US Marine Corps Mud Run
Columbia, South Carolina
September 25, 2010
http://usmcmudrun.org/
As some of you already know, Chris, myself and a group of friends make the trek to South Carolina this past weekend for the mud run. After taking off early from work, we packed into the truck and got on the road. Four bathroom stops later, we arrived and proceeded to unload 5 people, 3 bags of towels, 2 air mattresses, and an ample supply of snacks into one hotel room. Yes, I said one hotel room...1 bed, 1 pull out couch, little floor space and ONE bathroom!
We headed out to paint the town since our running time was not until 3pm the following afternoon. Being from a small town, we took advantage of a fun town! We found a fun sports bar to have dinner and moved on to a fun bar called Flying Saucer. With over 200 beers on tap, we thought it would be a winner. False...Chris and Galen both were bummed when they were out of their 1st choice beer, but with 200 beers, there were plenty of other options. The back splash was so cool, but I did not get a pic:(
A few more stops, a little singing and a lot of goofing off and we headed back to the hotel to cram in for the night.
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| Laughing at Rob |
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| Rob really wanted the bartenders t-shirt |
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| Wardrobe change! |
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| Fast friends! |
Saturday morning we woke up pumped and ready to race. After 2 hours in traffic (apparently, we were not the only ones ready to race), we soaked in a the race happenings and waited for our teammates to arrive! And then it was race time...
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| Start line- 34,000 participants! |
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| Brandi & Hannah- ready to get muddy |
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| The course map- I did not even look...I did not want have a reason to back out! |
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| Slightly unsure of what they have gotten into! |
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| Pre-race stretching |
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| The Boys- Galen, Trey, Chris & Rob |
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| The Girls- Leah, Erica, Brandi & me! |
32 obstacles and a whole lot of mud later...
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| Still smiling...great team work! |
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| A little muddy! |
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| A couple that runs together, get muddy together! |
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| This was after our 2 minute cold shower...it was the best shower ever! |
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We had a great time and we are pulling teams together for next year!
Here's to another great weekend!
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