Wounded Warrior
Oct 4th, 2008 by Brian
Lately, Saturday mornings have been reserved for Oscar’s soccer games. Today, however, we played hooky from soccer and headed out to the Marine Corp Recruit Depot (MCRD) to watch Anna race in the Boot Camp Challenge.
The Boot Camp Challenge is a three mile run and obstacle course held annually at MCRD. The participants run the perimeter of the recruit depot and have to complete various obstacles along the way including tunnel crawls, log climbs, and push up stations. Of course there are Marine Drill Instructors stationed at each of the obstacles to offer the racers “gentle encouragement”.
There were easily a couple thousand racers out there ranging from the hard core, elite athletes to the 3- and 5-person teams. Anna and her good friend Noelle entered with three other girls as “Team Tubesock”. Anyone participating as part of a team was required to cross the finish line as a team (leave no woman behind). All five members of Team Tubesock crossed the finish line with an impressive time of 32 minutes.
The kids and I are incredibly proud of our super-star athlete. In fact, Oscar is insisting that we make a gold medal for Anna later today.
Team Tubesock posing before the race.
This shot was taken just before the finish line. If you look closely you’ll see that Anna skinned her right knee pretty good during the race — an injury sustained while navigating one of the low crawl obstacles under heavy enemy fire. We expect her to make a full recovery.
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Anna – I didn’t know you came thru with a war wound, you took one for the team. I think maybe a Purple Heart instead of a gold medal. Thanks for clearing the path for us out there, I know you threw a few elbows. Had a great time, let’s do more! And thanks to Brian, Oscar and Laurel for the cheers and the pictures!
I have some serious sock envy right now! You guys look great, and good job!
how awesome. I wish I had the time to train for something like this. congratulations to you.
Wow, good for you, Anna! Sorry about your knee. I have been running lately and ran in my first ever in life race recently, so I know how great it feels to get out and do something positive like that. You do look great.