are at mile 4". None of them knew how much of the course they had already accomplished.
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