Well done! Doesn't it feel good to be sore though? I always appreciate my muscles telling me I did a good job. Joints, that's a different story, but a good muscle burn is great motivation.

I agree! Muscle soreness (much as is sux) is validation that you accomplished something. I came up with (atually stole) a new exercise for the crazy routine. Some of you know it.
using a chin up bar, pull yourself up until your arms are at about 45 degrees. The lift your legs up until you look like an "L" with your feet and legs pointed at the ceiling. Now, maintaing that position, rotate your hips to the left until your legs are parallel with the ground and then back to the left to the same point. Repeat as many times as you can.
It's murder! Everything gets sore! Abs, total core, arms, shoulders..the works!

Welcome to day 249...

Walked into a fire hydrant this morning. Coordination is not my strong suit.

My poor knee.

That sounds like a beastly move BBB, I'll have to give that a try! I may or may not even be able to get into the initial position...we'll see. If I kick the ceiling and knock out a tile though...I'll be sending you the invoice!


Mani...I'm going to get you a helmet and elbow/knee pads for your birthday. I worry about you! (Were you at least dance-walking so you have a reason for being distracted??)

Ooo prezzies!

No, I was just walking the dogs, the same route we take every single morning... it wasn't even like "Where did that thing come from?!" I was fully aware the whole time. At least I gave the kids on the passing school bus some early morning entertainment.

I think I could get away with those kinds of gifts without making Mr. Mani worry. He'd probably have a pretty good laugh about it actually!

I'm glad it was walking and not when out running, but with the pace your pups are likely to mush down the sidewalks, it might not be much slower than a jogging pace!

The local YMCA has a hand rail in front of their building that runs parallel with the sidewalk. Someone in their infinite wisdom thought would be a great idea to paint it to exactly match the sidewalk. At 5 am, in the dark, while still half asleep and running, you can not see it until you are almost impaled on it. It hasn't happened yet, but I am hoping when it does that it is caught on video because it is going to be epic.

Matt, I'll bet you can do it! Its a great exercise to prep for some of the obstacle races! I could only do 10 the first time! It is seriously tough! But I recommend it highly!

Mani....Ok, we'll come back to Mani...

Teej, can you set up one of those trail camera's on that bar?
Seriously, have they never heard of yellow safety tape?

Mani, maybe some lateral movement drills? Ow!!

Sounds like someone fishing for a lawsuit might accidently find that railing!

I can't wait to see Mani navigating cargo nets and balance beams and stuff!

It's my knees that were sore. I'm not sure what I'll do today for fitness. Don't want to run again so soon, I have a phobie to motel floors so there's no way I'm getting on the floor to do anything!! I guess I'll walk.

I'm going to sit and wait paitently for TJ to hit that railing while on his morning run.

Beach pushups!!!

"How To Do Pushups In A Wild Bikini" I'm sure this was a Frankie Avalon and Anette Funicello movie....

Or go swim in a meat suit. You'll have to get faster!

Just kidding...don't do that!

When you say 'navigate', I assume you mean getting stuck spider-web style in the cargo nets until someone takes pity and cuts me loose, and sliding across the balance beam on my belly inch by splintery inch...

That IS what you meant, right?

Pretty much, yes.

I'd not suggest that on the beam though, you'll get awfully muddy or just end up falling into the water below...which would be even worse for you!

We're just going to have to get you over a bunch of phobias in the next 8 months!

You can't fix clumsy.

Tell me about it. I've got the medical bills from my daughter to prove it.

The mud run Sunday confirmed my clumsiness. Geeze I fell down a lot!

They are not supposed to give you beer until AFTER the race.....

I only wish I could use that as an excuse.

Nobody can be graceful when trudging through mud Jen, not even you!

If you do more, keep an eye out for good deals on cheap trail runners. I can sometimes find Adidas Kanadia's for $25-$30. They have a lot more aggressive sole and mud runs are on, well....mud! You can run in them without hurting your feet or knees on the soft surface and you dont fall down as much.
I've even seen a few in cleats. I'm not ready to try that yet. Fivefingers work ok for traction, but they seem to fill up with silt and mud worse than the shoes.

I dont think any type of shoe would help...when I was falling I was sliding down 4-8 ft embankments into knee deep THICK mud. You try to "jog" through said mud trench and WHAMMO!!! a hip deep hole appears and down you go. It was also a trick not having a domino affect on your neighbors.

No doubt, some courses are designed to make sure that the majority of participants will fall. I have so far survived without mishap, but I think because I have the advantage of seeing where people bite it before me. I am quite sure that film of me would be highly entertaining though! More than a few times I have had the arms flailing and feet spinning like a cartoon!
And while I havent fallen, I have butt slid down a few of the bigger, muddier hills! Wheeeeeeee!

I just resign to the fact that I will end up face down in the mud during all of those types of runs and plan accordingly.

Many races expressly prohibit cleats/running spikes due to the damage you could cause to others, so make sure you check on that before you give it a try. I don't think they'd be all that much help anyway though. Slow and steady is a good approach, but not something that competitive runners want to accept

I worry less about the mud pits, more about the "log crossing" obstacles that are too soon after a water or mud obstacle. You can do yourself an injury if you slip on one of those the wrong way!

^^^ I am screwed come Tough Mudder season.