The Dirty Dash 5K

Last year our friend Lisa ran the Dirty Dash and it looked like so much fun. So this year I really wanted to runt the 5K. I emailed some friends and Jake and I became a team of 8 friends. I had several months to get in shape and train, however I left that for the month before. So needless to say, I wasn't in great shape and half way through I thought I was going to die!!! The race was 80% up hill, I swear and in the mud, and there were obstacle courses. You had to climb over Hay bails, walls (I walked around these because they were as tall as me), and crawl through big tubes of muddy water. Walk through trenches of mud that almost pulled off your shoes and then your shoes weighed 100 lbs as you ran. It was a BLAST, I enjoyed it so much, even though I thought I was going to die.

It was in Midway, which is super beautiful!! 7 of us drove up in our Van and we met Jill up there. Her husband tagged along and took a few pictures for us, because there was no way our cameras would have survived. Her daughter also did the piglet run!!

It was a blast and I plan on doing it again next year for sure!!! I must say today (the day after), my legs are jello, my legs are scratched to all heck and I am exhausted. So tomorrow starts my exercise plan so that I can get in shape and stay in shape.


Our Team was the Mud Butties and on the back it read: I thought it was a FART!

We are so clean .... BEFORE THE RACE!!

This is at the end, we all were together to jump into the final mud pit! People were cheering for canon balls or belly flops, so some of the crazy peeps did just that!!!

You will notice Jon just ahead of the man in shorts covered from head to toe in mud, he was first, then we have Jake and Jill in mid air, With Lisa thinking about it, me with my arms behind me for some strange reason and Diana trying not to fall in the mud!

Here we are after! They had cold showers, that were SOOOOO cold, so we did a quick rinse and then Thankfully Teresa had the brilliant idea of bringing Jugs of warm/hot water in the car. So we went back to the Van and cleaned off with nice warm water and we were clean enough to go home and take a wonderfully needed shower.

Thanks everyone for running with us, we had soooooo much fun!! Next year I will be more muddy and I will be the one throwing mud in team mates eyes, mouths, ears and hair. So watch out, I am prepared for some mud wrestling (LISA)!!!!! And I will wear capri's so my legs don't get cut up so bad!!!!