For those of you unfamiliar with Savage Race (like I was until my brother brought it to my attention), it is one of the many adventure course races out there. The Orlando Savage Race, aka "the race built to kick your ass", took place this past Saturday in Clermont FL. Yes not quite Orlando but a neighboring area that has plenty of open field for this type of race to take place. I will admit when I saw the course for this race online I was intimated and chickened out signing up with my brother. Instead I opted to go for moral support and play photographer. After attending the race and seeing all of the craziness that goes on with these types of races I am now inspired to sign up and race in the next one. Just to give you a quick idea of what the race course consisted of.... it had crazy obstacles like jumping fire pits & crawling in mud, to climbing rope walls, to swimming in a lake. I'm pretty sure the course will kick my butt when I decide to do one but most people do it just for the fun of it and not to win it and those are my kind of people.
If you have never been to one these races I suggest attending one just for the crazy entertainment they provide. It seems that dressing up in crazy costumes to participate in the race is the way to go. Every where you turned there was another group of people dressed up in some crazy outfit. Team "I'm a Filthy Focker" and the fairy princess team (pictures below) were 2 of my favorites. There was even a team of Elvis impersonators :) Ages for the race ranged from kids to people in their 70's. It's a great way to have fun, exercise and build relationships with friends.
