Mud Run

My friends are crazy. About a month ago, I got a text from my friend Beth saying "Save June 6 at 9am...details later." I thought maybe a girls' morning out, or a pray walk, but oh no....she had signed us up for a 5 person team USO (army) mud 5k. That's right....a 5k running race in the mud. Beth's brother was killed in action in Iraq a few years ago, so this was to honor him. We were told to wear wool socks and duct tape our shoes to our pants so we wouldn't lose them. It was actually really fun! There were many mudpits that were knee deep, and others that you had to crawl through (hence the mud on the hands in pictures below). The running portion was in hay, gravel, and tall grass most of the time. My favorite thing I heard from one of the other runners during the race was "Wait a minute, we're running through mud, then hay, then mud, then hay...hello! That's how you make bricks!" Our feet certainly felt like bricks! The race ended with a run through a huge water spray from a firehose. All in all, not a bad way to spend a beautiful Saturday morning!

Team "Muddy Buddy" and our duct-taped shoes

Katie and Keri running

Our and Beth's sister's team's shoes after the run

We did it!