Kosama Mud Run

Ben ran the Kosama Mud Run today. Ben and the kids donned their sweatbands and we headed off to the crazy 5K at our local "ski hill".

The first half was up and down the big hill, and Ben soon made it to the front of the pack.

The second half was through a muddy obastacle course. We didn't get to see most of it because it was in the woods and the trees hid it all. There were a lot of crazy obstacles: mud pits, a bus to climb over, some tubes to climb through and over to name a few. Ben stayed ahead of most of the people through the obstacle.

We finally caught up with him for the last few obstacles. We saw him run through the river, up a slippery muddy hill, over some huge tires, up a huge mud pile and through the last mud pit:

He was pretty muddy by the end!! Good thing there was a hose to spray off most of the mud :)

I am so proud of Ben. He came in 7th at 36 minutes! I have to admit that I was a bit surprised he did so well because he never has time to exercise, and he never runs. He is just amazing!

Cole pretended he was running the race too. When we could see Ben, Cole would follow close behind. Luckily Ben was ahead of most of the people so Cole wasn't in anyone's way.  Cole crossed the finish line with Ben and was given his warrior feathers like the rest of the runners :)

We had a perfect day at the races!

*I would like to add a disclaimer that I did not dress Cole in that old man tourist shirt...that was all him :)