we ran the dirty dash

its dirty and dash-y.

okay if that didnt help explain, i'll elaborate. the dirty dash is a 5-10 kilometer fun mud run with crazy obstacles and random pudding cups. 

it all started in august. it was my dad and my brothers birthdays and since they already own everything under the sun, i decided to do something fun instead of buying boring ole presents. so i signed us up for the dirty dash. our team name was "the last of the mudhicans". clever? i thought so too :)

we racked our brains trying to think of who else to invite and and ended up with a small team of 5. our mudhicans consisted of me, shaner, monique (shanes sis), dad, and brother. we decided to go all out and make costumes to live up to our team name. i have to say, mudhican craft night was SO much fun (even if there is glue all over my kitchen table lol)!

since this was my first dash and i didnt know what to expect, i called my friend whitney to get the inside scoop. she gave me some wicked good advice:

1. bring a waterproof camera to capture ridiculous mud moments
2. wear a crappy pair of shoes 
3. wear leg protection! (condoms? haha, no. leggings) so the mud pits dont mangle your legs
4. dont wear loose or heavy pants...the mud makes em fall off

i followed her directions to a T. and i have to say, it felt SUPER retro buying a box-waterproof camera. but im glad i did because i have all these great photos. 

mudhicans pre-race

aaand the race is ON!

look at mo's face! lol

the feathers and war paint made us easy to spot. which is good for pics, and finding lost team mates in lakes of mud. we had to take a de-pants-ing break for mo. told you pants were a bad idea lol

...and then my dad fell into a mud hole. shane captured the moment perfectly. i was behind my dad laughing at his misfortune and then proceeded to fall into the same exact hole. haha karma. 

shane was wearing his vibram shoes and was feeling pretty invincible. i look up to see him running in the mud canal and then all i see is feet flying and then he's gone. turns out he fell face first into weeds and mud....SO funny. we almost pee'd our pants laughing. 

mid war-cry. 

after two hours, countless mud pits, rope walls, hurdles, hay bales, mud pipes, a giant blow up water slide, and 10 k later.....we finished. 

we had an amazing filthy time! thanks to all my teammates who made it such a blast! next year i think we'll expand our tribe to include more mudhicans (who's down??!) and invest in some props (we couldve used some tomahawks and suction-cup bow and arrows). 

GERONIMO!!!