I was at the Webster Recreation Center this morning for a workout, and since I’m not going to be able to participate in their annual Mud Run (which happens tomorrow, Saturday Sept. 20), I thought I’d check out the course just for fun. Plus, I wanted to see what kind of progress the guys were making in preparing for the muddy mess. I saw that all of the obstacles are in place — things just have to be muddied up with a LOT of water.
As I jogged along, my mind provided this running commentary:
Oh, yeah, it starts here in the middle of the field at a big starter’s gate. And then …. yep, the obstacle course. I remember that. First, slog through the mud … the first chance to get really muddy. Separates the serious mudders from the wanna-be-mudders. Not very muddy yet, though. Go over this hurdle (mmmph!), think I’ll duck under the next one. Whew. Now through the tires….
Right, the muddy tunnels. Crawl through the tunnel. A little tough on the knees, but worth it. Also not muddy yet.
Oh, boy, on my belly, under the canopy, crawl through the mud. No way to stay clean with this one. (‘Course I could have gone around… but what’s the fun in THAT?) Not muddy yet.
Run down the path. Pretty trail. Nice bridge.
Hey, this is new. It’s kind of like a string and bungee-cord maze. Gotta … step over … aargh … crawl over this one … got it. Nope. It caught me. Step over it, then under …. did it.
Oh my gosh, ANOTHER one? Ahhh, I’ll just go around this one.
Whoa, another new thing. Wonder what they call this? The “Noodle Noggin’ Knocker”? That looks like fun. And check out the mud on this one. Yeah, THIS is more like it. There’s so much sticky mud here you’ll want to make sure your sneakers are tied on tight.
That’s pretty much how my inner monologue went. It gives you a pretty good idea of what you’ll find tomorrow at the Mud Run, and you can get a sense of how much fun it will be. The whole course is less than a mile and you can get as muddy or not muddy as you like (and you can walk it if you want). And rest assured, by tomorrow morning, all of the muddy obstacles will be VERY muddy.
And don’t worry about how messy you get; at the end of the course the Webster fire departments will be there to spray you down if you want. (I recommend it for the sake of your car seats. Just bring a few towels.) Plus, remember there’ll be fried cakes and apples at the end of the run, and lots of vendor and informational tables for you to check out.
It’s a good idea to register in advance (it’s only $5 per person) and you can show up any time between 10 and 11:30. I recommend you give yourselves time to go through twice. It’s that much fun.
The Webster Recreation Center is located at 1350 Chiyoda Dr., off of Phillips Rd.
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The highlights:
1) I finished & survived.
2) It was fun; like a polar plunge with mud & no ice.
3) This is a great cure for pride. Nothing better than chatting with a pretty girl and suddenly falling face-first into 8″ of mud. There was one fellow in his late 20s or early 30s who was cheering runners. He sees me and yells, “Great hustle!” Good grief; I’ve sunk to the level of a condescending ‘Great Hustle (you old fat guy …)’
4) One lady was explaining to her small children that the bright yellow shirt had reflective tape so cars could see me. I informed her that this shirt makes it easier for the paramedics to find my body thus making the first-responders jobs just a bit easier.
5) Coming to the ropes tied randomly across the trail, I asked the teen-aged girl if the objective was to go over, under or through. She said, “Whichever you want; its like a spider’s web.” I thought, “This would be so much easier with a KaBar …”
It was fun. Next year I’ll do better. Maybe even do it twice. Having brushed three times, there’s still grit in my teeth; maybe a cold beer will rinse it out. Gonna remove the mud outta the tub now before my lovely and long-suffering wife kills me.
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Sorry I missed you.
The highlights:
1) I finished & survived.
2) It was fun; like a polar plunge with mud & no ice.
3) This is a great cure for pride. Nothing better than chatting with a pretty girl and suddenly falling face-first into 8″ of mud. There was one fellow in his late 20s or early 30s who was cheering runners. He sees me and yells, “Great hustle!” Good grief; I’ve sunk to the level of a condescending ‘Great Hustle (you old fat guy …)’
4) One lady was explaining to her small children that the bright yellow shirt had reflective tape so cars could see me. I informed her that this shirt makes it easier for the paramedics to find my body thus making the first-responders jobs just a bit easier.
5) Coming to the ropes tied randomly across the trail, I asked the teen-aged girl if the objective was to go over, under or through. She said, “Whichever you want; its like a spider’s web.” I thought, “This would be so much easier with a KaBar …”
It was fun. Next year I’ll do better. Maybe even do it twice. Having brushed three times, there’s still grit in my teeth; maybe a cold beer will rinse it out. Gonna remove the mud outta the tub now before my lovely and long-suffering wife kills me.
P.s. I couldn’t do it this year 😟 it was beautiful weather.