Western Mudd Rush

A few weeks ago we finally got to do the Western Mudd Rush, after months of waiting and some last minute training, mostly on Jacobs ladder. We have Glynn to thank for getting us involved as he was in a team from work and asked if we wanted to join. So in my head the conversation went something like "a chance to run round in the mud and jump over lots of crazy obstacles", who wouldn't want to?" - so said Yes. Then I managed to convince Janice to do it with the help of a small misguided fact as I thought it was 5km, when in fact turned out to be 9km :)

So the big day came along (and happened to be the week before City to Surf, but that's another for another post). And luckily Sue, Marc and Claire were there with the kids to look after Logan for us as they were coming along to support (laugh at) us and take some photos.

So all decked up in our subtle yellow gear and we were ready for the off! We were in a team of 9 and most of us managed to stay together, which was part of the fun really.

Glynn and I failed the first test, getting the number tattoo to work. So we improvised...

Worked out well as we were they first wave to go off the weekend so got to the obstacles before they were smashed up by thousands of people going through. There were 26 in all and they ranged from crawling under barbed wire and heavy rope nets (with mud pools inches from your face), to climbing over huge hay and wooden/container constructions and definitely NOT the favourite, the ice plunge!

Wonder why it was cold?

And Yes we are screaming like girls in case you didn't see the video!

Was impressed with Janice's running as she hadn't run that distance in a long time. And we tried to keep together as a team so we could help each other out with some wall climbs and other interesting experiences. My favourite was the final obstacle as it was a run up the big wall and use a rope to get up the rest. And one of our team was a bit short of stature and struggled getting to the rope, so I had the excuse to head down and do it again to help her with Glynn at the top to get her over the edge - go team "2 Legit 2 Quit"!

So we started off all yellow, but definitely ended up a lovely shade of brown. Oh, and in case you're thinking it's all mud the event was held at the State Equestrian centre, so we smelled great at the end of it too! With the after event showers being basically a pathetic dribble of water so the outside hoses worked better...

More fun photos on the picasa album.