Last weekend was a MUDDY BLAST!!! Our entire family headed on out to Powder Ridge to partake in the first annual Mudman 5K Extreme Race. Lemme tell ya, extreme it was! Michael and I decided to run it as a team, and there were points during the race where he would literally just grab my muddy hand and say "you can do this babe, KEEP RUNNING!!!" First of all, it was at a ski hill, which we had to run UP!! Then there were monkey bars, balance beams, muddy trenches, barbed wire, vertical walls, muddy slides, ice baths...just to name a few. I can honestly say that it was one of the best racing days I have ever had. Not only was the course so much fun, but I was able to team up with my beloved. Plus, they had a kids mudman that Fearless and Skater Boy each ran. There were alot of kids that lined up to get muddy, and my Fearless took 1st place...I was in awe and amazement. I had told him the night before that he needed run till he puked. I was obviously kidding and never in a million years thought he would take me seriously. But, he was determined to win, and thought that he had a good chance at it. You see, a friend of ours is the race director and the boys with Michael have been out on the course to help build and do trial runs. Fearless knew what was in store and knew with all his heart that he could do this!!! Well, they blew the starting gun and he took up straight up the massive hill. I quickly lost Skater Boy in the crowd, but could easily see Fearless at the front of the pack, all the way to the top of the hill. I thought, "wow, he might actually do this." Well, the next time I could see them was at the bottom of the hill, about half way through the run. They have to slide down a massive slide into a pit of mud, and what do you know, he was the first one to the slide. I think he took all the volunteers off guard because none of them steered him in the right direction. The adults were supposed to run one way at the bottom of the slide, and the children in the other direction. He took off in the WRONG direction. All of us adults were screaming at him to turn around before the other kids had an opportunity to catch up. They didn't, and he quickly changed course. I had to book it down to the finish line, because no way was I going to miss this. Sure enough, that crazy boy of mine flies through the finish line well before everyone else, amazing. So, anyway, about running til you puke...yeah, he didn't feel so great when the race was done. He didn't literally throw up, but he needed to lay down in the grass for about ten minutes. He was not feeling well at all. Regardless, I am very proud and can tell already that I have a competitive boy on my hands! Skater Boy, well he came in just a few minutes after his brother, with a banged up knee. Poor boy twisted it early on in the race, but persevered until the end. It was so very appropriate that he did, because just the night before he noticed this prayers chart that I keep on the fridge. There is a prayer that I pray for my children every day of the month. The one that just happened to be for the 18th was this...."Lord, teach my children perseverance in all they do, and help them especially to run with perseverance the race marked out for them. Hebrews 12:1" If that doesn't give you goose bumps??? I know it did me, that 's how God works!!! He thought it was really neat when I reminded him about the prayer that we saw for the day, put a smile on his face!!!
Now, don't think that the girls were left out...cause they weren't. There was a DJ there that played music the whole day. My girls were like wind up toys that just wouldn't quit, it was hysterical. At one point, Lou was rolling around on the dirty ground attempting to break dance....like I said, hysterical!
Oh yeah, Michael and I took 1st place for the co-ed team division. I was the first female to cross the finish line for the day, I was proud of that. I think it's fair to say that we'll be back for more next year...yeah for MUDMAN!!!
On a side note, I know these photos are not in order of events, but I'm feeling way to lazy to putz with it...enjoy:)
Here are the participants for the Kids Mudman and Fearless beat all of them. I can't even tell you how proud and amazed I am!!!
