USO Mud Run!

If you didn't go to the USO's 2nd Annual Mud Run June 5 at Mid-America Airport, you missed out! It was super crazy fun! No other race has so many funny people, all taping their shoes on, speeding like stupid through the slippery course and crawling like Marine wannabes through 3.2 miles of mud and muck! I did just that with four of my "muddy buddies" and it was pretty much what I expected! Lots of mud. I didn't expect the stinky manure smell, but it wasn't that bad ... I guess. Our CE guys were out the day before ensuring the course was muddy enough. They'd been working with the USO for a few weeks planning the course, then they graded it, dug it up and watered it heavily! They did a great job as this course had 12 "pits" or areas to run through. We'd be going through one of the pits, and people would yell "No going around!!" So no running on the dry grass! The people were really fun. There were more than 1,000 runners! The fastest runner did the course in 18 minutes. How is that fun? Show off! Anyways...it's more fun to participate as a team and just go your own pace. The only thing I need for next year is a support team for be there with a towel to wipe off the sweat and mud around my eyes. Other than that...it was just right. Thanks to the Mid-America fire dept. guys who provided water hoses to wash off with a bit. I think they could have used a few more of those, frankly, but it was enough. The USO, which is a great organization run purely by volunteers, raised $20,000 which will go toward servicemembers all over the world. If you want to see more photos, check out http://www.scott.af.mil/ or our facebook album. Do you have any mud run photos? If so, let's see 'em!