Mud races are becoming more and more popular, but due to liability issues, most of them require participants to be over a certain “adult” age in order to participate. Not so at the Kids Obstacle Challenge! This race is designed for children ages 5-16, therefore the obstacles are scaled accordingly. There are four Northwest locations for the Kids Obstacle Challenge this year, and the Portland area event takes place at Lee Farms in Tualatin on…
I’ve absolutely never in my life participated in a mud run. Granted, I am an avid trail runner, so I have experienced my fair share of mud, high water, and other nastiness – but never in a ‘mud run’ sort-of-way. I’m seriously considering taking the plunge and experiencing this phenomena at the Dirty Leprechaun event, by Terrapin Events. Saturday, March 12 at Lee Farms in Tualatin, Oregon, get ready to celebrate the upcoming St. Patrick’s…
My 10-year-old son has run several 5k races with me, and while he’s not terribly excited about running, he’s a good sport and completes the run. So when I told him that I signed him up for the Subaru Kids Obstacle Challenge, he wasn’t so sure. The morning of the race, he was warming up to the idea a little bit, and by the time we arrived at Lee Farms, he was quite excited.
I fight with my kids on a daily basis to clean their faces and wash their hands, however on July 11th that fight will be null as I wallow through the mud with my 5 year old daughter. She is over the moon, though a little nervous about some of the obstacles. You don’t have to be nervous! This event offers a little something for everyone to fit each fitness level ranging from 5 years…
Over the past few years, adventure races have become more popular, and runs including mud, obstacles, color, water or bubbles are easy to find. Several of the tougher obstacle races have an age minimum that will exclude kids from participating. The Kids Obstacle Challenge is a mud and obstacle race that is geared specifically towards children ages 5-16. And good news for parents: You can join the course for free with your child’s paid registration.
The 2015 My Muddy Valentine was my 4th obstacle course/mud run event I have ever attended. These are a recent addition to my race calendar, and generally are a lot of fun. Since most I have attended are in the summer, heat and dust are the normal negative factors that are associated with them. So an oddly warm Saturday in February made for a very good time at Lee Farms in Tigard. Terrapin Events put on a…
The very first race I ran since my fortysomething running renaissance was the inaugural Zombie Apocalypse Run, which was held at Lee Farms in Tualatin in October 2011. I was devoured (i.e., lost both of my “life” flags) around two-thirds of the way through the course, but I had an incredibly fun time. I had no idea racing could be so fun! And so I transitioned from running for health to running for sport. Since…
Well, I “ran” the Terrapin My Muddy Valentine course and lived to tell the tale! For being an inaugural race, I was really impressed by how pulled together and smooth this race ran, Terrapin knows what they’re doing. You may remember from my recap how excited I was for the mud, well, they delivered on the mud and obstacles part of the race. The mud was INSANE, I found myself slipping down and up hills and…
