Several years ago I got interested in lifting weights and overall fitness partially due to my job as a police officer, being a “little guy” and good stress relief. As I’ve become increasingly obsessed with every type of hunting I can do, I’ve learned that the fitness side of me has helped tremendously. Carrying decoys through mud, walking long distances through tough terrain, carrying gear, dragging deer, and the list goes on. The two combined make me just a little bit better in the outdoors.

Which brings me to Warrior Dash Oklahoma 2013. A month or so before the event I was talked into doing it by a close friend, and all the way up to the event I was dreading it. Warrior Dash isn’t your ordinary 5k, it’s a 5k on steroids with obstacles, mud, climbing, jumping, swimming, crawling, running, ropes, heights, up and down hill runs through rocks. All in all, a tax on your body! And you get a Viking hat, beer bottle opener/medal, and a free beer at the end of the race!

Once we arrived, got signed in, lined up, and on the track, I felt great!! And by the end of the race I had a complete blast with it and intend on doing it every year it is in Oklahoma and others like it. I have to give a shout to my friend that talked me into it, Deanne Randolph, we had a blast! We finished in the top 50% of over 4000 people! And it keeps me outdoors and having fun in the off season.

Lincoln “Angry Andy” Anderson