This post has been a long time coming. I participated in the Dirty Girl Mud Run in September. Oops. At the time I was kind of on a hiatus from blogging. The Dirty Girl Mud Run is an obstacle course designed for women of all fitness levels. Part of the funding for the race goes towards breast cancer research. the race focuses on providing women with a fun way to step out of their comfort zones. I signed up with a friend as a last minute deal. So we ended with a start time of 8am. Good thing I am a morning person!
Chocolatey, carb goodness!
The race was two hours away, so I stayed with my brother the night before. I also made sure to carb up with a sweet potato topped with yogurt, sunbutter, and chocolate chips! Not sure if this really helped with the run, but it was tasty! I didn’t sleep very well the night before the race due to nerves-I couldn’t believe I was actually doing this!
My 5am Happy Face!
We were on way to the race venue at 5:30 am. Unfortunately, it was raining. However, this didn’t end up being much of an issue because rain or no rain, we still would have gotten muddy! The race was being held at a ski resort. We arrived and picked up our race packets, or numbers, tshirt, and necklace. I was under the impression that we would have a whole bag of goodies, but that was a no go.
The calm before the mud!
Before the start of the race the announcers played music and pumped up the crowd. We were all super nervous and cold and just wanted to run! The course started out at a serious incline. My friend and ran on the outside of the crowd and I managed to get ahead of a lot of the other runners.
Check out the incline that we were met with at the start!
The first obstacle was a huge, inflated incline. Slippery fun! After the first obstacle, my nerves started to disappear. Because we were in such an early heat, there were very few runners around us. This made going over the obstacles much easier. The other obstacles included walking through mud and water pits, climbing over walls, crawling through mud underneath a net, and climbing over a huge cargo net. The cargo net was the most difficult obstacle for us-we were so nervous about falling! And heights are not my favorite.
The Course Map
Besides a few intense hills, I would say that the run itself was fairly easy. I felt like I was running with a huge grin on my face-I was so happy to be running through the mud and climbing over the obstacles!
Finished!
At the end of the race we had our picture taken and it was immediately sent to us via text message. Technology is so wonderful! After getting cleaned up we wandered around some of the venues. And purchased some of the Dirty Girl goodies! This may have been my favorite part of the day! I snatched up a new tech running pullover and a sweet beanie. I have a bit of an obsession with all things clothes!
The end result: muddy and happy!
I would definitely recommend participating in a Dirty Girl Run. I would also suggest doing it with a larger group of friends/family-there were all sorts of groups with fun outfits!
Have you participated in a Dirty Girl Run or similar obstacle run before?
I have heard SUCH good things about the Dirty Girl Mud Run! This year, they were giving free entry to cancer patients and survivors, which I think is so awesome. I did the Rugged Maniac last year, but I definitely want to get a few more mud run/obstacle courses under my belt this year 🙂
I love mud runs! It’s nice to switch things up and have the chance to ‘play’!