Two months ago when Jo suggested doing a Muddy Run for Cancer Research it all seemed like a good idea. Nobody laughed longer or harder than John and my children because they know that this is so out of my comfort zone. I am a white porcelain girl and the thought of me actually choosing to get muddy, albeit for charity, was a little hard for them to comprehend!
As the weeks went on a Muddy Run chatgroup was set up and arrangements were made. What to wear, what not to wear, what to bring to change into and who was prepared to get their car extremely muddy for the return journey. John volunteered to drive MY car and everyone agreed to meet at our house at 8am on Sunday 24th June.
The morning began with a tour of our garden and further dressing up and the adorning of glow in the dark face paint provided by Mandie. Jo opted for pink frilly knickers…more of those later. I also wore a pair but sadly the effect was not quite the same as Jo’s due to my large backside! Mandie went in the car with Paula and Jess to keep her company whilst Pam and Jo joined me and John. Paula was following until just after Drusilla’s when John noticed she was no longer behind at precisely the same time Jo’s phone rang with Mandie saying that Paula’s care had a flat tyre. We turned back to help out. Unfortunately the boot didn’t provide the little ‘goodies’ that one needs to change a tyre and ours tools were not compatible so John gave his instructions. Pam put on the hi-vis and stopped the oncoming traffic whilst Mandie and Jo ran down the road and stopped the upcoming traffic, not before Jo stripped off her pink frilly knickers, I had to get our car out of the way whilst John reversed Paula’s car into a layby as a point of safety. The AA was duly called and Paula insisted that we all left in the hope that she could join us later.
Tilgate Park was awash with swathes of pink adorning women of all sizes and shapes and I MEAN all sizes! At this point I think we all realised that this was not going to be a run even between the obstacles. Athletes and runners most of these ladies were not! We were all there to have fun and raise much needed funds for Cancer Research, so if you are expecting a report on running read no further!
Once we had found Katie we joined in the warm up exercises ….fun if you are not trying to dance around the dog! Then we were off. I stuck with Katie who gave me good army advice about the best way to crawl through mud, climb rope nets and roll over the top of inflatables. All good advice but it didn’t stop any of us getting thoroughly covered in mud. We laughed and laughed at the sight of our friends but forgot that we looked exactly the same if not worse. If we thought we were muddy before the last obstacle we were very much mistaken. Oh my goodness much found its way into every crevice and then some and at Katie’s suggestion we headed for the lake where we played around but were all secretly trying to get the worst of the mud off. Luckily it was a hot day and after coffee and silly photos we headed back to the car where once John was ensconced in the car we stripped off and changed. Mandie bared her back side to a family of heading up the hill. Jo had forgotten clean underwear. I think she secretly wore the pink frilly pair home! Shortly after we left Tilgate Park we heard that Paula had made it and had also completed the course. We laughed all the way home sharing photos with family and friends on social media.
Out of my comfort zone? Yes.
Did we run much? No.
Would we do it again? Hell Yes!
So ladies if you want a fun time without running put a date in your diaries for next year and join us!
As the weeks went on a Muddy Run chatgroup was set up and arrangements were made. What to wear, what not to wear, what to bring to change into and who was prepared to get their car extremely muddy for the return journey. John volunteered to drive MY car and everyone agreed to meet at our house at 8am on Sunday 24th June.
The morning began with a tour of our garden and further dressing up and the adorning of glow in the dark face paint provided by Mandie. Jo opted for pink frilly knickers…more of those later. I also wore a pair but sadly the effect was not quite the same as Jo’s due to my large backside! Mandie went in the car with Paula and Jess to keep her company whilst Pam and Jo joined me and John. Paula was following until just after Drusilla’s when John noticed she was no longer behind at precisely the same time Jo’s phone rang with Mandie saying that Paula’s care had a flat tyre. We turned back to help out. Unfortunately the boot didn’t provide the little ‘goodies’ that one needs to change a tyre and ours tools were not compatible so John gave his instructions. Pam put on the hi-vis and stopped the oncoming traffic whilst Mandie and Jo ran down the road and stopped the upcoming traffic, not before Jo stripped off her pink frilly knickers, I had to get our car out of the way whilst John reversed Paula’s car into a layby as a point of safety. The AA was duly called and Paula insisted that we all left in the hope that she could join us later.
Tilgate Park was awash with swathes of pink adorning women of all sizes and shapes and I MEAN all sizes! At this point I think we all realised that this was not going to be a run even between the obstacles. Athletes and runners most of these ladies were not! We were all there to have fun and raise much needed funds for Cancer Research, so if you are expecting a report on running read no further!
Once we had found Katie we joined in the warm up exercises ….fun if you are not trying to dance around the dog! Then we were off. I stuck with Katie who gave me good army advice about the best way to crawl through mud, climb rope nets and roll over the top of inflatables. All good advice but it didn’t stop any of us getting thoroughly covered in mud. We laughed and laughed at the sight of our friends but forgot that we looked exactly the same if not worse. If we thought we were muddy before the last obstacle we were very much mistaken. Oh my goodness much found its way into every crevice and then some and at Katie’s suggestion we headed for the lake where we played around but were all secretly trying to get the worst of the mud off. Luckily it was a hot day and after coffee and silly photos we headed back to the car where once John was ensconced in the car we stripped off and changed. Mandie bared her back side to a family of heading up the hill. Jo had forgotten clean underwear. I think she secretly wore the pink frilly pair home! Shortly after we left Tilgate Park we heard that Paula had made it and had also completed the course. We laughed all the way home sharing photos with family and friends on social media.
Out of my comfort zone? Yes.
Did we run much? No.
Would we do it again? Hell Yes!
So ladies if you want a fun time without running put a date in your diaries for next year and join us!
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