Nancy's Blog

Saturday we (Leslie, Jenny, Bridget, Dan and I)  Ran through the mud and obstacles along with 4000 other people at the 10K Dirty Dash.  It was very crowded and the cars were bumper to bumper on the last mile to Soldier Hollow.  We got there just in time to go to the POP and get to the start.  They did it in waves and our wave was the 3rd wave.  We started out running up a hill through the mud.  It was pretty sticky but I didn't fall down.  Then we ran along the trail for awhile until we got to the hay bales which we climbed over.  Then we ran through more mud, then some trail and then we crawled through some pipes.  Then we ran along the trail for a while until we got to wood wall that we had to climb over.  I was a wimp and went between the obstacles.  It was very muddy and sticky and I slipped and gushed along but didn't fall down.  Then we had 2 or 3 more walls to climb over with plenty of gooey mud.  Then we ran along the trail for a while until we got to the tires.  I was very slow going over the tires and decided I wouldn't make a very good football player. Then we ran along the trail towards Deer Creek Reservoir.  Before the reservoir there were two very deep muddy ditches that we had to climb and walk through and then slip and slide and try to pull ourselves up the other side.  Luckily there were a few weeds to hang onto to pull yourself up on the other side.  Then we ran in the gooey, sticky, stinky mud along the side of Deer Creek reservoir.  Then we had to climb through another ditch to get back to the trail.  Then we ran along the trail until we got to the slip n slide.  We had to wait in line at several of the obstacles including the slip n slide.  During the race the whole team had to stay together so we would run for a while and then walk and wait for the other members of the team. The whole course was up and down hills.   At the end of the slip n slide was another mud pit and it was very slippery.  I grabbed a hold of someone ahead of me so I didn't fall down.  Then we ran to the very last obstacle which was a mud pit that was 2-3 feet deep that you had to crawl through to the end.  In the mud pit Dan tackled Leslie and pushed her under to get back at her for splashing mud on all of us during the whole race.  We were all covered with mud from head to toe but we all had a fun time.  There were lots of teams dressed in costumes, but we just wore our junkiest clothes.  They had outdoor showers and a hose, but the water freezing cold and  there was a long wait.  We all had a fun time but  we still had to shower and wash our hair several times to get clean after we got home.  That night I went to the Women's Conference with all 7 of my daughters.  It was a very nice Conference and they served dinner before the conference.