What part of "Muddy" didn't you understand?

So, I signed up for this thing called Muddy Buddy because it sounded awesome. And it was. You do it with a partner. It's six miles total and there are five "legs," each with an obstacle (wall climb, low crawl, cargo net climb up and slide down a giant inflatable thing) at the end. One partner runs the first leg, while the other bikes it. The biker gets to the obstacle first, does the obstacle, and then takes off running. The runner does the obstacle, then finds the bike and starts biking. The biker passes the runner and gets to the next obstacle first and does the obstacle, then starts running. And over and over and over five times. Then, at the very end, there is a mud pit that you must CRAWL through.

Well, I did this with Nicole Allen, because she does, like, Ironmans and shit. (Seriously, she did a half-Ironman last month -- that's swim 1.2 miles, bike 50, then run 13 -- WTF??) So, anyway, she didn't even have to train, because she's all in shape, whereas I still (a week after doing the race) can barely run a mile all at once.

Long story short, it was SUPER fun. But get this, even though she obviously knew there was a mud pit at the end, Nicole could barely move once she started crawling through the mud. I kept looking back at her and going, "Come on!", but she was barely moving and had a look on her face like she had to eat the mud, not crawl through it. My mom was there and said the look on Nicole's face was the funniest thing she'd ever seen. (Also, people kept yelling, "Get on your bellies!!!", cause it's obviously funnier if you do an army crawl, rather than just hands and knees. I sort of went on my belly, but said fuck it, but Nicole was ever-so-careful, that you can see in the pictures how her shirt and shorts have nary a drop of mud on them. She literally only had her hands and knees in the mud.)

Then, after the race was over, Nicole left immediately, without even rinsing off -- let alone staying for the beergarten. Like, thanks a lot Nicole, I train for two months, make special tank tops and you won't even have a beer with me?? Whatever! And the beers were free!

Anyway, who wants to do it with me next year??

Go to my flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizhill/) to see all the pictures. Notice how Nicole's face is in a permanent scowl!!!!!! Ha hahahahahahah!!!!