Dirty Dash 2015

After I completed the Star Wars run, my next 5k was the Dirty Dash on June 6th.  This was a mud run up at Soldier Hollow near Midway, and it was a fabulous little day trip.  I actually signed up for this run several months in advance with a friend, but by then she actually got engaged, and her wedding was the Friday before the run.  I suppose that's a good enough excuse to get you out of a 5k!  Anyway, I made this little day trip on my own, but it was actually a total blast.

Pre-mud activities.

I started up Parley's Canyon, and it was a lovely overcast, rainy day.  My day was only slightly marred by getting a massive rock chip in my windshield.  Fantastic!

The Dirty Dash apparently is a pretty big deal.  I couldn't believe the turn-out, the fun race route, and the excellent swag - especially my sweet fake tattoo!  We started out with some fun at the start line, and a crazy run up a muddy hill.  I immediately got splattered!  Great start to getting muddy.  The first major obstacle we encountered was a series of trenches filled with waist-high mud water, and 6 foot high mud walls you climbed up and over.  You then got to slide back into cold mud water.  So fun!  I had my GoPro strapped to my forehead for this whole obstacle, but the lens got covered by mud about halfway through, so the vid kinda sucks.

I'm not scared to get dirty!

Giant slide down the hill near the end of the run.

Just enjoying the mud pits... and the mud in my teeth!

Bangarang!

There were tons of other fun obstacles, including another deep, water-filled trench with horizontal poles you climbed over.  There was a nice big slide near the end, and several other mud pits.  Needless to say, I was completely covered with mud except the very top of my head.  At the end had some really cold showers we could rinse off with, but my clothes and hair were still completely full of mud.  Luckily this wasn't my first dirty run, and I came prepared with garbage bags and a fresh shirt to protect my seats.

On the drive home I stopped off in Heber to get some gas and a nice cold beverage, and believe me I was a nice muddy mess!  It was kinda fun going into the gas station looking like that.  I also enjoyed the beautiful canyon on the drive home that was extra green thanks to the unusual amount of rain we'd been getting the weeks prior.  Luckily no more rocks jumped up off the road to smack my windshield.

I want you to do a mud run with me!

This was the most fun I'd had on a 5k so far, and I totally want to do another one.