Muddy Buddies

This last weekend, we (a group of 12 of us divided into 3 teams) took part in the US Marine Corps annual mud run in Columbia...and had A BLAST! It's about a 4 mile course through the woods, running up and down hills, jumping in massive mud puddles, rope swings, climbing up rope ladders, more mud puddles, sliding down mud hills into mud puddles, a mud river to walk through (you get my drift...) Needless to say we were absolutely FILTHY by the time we were done, and Stephanie, one of our teammates, had definitely taken a beating on the course. She twisted her ankle, fell another time and scraped up her hip, and busted her elbow up so it was bleeding- but she was a trooper throughout and finished the race! All of the money raised goes towards children and families of those that have lost family members in the war, so it is definitely a great cause.
A HUGE thank you to my sister, who convinced us to do the race, rallied behind all of us during training, , and was standing before the finish line as our team was finishing and screaming (in support) at us the whole time. Thanks Beck!!