X-Dog Ole's Assault
By Paraganek
Ran X-Dog Ole's Assault trail race.
The whole experience was exactly as X-Dog describes it:
"Long before there were all those foo foo "adventure" runs, with their foam and man-made mud pits, and their one beer per ticket post event "parties" there was the OLE'S ASSAULT. Ole's still sets the ADVENTURE STANDARD. And none of that one beer per ticket crap.
We will not give away too much information about the course. Surprise is a part of the event. The adventure will take place primarily on private property in the Oregon coastal "hills" near Astoria. Aside from the terrain and natural obstacles, there will be no less than 10 challenges created specifically for the event. Most of the course will be extremely well marked and navigation will be simple. You will be on foot, or on some other portion of your body for the entire event -- you will not be able to just run the course. You will be a filthy mess at the finish."
My son Lukas (9) really wanted to join me so we ran together.
It was his very first trail race and he loved it. The obstacles were fun (mud pit was #1 of course )
I did it barefoot, Lukas in his VFFs.
There was a mile and half long section on a nasty gravel forest road which was a tough challenge for my feet. The rest was a piece of cake
We really had a great time together
The whole course was about 8 miles, we finished in 2 hours, Lukas placed first in his AG.
Finishing
Finishing
Race course
Elevation profile