Last Saturday our family participated in "The Dirty Dash". We had never done anything like this so we really didn't know what to expect.
The very last obstacle was a very deep pit of muddy water which required help to get out of:
There was a Slip 'n Slide in the middle:
And other unique obstacles:
I didn't run the race; I sat on the side by the bleachers with our two youngest. I have to admit, I was getting pretty tired of being there mostly because I had to listen to the very loud race starter who was doing all kinds of gimmicks to keep the people waiting to start entertained.
I had no idea where my family was on the race course, so after a while, I started asking the people coming up from the finish line when they started. The first guy I asked said he started more than two hours earlier! He confessed that they didn't run at all; they just walked. It was really a social event--not a race. I started feeling concerned this was going to take another hour! But after a few more minutes my son and daughter showed up. They had actually run the whole course and finished it in a reasonably amount of time. After a little longer my husband and older son also showed up. We took our obligatory pictures:
My husband was the dirtiest of them all--he had gotten submerged at one point when he slipped in the mud. They took some very cold, quick showers and then we headed home. It was definitely a unique experience which they enjoyed but aren't looking to do again any time soon.
We drove up to Soldier Hollow where it took place. On the way, the traffic was a little heavy because the Utah Valley Marathon was taking place so one half of the road was blocked off. There were a lot of really tired and hot-looking people walking and running down the road as we drove past.
After our 4 participants got their race packets with their T-shirts, they went to the starting line for their starting time of 10:40--when you sign up, you pick the time you start. We could see a lot of the race course from the observation point which was on a ridge above the start and finish lines. There were a lot more obstacles than we had realized there would be. The whole race was a 5K and there were maybe 15 or more obstacles scattered throughout.
Obviously, the main point was to get really dirty. Immediately after starting there was a big mud pit to get through and there were many more like it.
The very last obstacle was a very deep pit of muddy water which required help to get out of:
There was a Slip 'n Slide in the middle:
And other unique obstacles:
I didn't run the race; I sat on the side by the bleachers with our two youngest. I have to admit, I was getting pretty tired of being there mostly because I had to listen to the very loud race starter who was doing all kinds of gimmicks to keep the people waiting to start entertained.
I had no idea where my family was on the race course, so after a while, I started asking the people coming up from the finish line when they started. The first guy I asked said he started more than two hours earlier! He confessed that they didn't run at all; they just walked. It was really a social event--not a race. I started feeling concerned this was going to take another hour! But after a few more minutes my son and daughter showed up. They had actually run the whole course and finished it in a reasonably amount of time. After a little longer my husband and older son also showed up. We took our obligatory pictures:
My husband was the dirtiest of them all--he had gotten submerged at one point when he slipped in the mud. They took some very cold, quick showers and then we headed home. It was definitely a unique experience which they enjoyed but aren't looking to do again any time soon.
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