Camp Pendleton World Famous Mud Run- Race Recap

It only took me three months to sign up for another race after finishing the Agoura Hills Great Race 5K. I not only challenged myself by increasing the distance, but I also added obstacles.

The opportunity to enter a 10K never really presented itself. Partly because I was still mentally recovering from a tough first 5K and partly because I didn't look for one. I never really thought about it much, considering a 10K is only 6.2 miles and I had already completed and knew I could make it through 3.1 miles.

My brother in law ran in the World Famous Camp Pendleton Mud Run in 2009 as a part of a group through his work. At that time I still had no interest in running, but we had gone to cheer him on.

It looked awesome!

As we waited at the finish line, watching people swim through mud, my sister and I knew that this was something we wanted to do and decided that we would enter the race next year.

Sometime between watching my brother in law finish the race in June and sign ups at midnight on January 1st we had also talked my husband (boyfriend at the time) to enter with us. We didn't have enough people to sign up as a "team", so we signed up as individuals. But that didn't keep us from having fun with it.

I guess I didn't learn from the 5K, but we didn't start training until about 2 weeks before the race. We kept saying we had plenty of time and then there wasn't a lot of time left. We trained as much as we could those two weeks though. It was the longest distance I had to train for and the most intense training my sister put me through. I hit so many mental and physical walls.

But it was worth it. In June 2010 we ran in and completed the World Famous Mud Run. It was intense, but it was the most fun I've had while running. We were sprayed by fire hoses, swam across a lake, ran up "suicide hill", climbed over walls, crawled through tunnels and swam through mud pits. Who wouldn't have fun doing that?!?



From left to right: me, Patrick (my husband) and Rachel (my sister)

A nice cold beer really is the way to refresh after a run!



Two years later we decided to tackle the course again. We had such an amazing time the first year that it was an easy decision when my sister suggested we participate again this year.

I felt like I had a much easier time the second year going through all of the obstacles, and running the course in general. Possibly because I had been running a lot more than I had before and in preparation for the race. Possibly because I knew what to expect. Quite possibly even because I had lost some weight within that two year period of time. No matter what the reason, we had a great run, improved our times and the pictures are proof that we got down and dirty!



I feel like we also had a lot more fun with the whole day, instead of just during the 6.2 mile run. It really did make a difference getting us ready for the physically challenging course.