On Saturday I competed in my first ever mud obstacle course and had a blast! Run by the sister company of Tough Mudder I signed up for Mudrella two weeks before the start date and at nine a.m. showed up ready to go. The race was comprised of 15 obstacle courses over five miles in and around a race track in New Jersey along with over 6,000 participants almost all of whom were women.
The wonderful team at Vega invited me to participate and I brought along Samantha, you can see us below in our matching pink tanks, which made for an excellent group of eight very fit ladies. The event was not timed which actually turned out in our best interest otherwise the lines that formed before certain obstacles definitely would have impeded us. Take a look at some of the best pictures from the day and a big shoutout to my friend James for coming along as a spectator as he gets extra props for following us around to all of the obstacles and capturing these moments.
The first few obstacles had us doing more traditional team bonding exercises with ropes and tires and there was only mud in one obstacle – the bear crawl under wire. Of the dozen intense literal and metaphorical hurdles we overcame the the most intense and ridiculous obstacle was definitely Ain’t No Mountain High which had five hills and five valleys of deep mud pit. The website describes this particular obstacle as, “Make your way up mounds of mud, slide down into valleys of it, and trudge arm-in-arm with your team onto the next one. By the time you reach the end of this mountain and valley landscape you’ll be covered head-to-toe in muck, and not mad about it,” and that pretty much sums it up. There was no way to get out of this one clean:
If you are really curious you can take a look at the course map from Saturday’s Mudderella and it will show you that you we were only half way through the course. From there we jogged in our very wet and soggy sneakers another two and a half miles through an array of challenging obstacles where we scaled walls, dove it pits of mud, and at one point literally carried each other across the course.
Even though it was only five miles it the mud definitely slowed us down and when our group of eight finished the race after an hour and a half the closest stop was the beer tent but we picked up our free tshirts, purple finisher headbands, and Vega power bars and made a bee-line to the bag check where our nice clean, dry clothes were waiting. After hosing off many of us donated our shoes – they had a whole set up for just this purpose – then circled back for food and drink!
Oh, and for those who said I didn’t look that muddy based on my Snapchat pictures? Well, I am guessing the photos above (thanks again James) will tell a different story and if you still do not believe me – check out this this photo below. Look at that pool of mud. Also look at my face. And lastly at the grin on Sam’s face as she freestyles away from me.
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Lauryn says
Wow this looks like so much fun!!
xo, Lauryn
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barbie says
way to go girl! My sis and I have always wanted to do one of those… xx Barbie
Trang Do says
So much fun!! haha!!
Xoxo,
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Tina says
Too fun!!! I’ve done Tough Mudder before and it was awesome. So glad to see you got all of these pictures captured from your race!
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Laura Mitbrodt says
That mud run sounds so fun, good for you
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Jess Speake says
Oh my goodness, it looks like you’re having a blast!! I’ve never done a mud run before, but I want to now!!
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Chloe says
Wow! Super impressive you completed that but looks super fun. A mud run is definitely on my bucket list. I love your blog so much, and if you ever wanted to check out mine it would mean the world. Either way, keep up the great posts 🙂
Marta says
Strong girls xx
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carolina says
sounds so fun haha it was probably so hard to get the mud out of your hair !
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Head to Toe Chic says
That looks like so much fun! Really challenging, but so fun to do with a group of friends.
xo,
Angela
Helene says
this looks AWESOME! and girl you are looking SUPER fit! way to go!
TAMMY says
Wow. This mud run looks like fun. After that mud run I hope that the after party was awesome.
Tamara says
I’ve never participated in a mud run before, but this post makes me wanna do it! Looks hard but so much fun !
XoXo,
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