Jenny 'had' to spend the semester in Honolulu this past semester.  To help her get over the boredom I went out to visit with her over spring break.  This is some of what we saw and did while I was out there.


Saturday - first full day in Hawaii!

Theme for the Day

Jenny was thrilled to have the opportunity to work at an event called Warrior Dash.  A company called Red Frog organizes these all around the country and this was the first ever in Hawaii.  Jenny was hoping to intern with them this summer and thought this would be a good way to get her foot in the door.

Think of this as a marathon (5 K) / Obstacle Course / Beer Fest.

Jenny's job was as a life guard at the 'Warrior Wash' - a peaceful little lake where participants could rinse off after the race (you will see it was much needed).

Clean and quite for now

Yes, we actually paid good money for that hat.











We got there about 7 in the morning (having gotten on the road about 6 AM) and they stationed Jenny at this lakeside area.  The water was about 3 feet deep and these were all technically adults participating so the risk of any of them actually drowning was pretty low.  They said they would come by during the day to see how things were going.... That was the last we saw of them for the day.


We could only see the last 3 obstacles on the course but this gives you a good idea of what they had.  From 8 AM to 5 PM, every 1/2 hour, over 100 people would be started on their way.

Jack be Nimble...

This was near the end of the course so people had been out running for over 1/2 hour, going through other 'challenges' and then had to jump 2 fire pits. They kept the flames about 3 feet high.

Several of the people ran the course in costume.  We saw guys in dresses, super hero costumes, and dressed like gladiators.

The final 40 feet was through a giant puddle with barbed wire over the top to encourage participants to keep low in the clean water. (well it started out clean)

They were certainly ready for a Warrior Wash but most of them decided to head over for their free beer and rinse off later...

I took these pictures in about the first hour.  So here it was about 9 AM with another 10 hours to go.

I sat and watched Jenny watch muddy people in the water.  As the day went on they got more and more drunk - that was about the only interesting part.  Just when I thought the day would drag on forever, it started to rain.  Jenny and I tried to make a tent out of garbage bags so we would be slightly less miserable but it did not really help.


I had to say that my first full day in Hawaii was probably the most boring of my life!

If nothing else I figured it would make the rest of the trip exciting - no matter what happened.