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Great Team Event for All Levels

This event was fun for the whole team. We had rookies through seasoned veterans running and all had a great time doing the course. There weren't many surprises in regards to the obstacles. There were the standard high walls, mud pits, barbed wire and balancing acts. The obstacles were spaced at about every half mile and there weren't long lines. While they weren't so challenging, this is always a fun course to run and especially to get the "newbies" out to. They get a great taste for OCRs without the intimidation. I was also impressed with the family atmosphere. Yes, there was the beer tent (Thanks to my server who made sure I never paid for a beer!), but there were also all kinds of inflatables and kids-style games. An added bonus to the Dinwiddie location was that we found a few shower stalls in the women's restroom. Awesome benefit on a cold day! Overall, great race for a day of fun.

Rugged maniac- Looking for a team for Dallas, 2013

Hey looking for a team for Dallas, Texas race 2013. email me if interested. currently have no one!!!

Lotsa fun - would do it again

Ihave run in the NJ marathon and did the Tough Mudder at this same location (Raceway Park) last fall and I think this event went really well. Parking was $10, but it was quick to get in and out. There was almost no waiting around - plenty of registration tables only line was for the go-pro/POV video rental tent (those guys were dicks). Unlike TM, there is little start game banter or an MC to get folks amped up. There was also no control on start times. We got there early and because there were no lines - we were ready at 9am but had a start time of 9:30, so we just took off with the 9am wave. Obstacles were fun but not too challenging, not hanging events (rings or monkey bars) event the wooden walls were kinda easy because they had 4x4s tacked to them at 3 and 6 ft levels. Very chick friendly, at the TM we had to haul some of the weaker teammates over obstacles, not a problem on this course. Plenty of mud - great low crawl events and lots of barbed wire. 12 of our 14 member team were first timers and they thought it was a blast and were encouraged that they could complete the course and tackle every obstacle. The shower point was efficient - no huge lines or anything, but it was placed next to registration and if there was a changing tent I never found it. At TM at the same location, the shower point was a little less public - letting you get a good wash without flashing your junk to the whole crowd.
Course - was great
Obstacles were good - not that hard
Organization was Excellent

Well organized, more challenging than a warrior dash, fun obstacles, muddy, and an overall great event. Will do it again!

One of the best all around mud runs

the phoenix event was totally awesome!!! this was my 4th mud race and i thought it was the best one i had been too so far. the obstacles were challenging and well placed over all the course and the mud pits were really filthy! my fav part of the event tho was the afterparty, awesome music and beer with lots of food vendors. my friends and i ran in the 9:30 wave and didnt end up leaving until they shut down around 5:30. im a rugged maniac!

Good run if you just want to do it.

This run was very brutal, which I enjoyed. This is a pro... Now the cons... No enough or lack of photographers. We were only in 1 picture hopping over fire (Which looked terrible). They didnt even get any pictures of my girlfriends son. We didnt even have any pictures of crossing the finish line. They started packing up at about 2 pm before the last of the runners at 3 pm even started.

So if you want to run the race just to say you did it...Cool... In my opinion the Warrior dash was easier but at least we got pictures, medal and crappy viking hat.

For the money the Rugged Maniac was asking to run is not worth just running the race.

Complete blast

This was my first mud run and all I knew about it was what I saw on the website. It looked like a lot of fun and a good challenge for a guy that had just lost ninety pounds. I wanted to push my new found fitness and prove to myself that I am still somewhat an athlete. It was a challenging course, (ski slope) the hills were insane. The weather in Kansas City this time of year can be 75 to 25. Fortunately it was a balmy 44 degrees (sarcasm) which made the course even more of a challenge. Getting into water that cold takes a little bit of nerve. My wife and I finished together and we both agreed we have not had that much fun in a long time. Thank you Rugged Maniac!!

So Much Fun!

This was my first OCR, and I had a complete and total blast. I was VERY nervous going into it, but I trained for the event several months, mostly so I could run any distance.

The course itself was on a motor cross track, which had ups and downs, but for a first timer, way more manageable than, say, a ski slope! I found the obstacles occasionally challenging, but the only one that caused me to hesitate was jumping over fire. Probably because I actually stopped to think about it, I psyched myself out a little bit. The rest of the obstacles were very approachable and achievable by a beginner obstacle course racer. The walls had a step built in that you could use if you were unable to just jump and pull yourself up to the top.

That said, my one complaint is that the steps on just about everything were set very far apart. My much taller friend found it challenging, and being short, made it even more difficult. The one that sticks out was the one where you are stepping from stump to stump. A friend of mine gave me a hand, it would have been nice if one of the rows of stumps was set slightly closer together. Without my friend's help, I would have had to leap from one mud covered stump to the next, which sounds horrifically dangerous!

In the middle of the course there was a slide - which, I'll be honest, I had a blast with. I did see a lot of injuries from the slide, however (mostly bruises and scrapes), and one of my friends who is more familiar with OCR's said it was needlessly dangerous, because it was the kind of thing that you couldn't do safely by training for it or being prepared. Basically, through most of the slide, you were completely out of control, and just had to go with the flow. Lots of feet hitting into heads and backs as a result.

Overall, it was a great introduction to OCR's and I'm already signed up for two more. I'm also signed up to do the RM next year again - all of us on my team are.