MudRunFun Magazine Oct. 2013 | Page 18

http://www.mudslayers.com/ The MudSlayer run was an adrenaline pumping I was then stuck and had no idea how I was going challenge that I look forward to participating in to turn myself around and get to the bottom. A few again next year. As our heat crowded the start line, teammates that were running with me encouraged the atmosphere was exciting and nerve-wracking me to flip my legs over and start down the rope. considering no one knew what was ahead of us. Once I completed the obstacle, I high fived a Anxiously awaiting the first obstacle, I paced myself teammate and continued the run. The course was along the dirt track heading into the wooded, rocky laid out very well. The ups and downs of hills made terrain. After climbing a few hills, the obstacles the obstacles challenging and fun. began… ropes, tires, mud, hurdles, barbed wire… What more could you ask for? Every obstacle I came to I was put to the test, I also found the muddy hills with an enormous mud puddle at the bottom to be rather thrilling. Sliding down into waist deep watery mud might not wondering if I would be able to complete it sound appealing to all, but it’s totally worth trying. successfully. In my opinion, one of the most difficult Trudging through the puddles with mud caked obstacles was the rope wall that was angled away onto my shoes, I pulled myself up and continued from me. As I climbed, with my back to the ground my trek. Obstacles with tires and a rope climb, over and my stomach facing the sky, I made it to the top. and under poles that barricaded a straight path