Monday, July 9, 2012

LoziLu Mud Run

 
Over the weekend I ran in my first women's only event at the LoziLu Women's Mud Run in Hampton Falls, NH at the Applecrest Farm Orchards.


Event organizers suggested arriving one hour prior to the start of your wave. I didn't think this would be necessary, but I'm glad I did it because the check-in process was slow with one girl checking in individuals and another checking in teams. To save time, your team captain can pick up all the packets and goody bags.


Team Badass Blogger Babes turned out to be a team of two, but that didn't bother us. Angela and I were ready to have some fun.


The 5K course was sprinkled with some crazy fun obstacles. We ran and crawled through mud, climbed over walls, walked up planks & beams, waded through waist deep water, climbed through a web of rope, over a rope wall, and more.

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My favorite obstacle was the slip-n-slide. I never get the chance to dive head-first down a hill into a muddy pit and crash into people along the way!


After finishing the course, we grabbed some items from the snack drawer, paused for a picture on the red carpet, then rinsed off in the spa area.


The awesome race swag included a LoziLu tattoo (which I sported during the run), a stainless steel water bottle, and LoziLu SweatyBands!


This was such a fun run! It is an easy way to mix up the routine we fall into when following a training plan. It is a great full body workout: my arms and hamstrings got more use than they have seen in a while. It's also an adventurous way to spend some quality time with your gal pals!


What do you think about women-only events?

Have you ever done a mud run?




7 comments:

  1. mud run.
    color runs.
    the only way this misfit ever runs!!
    :-)


    Miz.

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  2. Looks like fun! A friend of mine ran the zombie 5k near Boston, which also had mud pits, slip & slide, etc. I couldn't join (same wknd as PVD marathon), but would love to run an obstacle race sometime.

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  3. How cool an obstacle/mud run is on my bucket list for sure.

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  4. THIS LOOKS SO FUN! And I love that it was women's only to boot!

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  5. AH! This looks SO FUN! I want to do a mud race so, so badly. I love those super(wo?)man shirts in the first picture.

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  6. Sounds like a really fun race! There was a LoziLu in Boston this weekend too - I'll have to plan to check it out next year!

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