12.03.06
Mud Run 2006
Today I ran 8K (5 miles) through hills and swamps with H and also K. Having done this in 2 previous years, this was the third year I’ve done it. Duh. The first year it was warm and muddy, the second it was cold and snowy. This year it was everything. It snowed a good 10 inches a few days before, and it was 16 degrees today, but it had been warm earlier in the week so the marshes weren’t frozen over completely. The three of us stuck together, pulling each other along as we ran through the snow that felt like sand, trudged up hills, and slogged through shin-deep mud and water (although in a few spots you could hop from iceberg to iceberg).
It was… not great, but satisfying to do and finish together. We did it in 1:12, which was not bad at all considering the winner ran it in 43 minutes. The winner last year only took 25 minutes, by comparison. (Last year I ran it in 44 minutes, so the ratio’s about the same.)
Ate a huge meal afterwards, took off the ice-covered blocks that were my shoes, warmed up, and vowed once again to never do it again. 
The shoes look decent again after a trip through the washer.
