The Running Thread

[Irving]

It's that time of year where we realize that summer is about over and we haven't done anything. We're looking to do a Mud Run 5k.
Last year we did Devil Dash up in Lyons, CO. You don't get muddy until the last couple hundred yards and the only difficult obstacle is the huge hill.
We're looking at trying the Mud Brigade up in Loveland instead. Looks a lot more muddy.

Anyone have a recommendation? Tough Mudder is what I'd like to do, but I haven't exactly been preparing for it; nor do I know when it is. I think I missed it this year. We are looking for a wife friendly mud run I guess.


ETA: 63 miles in barefoot shoes. I think after 100 miles I'll get a pair with some lugs on the soles. There is no way I could do a mud run in them because I couldn't make it up a single hill.

[BigNick73]

ETA: 63 miles in barefoot shoes. I think after 100 miles I'll get a pair with some lugs on the soles. There is no way I could do a mud run in them because I couldn't make it up a single hill.

Lugs are good for dirt but watch em on pavement. I've got the vff trek sports and love em hiking and decided to try them running (week 2 or 3 of c25K) and found the lugs create some hot spots, right at the base of my big toes where there's a ridge from the lugs. Pretty certain they'd blister if I'd stayed in them longer. Don't notice it at all on dirt.