Okay I like mud, I have to admit it. I am a country girl who
grew up making mud pies, mud ball fights and making a slip and slide out of ...
yep, you guessed it. Mud! SO when I got the opportunity to run the Pretty Muddy
again this past year, I was too excited and looked forward to letting the
country girl out to have a little fun.
Okay now for the fun part, where to begin to talk about this
awesome race? There are a few things about this race that I would change this
year but for the most part, it was absolutely fun. First off, I will tell you
about all that I liked about this race then I will get into the “oh man” part
of the race review. Well, the announcer
this year was totally awesome and she kept us all in the mood to want to hurry
up and get us on the course. While we were waiting at the starting line she was
cracking jokes and making us all laugh. The funny part was actually right as
she was doing the count down. 3 girls started running before she got to 3 and
she made all kinds of funny statements about that. About how in all her years
she has never had anyone get so excited they started before she said go. That had us all laughing even after the color
tunnel. What can I say? We all were
eager to get our behinds on the course and get a little muddy. Which if you
look at the video at the end of this post you will see the order of the obstacles
and see them take off.
This year I had the pleasure of doing the race with my
friend Jacqueline, Joylynn and a friend of Joy’s. Joy and her friend ran it
together while Jacky and I walked it due to injuries and such. I am not going to go into all the details
because I believe the video will say it all but I will say that this race gets
better with every single one I do. Now
to talk about what i was like "oh man” about. The few things they changed
happen to be the obstacles that I actually quite enjoyed. Like the long muddy hill
that you had to use the rope to pull yourself up with. They had one this year
but it was a lot shorter and was dry instead of muddy like it was last year. I
thought that was a bummer but of course I liked it because it gave me more mud
time. I also wish they would have kept the foam and made it colored foam so it
would last on our clothes a little longer in the mud. Another thing I didn't quite care for was the
gravel in the tubes. As you can see in the video, the tubes had gravel in the
bottom of them and I ended up scraping my leg on it. Not sure if the gravel was
supposed to be in their or if someone put it in their as a joke but it hurt and
wasn't that funny. I also was a bit
upset that they took out the totally ballsy. That was the most fun of them all.
Being able to play around with a bunch of beach balls was absolutely fun. Hope they decide to bring it back next year
because that was the best! Other than
that, it was totally awesome and for the best cause. The charity that they
support is the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer. This hits really close to home for me because
this past year I had my own Breast Cancer scare and so this made me even more eager
to do this race and support this cause. Going through such an ordeal like this is very
scary and I can only imagine what I would have felt if the doctor would have come
into the room and told me it was cancer. SO to see these wonderful women at
this race who have not only survived the results but have beaten the cancer and
are alive and well today is so amazing. These women are such an inspiration to
me. I can only pray for those who have not been so fortunate and have lost
their battle. That is why I am such a strong supporter of this race and will
continue to support it for as long as there is still breath in me.
Now without further delay, here is my little video from my
race experience.
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