2011 race reviewed by: mike Bullock
 | | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: awesome fun - muddy and wet has never felt so good!
In full: A 5 mile lap of mud, big hills, mud, horse jumps, mud, lakes to wade thru, mud, fences, mud, water jumps, mud, scramble nets (id have preferred scrabble nets), mud, fast-feet tyre obstacles, mud, ditches and yet more mud. The end of lap 1 delivers a sludgy steep uphill, to break any last vestiges of willpower you may have
After 1 lap you are given the 'quit' option where you retire to lick your wounds, or the 'double' option where you coax your broken body into a 2nd lap, with the knowledge that that final killer hill lies in wait after 9.8 miles!!!!!!.
Despite the heavy rain, and me slipping into the lake (full submersion is not pleasant), freezing cold, 1 lap was never an option, and believe me its worse the 2nd time as you know what is coming.
Awesome marshalls with a great sense of humour, and some fantastic camaraderie amongst the mud-splattered competitors made this a must-do event from the same team that organised the skeleton run .
The only negative i can find is the lack of orange-boxes for tiny fellas like me to stand on to get over the jumps; long-legged titans strode imperiously over obstacles like greek gods hurdling an ant. Next year i will be sellotaping bean tins to the soles of my trainers to resolve this issue
Thoroughly enjoyable in a sadistic way, with a wicked twist at the end - the field full of cars became so boggy (did i mention the mud and the rain?) that we had to hour push all the stuck cars out.
Date of review: February 27, 2011
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