Mud Run Fun

Dana and I decided to the the Mighty Mud Run at the Sam Houston Race Park this weekend! We had a good time running through the squishy mud, crawling in mud under barbed wire, swinging on ropes, and climbing up walls. We did almost all the obstacles except for the rope climb. There was no way that was happening! We both jumped up the rope as high as we could, and then went nowhere after that. There were no knots in it, so there was no way to get up it without some serious upper body strength or some technique that we didn't have! I also struggled on the muddy incline wall. Luckily, Dana made it up and helped me over! The other thing that we couldn't do was the rings at the end. I blame the design :) It was way too close to the ground to do it without holding yourself way up off the ground. We were a little nervous about the warped wall. It was right at the end, and there were a ton of people watching/waiting to go. We watched for a while, and we saw a lot of people not making it up and just sliding down the wall. It seemed pretty embarrassing, and I definitely did not want to go out like that. There were quite a few people at the top of the wall helping people that didn't quite make it. We decided to go for it at the same time. We knew we had to get some speed and just give it all we had. We went for it, and it ended up being super easy! Both of us made it up to the top bar! I was seriously proud of us for doing that. We didn't even need anybody to give us a hand at the top! I know a lot of people do these mud runs just for the fun of it, but I like the challenge. Even though it's not crazy hard like some of the other races, I still feel proud of us for doing it!
The guys brought the kids, but they were bored and couldn't see us anyway, so they got to go to the car to watch "Tom and Jerry" while we were running and getting dirty. They came back out in perfect time, and got to see us do the warped wall and finish up. They were all waving and clapping for us as we finished. It was really cute! As usual, none of them wanted to hug us, but they at least stood with us for a picture. :)
It was a fun race, and I am glad we got to do it together!