Gettin' Down N Dirty!!

This past weekend Alex and I did the Rockwell Mud O Cross in Woods Cross.  It was my very first 5k ever and holy cow was it difficult!  The proceeds went to JDRF so it was way cool.  Our team was basically a group of 5 and a group of 10 of Alex's co-workers.  A lady he works with has a daughter with diabetes so she was our team mascot and she made our shirts as well.  TEAM PAYTON! =)

Anywho, the first 2 miles was just a normal run but the last mile was where the mud came in.  A flaming awesome mud obstacle course. It was sooo much fun, but soooo hard at the same time.  I thought I was gonna die.  Alex was in the team of 5 and his team was the fastest of all the groups.  Yeah, he left me in the dust but ended up getting a trophy for it.  But halfway through the mud part (after he'd crossed the finish line) he came back to rescue me and help me finish.  It was perfect timing too because I don't think I could have made the climb up the giant mud hill/slide without him pushing my butt up it.  Literally.    

Here's some before pictures...

The classic 'Alex can't keep his eyes open' shot.  =)

These are all pictures of me being nervous out of my mind wondering what the heck I signed myself up for. 

We both had long sleeve shirts on underneath our humongous shirts that Payton made because we thought we'd be cold.  2 minutes after this photo was taken, the 65 degree weather in the sun was too hot for us so we went back to the car and took them off. lol

Alex and his co-workers.

And cue the mud...

Not many 'action' shots really cuz it was hard for onlookers to get real close.  BUT the whole race will be on tv next Sunday.  We're gonna be famous!!  The pros at the race also took pics that should be online soon for us to see as well.  

Us being dirty ;).  

Ps, the port o potties totally completed this photo, dont ya think?  lol

Mud in my baby's hair

Soooo relieved be to going home.

I forgot to take off my toe ring?

Us =).  We made it  =).  Our only battle wounds were a tiny pebble that got lodged into the bottom of my foot during the race, and Alex got a slight sunburn on his face and neck.

So that's it.  My first 5k.  Alex's 958th 5k.  I was super excited to get my first running shirt in the little grab bags we got.  (Idk what they're really called.)  Pretty proud of myself.  We'll be doing it again in September for sure  =).  Wanna join?