John, Cory, Ian and Mason all did the "Dirty Dash" on Saturday. It was a 10K obstacle course race at Bogus basin, but the kids just did the last 1/2 mile or so. The obstacles included stacks of haybales to climb over, tunnels to crawl through, tires to step over, a series of about 8 gradually taller walls to climb over (the last of which I think most people wouldn't have been able to climb alone), a 1 mile very steep hill to climb (I had to walk about 4 times) a long slip and slide to go down, a section where people threw water ballons at you and then, finally, a big pit of mud in which we had to crawl under strings of flags. It was a blast. The only bad part was that the course wasn't marked very well. By the middle of the race, I couldn't see anyone in front of me or anyone behind me. I came to an unmarked fork in the road, went the wrong way, and then had to turn around and go back after a while. I think I ended up 7th place out of about 400 participants, but I haven't seen any official results yet.
eeewwww-mud! I mean, I hope you had fun.
ReplyDeleteMan and Ian look like cute little piggies to me. It was a fun day.
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot of fun. I think I came in like 8th (in the womens category).
ReplyDeleteIt looks like fun. Did it ruin your clothes and shoes running/crawling through the mud?
ReplyDeleteNope. I just wore my old running shoes and the mud washed right out of our clothes. Ian and Mason's clothes have had much worse than mud in them, so the mud could do no damage.
ReplyDeleteThat photo of ian and mason looks staged. How did ian get that much mud on his face without getting any in his mouth or eyes. Also, why is his facial mud wet and everything else dry.
ReplyDeleteI had to stage the picture a little bit. Ian was all talk and no walk about how he was going to do dives and flips into the mud. When he did get to the mud he walked daintily through it because it was too cold for his skin and bones body. He did get a little braver when I offered him a doller to tackle Mason in the mud when Mason came in a few minutes later. So Ian daintily walked up behind Mason, pushed him in, and then took off running. So I had to wipe a little mud on Ian's face to make sure he didn't look like a weenie.
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