It’s back: the muddiest, sloppiest, slippery-est, most fun way EVER to spend a Saturday morning.
It’s the Webster Recreation Center’s fourth annual Mud Run, scheduled for Saturday Sept. 21 from 10 a.m. to noon.
The Mud Run is a a non-competitive, un-timed, one-mile run/walk along the Recreation Center’s obstacle course/fitness trail which loops around the back of the facility. Some of the run will be through water and mud, and there will be some challenging obstacles. (There are ways to get around the mud and obstacles, but what fun is there in THAT?)
What’s really neat about this event is that kids and their adults can do it together. As you can imagine, the kids just love to see their parents (and grandparents, come on!) get down and muddy. It’s only $5 per person, and the organizers promise that there’ll be swag, fun and food. I can personally attest that it is tons of fun, and I hope to make it again this year. (That’s me in the photo, taken by my friend Patty.)
Click here for more details and registration information. You can sign up for any 15-minute wave between 10 a.m. and noon. You can also register when you get there.
The Webster Recreation Center is located at 1350 Chiyoda Drive, off of Phillips Rd.
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(posted 9/16/2024)
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Hey, you look good in brown! I’ve got a 10 inch Ka Bar you can carry between your teeth, and a camo T-shirt you can borrow (14 sizes too large for you …) if you want to “release your inner SEAL”.
Many years ago a former coworker drove to Buffalo to participate in a new event called a “Tough Mudder”. We looked at a bunch of pictures as he narrated the obstacles he conquered, including a rope ladder, 20 foot wooden wall, belly-crawling under barbed wire, etc.
One coworker looked incredulously at him and asked, “And you paid money for this?” The entrance fee was much more than $5.
I admire your community spirit, Missy, and it is lots of fun for a good cause, but I’m gonna stay home and enjoy a nice chardonnay; thanks anyway. As a counter-offer, LMK if you change your mind about the Polar Plunge this February.
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Alas, I will be out of town this weekend and can’t participate. But I might take you up next year on the camo shirt. I’ve done one of those mud obstacle courses … I think it was called a Warrior Dash. Loved it.
I’m not a big fan of fundraising, which is why I’m not a big fan of doing the Polar Plunge again. But I do like the sweatshirts they give out as swag ….