"I have never finished a run where my throat burned, felt raw and my cardio-vascular system screamed for me to stop. My quadriceps pleaded for this to be over! But it was fantastic wet fun."
Felix L. 

Are you bored with endless rounds of track running? Want to try something exciting and new? If you're tired of running the same old 5K that meanders through the town and over the bridge, then we've got the race for you!


If you're looking for a different thrill, take part in a Mud Run, a wild dash across the countryside. It's probably the dirtiest race in the sporting world and the most fun you can have running. Local mud runs attract participants of all ages and fitness levels.

Run like the Marines

A mud run is the one event you don't want to miss. This course will be CHALLENGING! Would you expect anything less from Marines? A mud run is undoubtedly your ticket to the dirtiest, wackiest and most fun event you'll ever enter. You can race individually, within your age division, or as a member of a team.

Choose the "Open" category with no restrictions on attire and footwear, or the "Boots and Utilities" category, which requires regulation military boots and camouflage utility clothes. Shoes are required. Change of clothes is recommended. Clean-up hoses or showers are usually provided to rinse yourself and your outfit.

This is your chance to get wet and muddy !

To kick things off, some mud runs start with a fire-truck shower. That's right, all those who forgot to drink their morning coffee can enjoy a cold, "eye awakening" shower from fire-trucks parked at the starting line.

After just a few meters into the run you'll meet up with your first shoe eating mud pit. This is why you should wear tall lace up boots. The course continues on through miles of soggy fields, several mud pits, water pits (with obstacles) and enough mud to make a million mud pies.

The last mud pit was the most challenging because it was covered with ropes and nets. This of course, meant you have to get down into the mud on your hands and knees and crawl under the ropes to get to the other side.

Don't let these obstacle courses scare you. You can go at your own pace at all times. One of the best ways to make it through those "tough times" is to enlist the help of one of your teammates.

A typical mud run consists roughly of 3 miles of off-road running, with obstacles, hills, and of course, mud pits. It's a course filled with obstacles and packed with mud:

• slippery hill climbs
• tire obstacles
• tunnel crawl
• muddy slides
• river crossings
• walls to climb over with mud on both sides
• and a few mud pits.