wreck. Randy was having back pains from work so I was
worried that he’d be miserable the entire day. My stomach
was in knots and I was afraid of making a complete ass
out of myself. Anthony, being a fit thirteen year old was just
super excited and ready to go! My anxiety grew even more
once we were on site and I saw so many super fit runners. We
dropped off our bags by the MudRunFun tent and that’s when I
saw the Gauntlet. Oh-Dear-Lord!
It was hard to maintain composure at the starting line, but once
we started, my adrenaline was pumping and I was feeling good. I
loved crawling through the mud and water obstacles, but the idea of
climbing was still frightening. I could see the rope wall in the distance
and I started to worry. I was shocked when I made it over in one shot;
all I could say to the boys was, “I did it! I did it!” Soon I was staring at
a new wall. Sure, this one has pegs, but those little wood pieces were
narrow and when you have a brain that invents Final Destination
scenarios, you can’t help but imagine falling! Still I managed to get
safely up and over; awesome work for these short legs! It was about
this time that Randy decided we needed to do more mudruns.
He was tackling this course head on and opting for the difficult
versions of the obstacles. Randy is competitive by nature and I was
hoping that would help lure him in because, in my head, I was
already planning for future races.