Dirty Dash 8k

Today was the 8k mud run in Waterloo, called the Dirty Dash. The day started at 7am with some pre-run shakes, made with 2 scoops chocolate Vega, almond milk and some frozen blueberries all blended up:
Our race kits were picked up by a friend a couple of days ago and consisted of a shirt and some coupons, certificate of completion, etc. (the frisbee we got afterward and we used them as plates for post-race food!):

It was a good run, I had forgotten how difficult trail running can be, and I haven't done a lot of it this year. All in all though it was a good run, I finished in 56 minutes, and got pretty muddy in the process. Jer and I after the race:

Jer, our friend and myself all wore our fivefingers for this run. It was the longest distance I've ever done in mine. The first km was on road and it felt like my shins were burning. After that though things seemed to go OK so we'll see if I'm in pain tomorrow or not. Post-race muddy fivefingers:

I was concerned yesterday that my knee being injured would affect the race but I just took it easy and kept a pretty average pace and it felt fine. Now it still feels alright but I did take some advil after the race. Hopefully I haven't gone and shot myself in the foot for tri training this week. I know how much work I have ahead of me before my try-a-tri.

Great weekend, would recommend this race :)

One of my goals this summer is to complete a 5k race in fivefingers but I think this 8k counts so that's one goal I can strike off my list!