With storm clouds looking like they were going to burst, Dave and I walked onto Glen Helen Raceway as muddy and shivering crowds walked off after finishing their earlier waves.
Oh boy, this was going to be interesting.
On a whim (and an Amazon Local Deal) Dave and I had decided to do the Mud Factor Run. The week before had been filled with 3 a.m. surgery wake up calls and a wife who was awake all night hacking up a lung with a killer cold that just would not DIE! Our week had been noticeably lacking any and all exercise.
So, hopped up on Dayquil and a decent dose of caffeine, we lined up for our 2 p.m. wave. (*I should note that David is still caffeine soda free. I don’t know how Mr. Incredible does it sometimes).
Pre-Run game faces.
IT. WAS. AMAZING.
The course was extremely hilly and my quads feel nice and accomplished. 🙂 We climbed over walls, crawled through cement tunnels, used a fire hose to pull ourselves up a steep dirt hill, belly crawled under wires and sprinted through many, many waist-deep mud pits. The highlight of the course was a 200-foot makeshift water slide. Really it was just thick plastic on a steep hill as a giddy 10-year-old boy sprayed you with a power hose. Fun!
By the time we were done, the adrenaline had put the kabash on my cold (alas, temporarily) and we were wet, muddy messes. I should note that this is nowhere near as hard as Tough Mudder and my friends who completed that race have still achieved rock star status in my eyes.
Post-run + power wash euphoria.
The final icing on the cake was a human car wash, where the shivering masses were blasted with blissfully warm foam. I was told to stand in front as I was especially dirty (winning!).
The night ended with a free pizza we had won in some Papa Johns giveaway and snuggles on the couch watching The Lorax. What an awesome weekend!
I love doing things like the with the Huz. Now we just need to get a group together for the next run. Any crazies out there want to do it with us???
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