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Location was very hard to get to. Many runners had to park up to two miles away and walk in and back. Portapotties were far away from the party area. Not enough event staff present to answer questions. Limited food vendors meant very long lines for food or drink. Ran out of drinking water at race end area. No water to clean up with. Very badly run event. Noblemen pouring beer were the only bright spot.

Fun Race. but....

The race was fun and challenging for me. Compared to other 5Ks in the area though, it was quite disappointing overall. We arrived at 7:10AM to find they were already out of the shirt sizes we needed. This was only 10 minutes after registration was opened, and there were at most 30 people who arrived before us. During the race, most of the obstacles had NO STAFF present. In fact there was very little staff overall. It seemed that a staff person should at least be present at each obstacle in case of injury, or in the case we saw, someone got stuck in the net over one of the mud pits and started to panic a bit. She was alone, and our group stayed to make sure she was ok before we went back on the trail. It was scary to think that someone is supposed to give a particular signal if they needed help or had an emergency, but most of the time, there was no one to see the signal. My group was in the 8:30 wave, and we had the course to ourselves most of the time. The other big disappointment was at the completion of the race. It ended in a different location than it started and was very anticlimactic. There was no one cheering, or even there to see the finishers other than the one MC and the photographer. Also, in my experience at the end of a 5K you are given a goodie bag, as well as the opportunity to have a drink of water. We only had the option of beer, and one of our racers lost her beer ticket somewhere in the mud, and was denied her beer as well. We searched all over for the "sponsor tent" that was mentioned in the write ups to no avail, and also for the food tent we were supposed to bring cash for...also missing. In sum, we paid a high registration fee for what was overall a lacking 5K experience. The race itself was great, but you also pay for the experience, and that was severely lacking this time. We are very disappointed!
It would have also been nice to have a recognition for the Breast Cancer Survivors in the group. Those ladies were in the battle of their lives before coming to the Dirty Girl and should have been honored in some way....especially since less than $2.00 per person went to the Brest Cancer Foundation you named as your charity.

Had an awesome time!! The only thing disapointing was the shower/change tent and the "after party" at the end. Will defentaly be doing it again next year!!!! And upon reading others reviews i am greatful there was no manure lol.

Seattle Mud Run 2013

Does anyone know where the Seattle event is being held? I've been registered for a couple of months and it still says TBA.
Also, are we really going to have to run through manure???

Response: The website has been updated with the location.

I had an awesome time and can not wait till next year. I bet we will get triple the people, because everyone I tell says they want to do it next year. I just wish you had it in a 10k! It was that much fun!

Why does the health dept allow this to go through manure? Doesn't this organization DG care about cancer patients' health??

Anyone become violently ill after the Austin mud run? My daughter and I ran the event together, spent the evening eating at home and out at a well known, high end restaurant with 5 other family members. We all ate the same things.
My daughter and I were sick all night and the next day. No other family members were ill. We are assuming it had to be bacteria in the muddy water. Anyone else?

I agree with Elizabeth. My team was in the 11:30 slot, and when we arrived at 10:00 half the "swag" was already gone, though it was part of the fee we paid. I was equally disappointed that three out of the five mud pits were dry sand and manure pits. I understand it was cold, but we knew when we signed up that it was a "rain or shine" event. The farm was beautiful and the obstacles were fun, but to pay $85 for a "mud" run that only had two pits was very disappointing.

It was fun...not hard at all!! But I seriously think they should forget about the 5k part of it, it seemed dragged out for just a few obstacles. I think it would be a lot ...A Lot... A LOT of fun if all the obstacles were real close to each other in a field so that we could hear music all the time, fun music, and hear the screams and laughter of everybody. just saying!!!

So FUN!

Had a great time with a great group of women!!!