Mud-filled outings number among the latest events drawing adventure-seekers. You can find a mud run to meet your personal interests: Those held to benefit everything from cancer research to animal welfare, those events that require focus and preparation, and, admittedly, those events where we call those individuals who participate just plain crazy.
A mud run is a multi mile event that mixes running with military-style obstacles such as walls, water crossings, ladder climbs, tunnels, and --of course--mud pits to challenge competitors. Walls vary from a half wall that runners must climb to full walls that require runners to pull themselves up by a rope or to scale them using hand and feet holds. Water crossings range from being shallow enough to walk across to being waist deep, which soaks the runners completely.
The races range from 5 to 8 kilometers. An event's level of difficulty varies by race type, and many of them have separate events for kids. Each racer competes for an individual goal and many events involve no timing whatsoever.
In 2011, the series had 29,991 participants in nine cities. Down and Dirty partners with Operation Gratitude, which sends care packages to U.S. Service Members deployed in hostile regions around the world and on U.S. Navy ships at sea! Participants can raise funds for this cause by building their own donation pages.
How to find an event, information on how to train and when to train and other mud run information : Check out www.downanddirtymudrun.com
Subaru's Drive Magazine will be at several events this summer!
Find out more by checking out Subaru's Spring 2012 Drive Magazine
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