Mud Run anyone??

Back a while ago I wrote a short poem about life. Nothing earth shattering. Just an observation.

Life is short.
So go ahead,
Look silly.
Dance and sing in the rain.
Bask in the sunshine.
Go barefoot.
Feel the grass under foot.
Be bold.
Walk barefoot through the mud.
Feel mud ooze between your toes.
Find your Inner Child.
Spend the day with her.
She is fun and so are you!

That little poem is coming back to haunt me. My exercise partner has been yearning to participate in a Mud Run every since she and I watched our first one in St. Louis last year. The Mud Run is for a good cause. It is to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis. Since we make such a good team exercising together, Kathy believes we should continue this partnership by entering the Mud Run as a team this May.

If any of my readers have not heard of a Mun Run they may check out the mud run St. Louis site on the Internet. This is a 10K race through a series of muddy boot camp style obstacles that are surrounded by or entirely in mud. This is not a race for the faint of heart. Beside an enormous mud pit the contestants must swim and crawl through there are obstacles to climb over and slip and slide through. May I remind you, all this encased in a think layer of mud.

So do I have any takers? Any other fools want to join me to raise money for MS? I can almost guarantee I will not be able to finish the race. I am not sure I'll make it over the first obstacle, but life is short. So once again I'll do my best to "look silly" and "feel the mud ooze between my toes".