Warrior Dash–Cliff Hanger

The 6th obstacle of Battle Ground Austin is the Cliff Hanger. Rappel down the steep ravine.

What to Expect

I would expect this to be similar to the muddy climb obstacle from the Forney event, but instead of climb up, you will be going down. I would expect a steep muddy slope that you over to rappel, but either by design or previous runs some nice foot holes to assist down the slope. The height of the slope is unclear to me as I can find any videos or images of this obstacle, but I would expect 6-8ft drop.

Warrior Dash – Black Forest

The 9th obstacle of Battle Ground Austin is the Black Forest. Forge your way through uncharted forest.

What to Expect

Trail running, how else should it be put. Expect an uneven running terrain with tree roots, dips, stones, and possible low laying branches from trees.

 

Warrior Dash – Hay Fever

The 3rd obstacle of Battle Ground Austin is Hay Fever. Hustle up and over giant straw hay bales.

What to Expect

During my previous running of the Warrior Dash I had a chance to experience the Hay Fever obstacle. The hay bales are stacked into a pyramid form for you to climb and overcome. See the image below of runners making it over the obstacle.

Warrior Dash – Walk the Plank

The 4th obstacle of Battle Ground Austin is Walk the Plank. “Traverse a gully on wooden planks.”

What to Expect
This was not that hard of an obstacle, but does have it’s challenges and we will cover them here. The planks during the Forney Event were not too long, maybe 10 feet long. But they are narrow and elevated. They will also have a nice coat of mud on them after a few heats run past. From watching videos and seeing pictures of other events the planks could be longer and depending on the course, they could be over land or water.

Warrior Dash – BATTLEGROUND CEDAR CREEK / AUSTIN (Updated)

Here is BATTLEGROUND CEDAR CREEK / AUSTIN.

Over my Warrior Dash Series, I will be posting my suggestions on best train for each obstacle. And so on, here is the list of obstacles and the 3.2 mile course. This has been updated to new location for the Central Texas Warrior Dash.

Also the guys at Warrior Dash are saying the following for you UT and Cowboy Fans, “The Saturday Longhorns game and the Sunday Cowboys game will be aired via satellite on a second Jumbotron at Warrior Dash! Join us for this kick-ass football viewing party!”

• Junkyard Jam – Clamber over the rusted wreckage
• Warrior Wall – Conquer the wooden barricade
• Hay Fever – Hustle up and over giant straw bales
• Walk the Plank – Transverse the gully on wooden planks
• Rio Run – Dash down stream
• Cliffhanger – Rappel down the steep ravine
• Chaotic Crossover – Crawl across the tangled nets
• Arachnophobia – Thread through the tangling ropes
• Black Forest – Forge your way through uncharted forest
• Cargo Climb – Maneuver over the cargo nets
• Warrior Roast – Leap over the Warrior Fires
• Muddy Mayhem – Scramble beneath barbed wire as you neat the finish