Family
- A term that brings
specific ideals to mind; but usually when
others think of family, they think of a brother/
sister, mother/father, grandparents, uncles/
aunts, cousins. Generally, we think of family
as blood relatives, but in a broader context, we
may define family as those who are around us
so often that it feels like we are blood relatives
because of having such a strong relationship
with each other. We feel this way because of
familiarity and interactions that cause each of
us to view each other in brother/sisterhood.
What brings people together in these types
of bonds specifically? What is it that makes
someone feel that they are in a family. Even
people who are blood related don’t always feel
that they are “family”. However,
what if there was a group, a
team, a community that
is brought together with
a common goal or bond
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that is so strong that it can only be defined as
“family”.
Challenges tend to bring people together
whether it is on the battlefield or going
through a traumatic experience. But attaining
closeness with one another doesn’t always
have to be challenges of extreme. Sports teams
tend to have a closeness more than other types
of friendships because they are working or
playing toward a common goal and that is to
win or attain a championship.
When MudRunFun was created, it had very
low expectations and only a few people. Likeminded friends who wanted to get together
at various mud/obstacle course (OCR) races
to have a good time and share time together.
To also get discounts for having a little
group guaranteed to get together in order to
challenge themselves from point A to point B
and achieve personal victories and share those
victories.