mudderella

The Nor Cal Mudderella:Talk a couple of your girl friends into running the course with you. Make some new friends along the way. Either way, you won't regret it.My group of 6 was comprised of people at various physical activity levels. We stayed together and helped encourage each other through the course. We all had a blast.I was pretty bummed when I never saw a course map get posted online before the day of the event. I contacted them and was told they would not be posting it online, that the only way to see the course map for NorCal was to go to the event. When we arrived, they were handing out professionally printed glossy advertisement brochures with the NorCal event map. So, I know someone could have scanned it and made it available to the participants online before the race. It's a minor complaint but it wouldn't take much effort for them to remedy that. Event day was well organized. Parking $20. It was really nice to be so close to the start area. The obstacles were a blast. My favorite, as always, is tough tatas. I'm a sucker for climbing ropes. Down & dirty was very challenging. You would have a very difficult time trying to complete it without teamwork. The mud pits were deep and the mounds were high & slippery. I loved that they had so many in a row. Running in and out of horse stall after horse stall after horse stall = redundant. That part of the course was pretty long & dull. One part of the course seemed like they converted a wading pool for livestock, gross. We all came out gagging and everything smelled like poo poo after that. Tire swinging was fun. I wish there had been an express line though. There were people trying to hold them for others and the line was jamming up. As soon as I had a clear shot, I was through them in a few seconds. The end obstacle, Hat Trick is a cross between walk the plank, a cargo net & a giant slide. It is intimidating and super fun.The showers were perfect. Not too long of a line and just enough time to get rinsed off a bit. Bring a change of clothes & flip flips.We topped it all of with our reward, a nice cold Shock Top. It was a great day of exercise, fun, and team building. Go girl power!