Mud Run "before photo"

Gotta have this shot so you get the drift that a MUD RUN means just that -- lots of MUD and FUN!! Check out my previous post for the muddy pictures.

Dirty Mudder Puckers -- The Run

WHAT A FEELING

Dirty Mudder Puckers - Bad to the Bone

The Dirty Girl Mud Run 5K was a blast on October 5th!!! Lots of money was raised for breast cancer research with the hope of doing some wonderful things and saving lives. I learned so much from the run and I wanted to share my experience for those of you considering this type of event.

• Run Run Run -- some of the web research that I did indicates not to practice jogging or running -- but to sprint. This particular run had more than sprinting! There was a lot of RUNNING! Prepare.
• Mud Run means just that - Mud! Get ready to have mud in places you never thought possible, and don't expect all of the mud to be gone after one shower.
• No matter what type of shoes you invest in, there will be mud and small pebbles inside them as you are running.
• You CAN save your shoes ----- we washed an entire river of mud and pebbles out of my shoes with a water hose. My white tank ---- that's another story (it is brown now).
• Practice bear crawls; crawling on your belly while pulling with your arms and knees; climbing ropes ---- some HIGH; practice crawling out into a plank and then follow with your feet walkup to a pike and back again; weight train.
• I give kudos to all of the women than ran -- some in shape and some not. Those that were not in shape KEPT ON GOING for the Cause and I salute them!
• Be prepared to be sore and possibly hurt.
• Most of all --- HAVE A GOOD TIME. I loved it and will do it again.

I hope those of you that took advantage of my books being offered free on October 5th enjoyed 
!!

Dirty Mudder Puckers - more volunteers

Peaking now Baby! We are on the way to having a very successful Mud Run. Trained Monday with crawls, squats, jumps, and sprints (of course some light weights too). Tuesday -- we killed it in Nike Training Class!!!! Holy Cow -- we teamed up and I am talking some good sweat swapping. Got another volunteer today for my team -- I am stoked!!! There is still time ladies.

FREE E-BOOKS -- October 5th

To celebrate my first mud run with the Dirty Girls Mud Run supporting breast cancer research and the National Breast Cancer Foundation, I am offering BOTH of my e-books FREE for the day of the race -- OCTOBER 5, 2013.  There is still time to join my team -- Dirty Mudder Puckers. Come run for a good cause AND don't forget to log into Amazon for your free e-books Stilettos to Pom-Poms and Triple F - Fifty Fit and Fabulous on October 5th.

Dirty Mudder Puckers

We've got a week until the Dirty Girls Mud Run event, and the excitement is building. Been hitting the gym hard with running drills, sprints, and of course Yoga. Always sore on Saturday morning (rest day), and then the dance team hits it hard again on Sunday afternoon. Not knowing what to expect makes this event even that much more exciting. Hopefully, I have over trained for the event and it will make me want to advance to the next level. I'd really like to hear from male/females that do mud run events.

Dirty Mudder Puckers - update

It's the Dirty Girls Mud Race coming up October 5th. My team is the Dirty Mudder Puckers, and we will rock-N-mud!! I invested in a good pair of trail runners, and they passed the fitness test today at the gym. I did box jumps, jump squats, and hard sprints ----- felt like I was running on clouds. I am sold! I am posting a picture of what they look like in case you need a recommendation.

Training for a Mud Run

Some of you will know what I am talking about when we discuss training for a Mud Run. This is my first run, so I am completely excited and wanting to learn how to train properly. I'll be running the Dirty Girls Mud Run 5K on October 5th. This run won't be too rough, but I want to approach it like it is the 24-Hour Death Race Mud Run. My team is called DIRTY MUDDER PUCKERS!! Ladies, there is still time to enter the race with me in the DFW area. Join under my team name, and we'd love to have you. I am providing some training tips that I have been adding to my daily routine 6 Tips to help you prepare for a Mud Run. This particular website is wonderful for workout training tips for fitness. Some of this weeks activities included:

• Monday -- Strength-Training with combo box jumps, squats, with light cardio between each set.
• Tuesday -- Nike Training with more box jumps, burpees with combo jump-back pushups, sit-ups of all kinds.
• Wednesday -- Yoga (and I thought this was going to be easy!!!! NOT -- had to leave after 35 min).
• Thursday -- Light strength-training, walking lunges, with strong cardio between each including SPRINTS!! I'll start adding more of these each day ----- I do not like to just RUN - Boring!
• Friday -- I will do more Yoga, but this guy is crazy! He bends like a pretzel and it is more of a power-Yoga --- so it will not be relaxing to say the least.

I hope you too will benefit from my tips and tricks for fitness and health as we move along to the first mud run. I'll also be posting info on the nutrition plan -- as I eat my asparagus with salad/tuna.