My sister-in-law heard about this fun race,
The Foam Fest, in North Ogden and asked if Brennen and I wanted to run it with Tyler (she was running with her son Dallin in the Rugrat Race division). It sounded like a blast so we decided why not? I mean, who wouldn't want to run 3 miles through foam, water, and various obstacle courses?! Sounded like a win-win to me. Now, I am in no way a runner. The only thing I like to run is around the bases so I must admit I was a bit nervous to run 3 miles. Luckily I had my best friend Kara who
I made run with me happily joined our team, the Chudley Cannons (more info on that later). I'm pretty sure we laughed and talked the entire time. There was a bit more running at the first than I thought but it wasn't too bad and we didn't stop the entire time. The boys were nice enough to slow down their pace for us girls but I don't think we held them up too much. My favorite obstacle was crossing the pond on these interlinked inner-tubes. So fun and totally hilarious. I narrowly avoided falling into the pond head first more than a few times.
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| The Chudley Cannons |
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| On your marks, get set, GO! |
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| Army crawl under the barbed wire. |
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| Rushing away from the oncoming sprinkler. |
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| My favorite obstacle. |
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| Embrace the foam. |
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| "Car wash" |
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| Home stretch |
The foam
tasted terrible was light and fluffy but missing that clean fresh scent I was expecting. All in all it was a successful event and we all plan on running it again next year.
A little background information on our team The Chudley Cannons. Dallin is a big Harry Potter fan so they wanted to do something that related to that.
"The Chudley Cannons was a British Quidditch team that played in the British and Irish Quidditch League. They wore bright orange robes, and their logo included two black Cs and a speeding cannonball. They have won the League Cup twenty-one times, the last time in 1892; many consider their glory days to be over. There used to exist a Chudley Cannons Fan Club.
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We shall conquer" until
1972, when it was changed to "
Let's all just keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best"
After reading the team motto they knew it was the perfect fit for our team. (Chudley Cannon information was found
here)
**Photos courtesy of my awesome sister-in-law Suzanne. THANKS SUZANNE!**
5 COMMENTS:
Who took the pictures? Those were great! Did anyone get hurt in that barbed wire?! Sheesh! The inner tubes looked fun but I would have totally fallen in.
Ha ha, how fun!
I too thought the barbed wire looked dangerous! This run looked lots cleaner than our mud run! HAHA
This makes running look fun...except the soggy shoes part. But even still it looks awesome! Maybe next year we can join the Chuddley Cannons!
Yay for the Foam Fest and Chudly Cannons! :) Oh, that was the best run EVER Aimee and I'm so glad you talked me into it! It will definitely become a yearly tradition if you ask me. Next time we'll be prepared for the first part and we'll learn to keep our mouths shut...haha! Good times!
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