Muddy Buddy 09 San Jose

This weekend we went down to San Jose to compete in the Muddy Buddy. We left Reno on Saturday afternoon, so we could have dinner with the family and pick up our race packets at REI. Saturday night we went out to dinner with my Dad and Stephanie, Dave and Diane, Ginger and Alex and John. It was great to be able to see the family even if it was only for a few hours.

Sunday we awoke at 5am which sucked. We needed to be at Grant park by 6:30 for the Muddy Buddy. Danielle's parents came along to get a good laugh seeing us all muddy, and thanks to them for getting all these pics taken. The race is a 6.3 mile leap frog with 5 legs, there were 4 obstacles, after each obstacle Danielle and I swapped from Riding the bike to Trail running, she bike 3 and ran 2 legs and I ran 3 and biked 2 legs. The first leg was only a mile but had about 500 vert it was a killer. After that the course wasn't to bad, along the course we crawled under a cargo net, over a climbing wall, up a cargo net and down a slide, across a balance beam and last but not least a huge mud pit. The race was a lot of fun and can't wait for next year. Not sure of our exact standings yet but there was 1250 teams and I think we were in the middle of the pack.

What a great way to spend a day.