5.04 miles (total: 2,162.36)
Today was a Tough Mudder, Seattle Day! I didn't participate myself (not this year), but took M&G instead for their 5K Mudder Race. In the morning I've squeezed a 5-miler to get me all warmed up and get my own run, and then off we went.
They were skeptical at first :) of course, like they always are... but they quickly got into it. They ran well. M with his strong, "I am going to crush you" run, and G, always hard working, but very elegant run (she always gives her best, for which I admire her). Dirt, mud, running - cheerful people all over the place, and I was running along them to keep them going. They had so much fun, they went for a second round! WOW!! I was impressed, they really liked it that being tired and wet didn't stop them to go for yet another round. That's when I knew they truly enjoyed it.
I actually am surprised how much fun I had running next to them and seeing them "push through". They've asked me if I would do the "grown-up version" of Tough Mudder. We saw some obstacles and some pretty nutty people.
Pehaps, I said.. Perhaps, I will wait until you turn 18 and we will do it together :) That would be really fun!
At the end, with music, wet, muddy, gloriously happy we had some food and ventured home. Beautiful day running, in the mud and all, sometimes the simplest things in life are the best.
- Bored Runner
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