I chose not to be timed for this race - was only doing it for fun, as a way to break up my training. I had a really good time doing this but the course was tough! I had done a mud run about a year ago but that was nothing compared to this. And some of the course was "toned down" a bit due to the dry weather we've had lately. There was still more than enough mud to go around though.

The first obstacle right out of the starting gate was a muddy "pond". About 3/4 of the way across it turned into more of a quicksand-type mud - very easy to lose your shoes there if they weren't tied on tight. Got through that (with shoes intact) then it was a short run through the woods. Back out of the woods and over a 7' wall. Thru a field and it was on to the waterslide. This was about 35-40' long down the side of a hill and of course it ended in a mud pit at the bottom. Thru that mud and over to the balance beams. These were railroad ties set about 2' off the ground, maybe 15' long. Not the easiest thing to cross when your shoes are caked with mud. I made it most of the way across before falling off. Luckily there was no mud underneath. The monkey bars were a different story. They had mud pits about the consistency of pudding under them. I tried but my hands were so slippery that I only made it 2 bars before ending up in the mud down below. By this point I pretty much had mud everywhere.

After the monkey bars we headed back into the woods and into zombieland. Even though I knew they were there (my morning water station was right near here) they still go me a couple of times. Down on hands and knees through a shallow tunnel then through the woods some more. There was one point here where we ran through what would normally be a creek but due to the dry weather the ground was just a little damp, no real mud. Up a ladder out of the creek bed and back out of the woods, over a pile of tractor tires, and back into the woods for a run through a "watering hole" - which of course was also full of mud. One last time back out of the woods and around towards the starting line.

Back at the starting line up some tractor tires and down a ladder into a dumpster, up the ladder on the other side of the dumpster and onto the bridge that went over the start line to the dumpster on the other side. This one was filled with ice cold water. I had seen them dumping many, many bags of ice into the water while I watched earlier waves go off but was still surprised at how shockingly cold the water was. Up the ladder out of the water and back into the muddy "pond" where we started the race. After getting through that again it was on to the last obstacle. This was a shallow mud pit with the ropes over the top so you had to pretty much crawl your way through. Then it was on to the car wash, which was set up pretty much just like an actual car wash with water spraying at you from all directions. I stayed in there for a while just trying to get some of the mud off my face and hands. After I could see again I headed out and on to the finish line.

nothing - this was just for fun

Found a hose and cleaned myself up as best I could before heading home.