Sunday, October 10, 2010

United States Marine Corps Mud Run

On September 25th (yes, I 'm still getting caught up) Scott and I, along with our good friends the Hardy's participated in the USMC Mud Run in Columbia. We had heard so much about it and decided that it was something we wanted to try. After all, it is the largest Mud Run in North America! We would never be in contention for a prize but the prize purses are a couple thousand dollars. Crazy!
We didn't quite know what to expect but ended up having a blast and didn't do too bad at all (time-wise)! We finished the 4.1 mile, 32-obstacle course in just under 2 hours. There are not any picture of us on the course here. The event photographers only managed to get a few pictures of our team and they weren't good enough to buy. :o(

This was us before the race.
The following are pictures from course description section of the website. Obstacle #25 - The Weaver, was the MOST DIFFUCULT obstacle on the course!

Obstacles Start - 0.15 mi of flat, open terrain

1- Leatherneck Welcome
5' Wall (x3) - each team member must navigate over

2- The Perfume River
Wall Climb with Rope - each team member must navigate creek and use ropes provided to exit creek

3, 4, and 5- Funchilin Pass

#3 Under Bar Slide (15' length, 8' high) - each team member jumps up and grabs the bar and slides down the bar feet first;

#4 Mud Hole (under logs - each team member crawls under the logs through the mud;

#5 Culverts - each team member crawls through the tunnel on hands and knees

6, 7 and 8- The Ho Chi Minh Trail

#6 Rope Swing - each team member runs up jumps to grab a rope and swings across the water to the other side

#7 Low Crawl under cammie net - each team member crawls on their chest underneath camouflage netting

#8 Wall Climb (15' height) - each team member climbs to the top of the wall and up and over then down the other side

 
9, 10, and 11- Bunker Hill

#9 Log Crossing - each team member walks the length of the log across the top of the pit to the other side without falling

#10 Mud Hole (over under logs) - each team member crawls through the logs alternating between going over and under the logs

#11 Rope Bridge - each team member crosses the pit by walking across the steel cable and not falling in

 
12- Mud Hole (over under logs)
Each team member crawls through the logs alternating between going over and under the logs

 
13- Parallel Bars (8' high)
Each team member grabs the bottom bar, pulls themselves up to the top bar must go over the top bar and lower themselves back down to the ground (Marines will direct maneuvering)

 
14- Monkey Bars
Each team member grabs each bar in their hands and swings from bar to bar without falling in the pit.

 
15- Rice Paddy With Logs
Each team member crawls under the logs from one end to the other

16- Parris Island Grinder
Each team member must pass over the top of each log

17- Parallel logs (3' high x 5)
Each team member must pass over the top of each log

18- Hamburger Hill
Triple Hills (10', 15', 20') - each team member runs over the top of each hill
19- Chosen Reservoir
Water Hole (10' deep, 48' long) - each team member jumps in to the water and swims to the opposite end and exits the pit (if you can't swim you may take a penalty of 1 min and walk around)

 
Enter Belleau Woods
20 and 21- Pusan Perimeter

#20 LAV Trench low crawl - each team member crawls under the LAV from one end to the other
#21 Z trench (2 lanes of mud) - each team member runs through the trench from one end to the other and climbs the hill at the end of the trench

22,23 and 24- Hellfire Valley

#22 Parallel logs (5' high x 5) - each team member must pass over the top of each log

 
#23 Cargo Net - ( 12') each team member must climb the net to the top and over climbing back down the other side.

 
#24 Mud hole (waist deep) - each team member must run through the pit


25, 26, and 27- DI'S DELIGHT

#25 Weaver- each team member crawls through the logs alternating between going over and under the logs without touching the ground

 
#26 10' Wall- each team member must get all members over the top of the wall and down the other side

#27 Mud Hole (under logs) - each team member crawls under the logs from one end to the other

28- Mt. Suribachi
Stairway to Heaven (15') - each team member climbs to the top of the wall, over, then down the other side

29, 30, and 31- Heartbreak Ridge

#29 Tire Flip - each team must move the tire by flipping it end over end the length of the obstacles

#30 Arm Walk - each team member must walk the length of the obstacle on their hands without falling or touching the ground

 
#31 Switch Backs - each team member must run the length of the obstacle back and forth across the top of the hill

32- Sandy Run
Stretcher Carry - (100 yards) 3 team members carry the 4th team member on stretcher across the finish line.

Here are a few pictures of us after the race. :0) We'll be back next year!




They handed out soap at the end of the race near the showers. :0)



5 comments:

Angie said...

Wow! Sounds like you are ready to be on Survivor! Great job!

Tia said...

You had WAY more obstacles than the dirty dash! Looks like so much fun. Great job!

Clayton Family said...

Looks totally awesome! Glad you guys had fun!!

The Harrises said...

My goodness that looks like a good ole time and you well deserved the bar soap. I'll have to show the pictures to my husband.

Mindy said...

I'm just now catching up on the blog world, so pardon my late comment, but this looks like fun, prolly a little intense for me, but fun!