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Good Location/Event, Poor "shower/clean up" Stations

This was my first year participating, and from what I heard from friends who did last year's they made a lot of improvements, more obstacles and more mud, but the crowds cheering on participants was a bit lacking.. Having the race at the Toyota Pavilion is a great location, plenty of port-a-potties, food stands and beverages, could use a few water stations (especially after the really muddy obstacles) to at least rinse your face off.. the slide was dangerous, fun, but I am lucky I didn't strain my neck the way I flew off of it.. maybe it is a little too steep/wet going into the mud pit at the bottom. There was no way to slow yourself or stop at the bottom and many girls, myself included were momentarily air-born and landed pretty hard in the muddy/gravel mixture flat on our backs. Of course you assume risk responsibility when you sign up but considering they market to all women, (with the option to skip obstacles) I think that one was just a little rough. We were a large group in the 10:00 heat and we got all our "swag" and made our way around the event area pretty easily, although it was a bit disorganized. The worst part of the whole thing was the clean up/shower area, which was anything but.. the line was ridiculously long to get into a gigantic tent with a line of low pressure hoses with ICE COLD water, barely enough to rinse off if you could even stand the temperature of the water.. the mud was warmer than the rinse off.. maybe an area for women who wish to be a bit more modest would be nice for future events too.. not everyone was very comfortable with stripping down to their birthday suits with hundreds of other random women you don't know. we managed with our towels to maintain some modesty while changing enough to just get out of there without taking the whole mud pit home with us. Most of our group drove over an hour to get here and had a great time, I was one of the locals who had less of a drive, and luckily we managed pretty well with parking since we were in an earlier heat. From reading other reviews it sounds like we lucked out with one of the better event locations, we will definitely be doing it again next year and adding more dirty girls to our group. My out of area teammates agreed it was worth the drive..

VENUE CHANGE

The venue of the event has changed from Pittsburgh to Fayette Fairgrounds. That is over 2 hours away. I WANT A REFUND!!!

Fun Event - Needs Better Planning

The course and the obstacles I'd give 5 stars, but the poor planning brought this down to 3. The site of the run is home to many large festivals in Va Beach without the traffic snarls this one caused. I suspect the let way too many people register. We ended up parking in a church lot and called the pastor for permission to park there, then walking the mile+ rest of the way since they'd run out of parking. No problems walking in, but very unsafe walking back out.

The course itself was a lot of fun and well laid out. It never felt crowded and there were only 2 very short (under 30 seconds) delays for obstacles at the inflatables you had to climb. They balanced out people climbing vs people sliding for safety concerns. I did this with a friend, and it is definitely a lot of fun to do with someone. I am extremely afraid of heights, but was able to do each obstacle - even the ones I had originally planned to go around. I'd say the majority of participants walked the course. We rna, and there were definitely other runners out there, too.

For the folks complaining about how much (or, rather, little) goes to charity - the Dirty Girl website states they are a for profit company. A lot of companies do not support charities at all, and DG is raising their donation from $250K last year to $1.5Mil this year. From the entry fees, they have to rent the locations, have the obstacles, maintain them, pay their employees, give us swag and give away entries to survivors, plus various other costs i can't begin to comprehend not being a race organizer. This is an event to get out, have fun with your girlfriends and do a little good. If you want more money going to charity, maybe next year skip the run, take your $75 and donate is directly to a breast cancer charity. As for me, I'll be back, but in an earlier wave. And I'll plan to get there uber early to get parking.

This venue states Columbus, OH.....how do you change a venue at the last minute. WANT A REFUND!!!!!

A simple easy obstacle course

Venue overall was better than last year. Beautiful terrain and views throughout the course. Obstacles overall were also better. A little more challenging and fun. The people, both staff and participants were very friendly and helpful. However the crowd was MUCH smaller and the whole thing was very anticlimactic at the end. I never saw food vendors and did not have the option of getting water at the end. The after party was nonexistent because everyone wanted to change clothes because the weather wasn't great. This meant that everyone had to walk away from the finish line and back up to the start area, which was a good clip away. No one was hanging around the finish line to cheer everyone, like last year. Please consider giving more than $2 of my $75 fee ( plus $10 parking ) to the charity you selected. I had an overall good experience and will be joining you again next year.

I loved it!!! Lake Lanier was beautiful!! The parking was easy, the check in was easy and everything went smooth. We enjoyed ourselves and the course. I will do it again next year if at all possible!!!

Information needed

I haven't made the run yet but, I am concerned that there is still no location listed. In reading reviews it sounds like this has been a problem at other runs. Anyone who is running in KC in June know where it will be located? Only less than one star so far for poor organization.

Location of race not what I paid for

It made me give it at least 1 star where it doesn't deserve ANY!! I paid for this race to be in COLUMBUS, OH not nearly 2 hours away closer to Cincinnati. I want a refund based on the fact that you guys misleadingly advertise this to be in Columbus and it is not. This is unacceptable.

Fun BUT..........

First of all, my friends and I had a great time. However, we have a lot of "buts"!! The whole event was extemely unorganized. Parking was a nightmare. It took me an hour and 15 minutes to travel 1 mile on West Neck Road toward the event, and then was told there was no more parking. So I was redirected to a horse field where I had to pay $10 to park and then walk a mile to the event!!! The water in the changing tent ran out and so I stood in line forever to use a hose outside. The only porta-potties were near the start of the race. NONE near the food/beverage area. Another idea, maybe some healthier food vendors? Also, perhaps too many participants were allowed to register and not enough space to accommodate them?

Not too bad

This 5k wasn't too bad for my first run. It reminded me of basic training with a little bit more mud. There was a lot of enthusiasm from the runners and the MC. He did a good job pumping us up, my husband thought he was a little over the top on some of the stuff he said, though. I was disappointed that right as I got in the hose down/ changing room they ran out of water. The parking sucked too. I paid $100 for this race and the parking was supposed to included. My husband was directed into a parking area and charged $10! Also, more medics or staff were needed on site, a woman required a medic at the third obstacle and it took them forever to go to her bc no one was around! All in all, the race was fun, the lack of planning was horrible. I hope next years is better!!!