Saturday, July 18, 2009

Orange County Mud Run & Eco Fest. 2009


during the race ~ after rinsing off
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A woman I met last month hurt her back this week so she offered me her race bib for today's 10K Mud Run. I had wanted to run the Camp Pendleton Mud Run last month, but the event was full within two days of opening registration. Today's event had all the good mud run obstacles like water bodies you wade through, hills to run up, short walls to climb over, tires to high step through, mud pits to crawl through, tunnels with sand and it was a great first experience, but I'm still thinking that Pendleton has to be on my race schedule next year. I need to mark my calendar now to ensure I have a spot when registration opens in January.
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Time today looked to be about 54:30. I'm pleased because it's actually quite a bit better than I had expected. Getting out early towards the front of the pack was key since some of the tighter spots like the tunnels got really bogged down for folks who got there later than I did. It was also a very warm morning in Irvine, Calif.
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I won't do this specific event again because I thought it was so poorly organized, but I'm definitely up for another Mud Run challenge!

1 comment:

Maria said...

Fantastic job on the mud run and in Coronado -- sounds like your running is back where you've been before! Yeah!!! Any plans for another half or a full?