Mud Girl
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Just Say Yes
By D’ette Corona

It doesn’t matter how fast or how far you’re going. If you’re putting on your shoes and going out for a run, you are a runner, you are in that club.
~Kara Goucher

Sure, as a child I made mud patties and loved to play in the sandbox and build sandcastles at the beach, but at fifty-three years old I couldn’t imagine myself playing in the dirt much less mud.

It started so casually. Six months earlier, while warming up for a workout, the trainer at my gym announced that she was signing up for the Mud Girl Run, a 5k obstacle race dedicated to women, with money going to breast cancer research. She asked if anyone wanted to join her team. (Keep reading)