Mud Run 2010

Just a quick thankyou to all those who sponsored me for the mud run at such short notice. We raised almost $300 for the Cancer Council which is fantastic.

The run was hard with more mud than I had ever seen in my life. Before we even started people in our group pulled out because of rain and injury leaving just myself and husband and wife Matt and Mel to carry it for the team. The first 2.5km consisted of mud flat which, due to the rain, was very sinkable (I went down to my upper legs in many places). Most people doing the run were very athletic and the confused look on all our faces when we realised we had to walk through the mud was priceless ('we can't run? Running is basically all I do'). In fact, I soon realised that crawling was the key to getting through this section.

Following that we had a relatively flat fire trail made difficult by our very heavy, wet clothes (now I know why those guys I was laughing at were wearing Speedos). After stopping for water and a complementary red frog we all headed for the last section of the track which consisted of another mud pit with a rope to haul ourselves out of it, a river to swim across and the final mud pit that ensures you really are covered from head to toe in mud. We were then rewarded with a warm beer and a swim in the leech filled river (yes we all got them). It took a couple of showers to wash the mud out of our bodies and my white shirt will never be the same again, but it was definitely worth it.

I ended up with a time of 1hr 8 minutes which placed me at 48/210 in my gender/age group, 96/470 in my age group and 476/1099 overall so I'm pretty happy with it. I'm also exceedingly happy that I didn't lose my shoes.

Once again thank you for the sponsorship. It means a lot.