Last Saturday we headed up to Soldier Hollow for the first ever Utah Dirty Dash. My sister was planning on doing it with some friends so some of my brothers thought it would be fun and talked Dave into joining their team of 5. The first order of business was to eat some breakfast.
Don't they look excited? They all had their matching shirts on because the boys were doing a mini race after the big one.
Before the race.L to R: Kevin Crandall, Jordan Chambers, Dave Bytheway, Chad Chambers, Ryan Crandall.
The race was a 10K with obsticles through out the whole thing. It started out with everyone running up a mud hill and then during the course they had walls to climb over, tunnels to crawl through, tires to step over, a ravine to go down and back up, a bunch of switch backs, a few hills, a slip and slide coming down the last hill and of course they ended the race with a big mud pit that you had to crawl through.
I think Dave is at the top of the mud pit going under the flags.
The after shot.L to R: Ryan Crandall, Jordan Chambers, Chad Chambers, Dave Bytheway, Kevin Crandall
Dave totally dove head first into the mud pit. He said it was actually pretty fun.
Then after the 10K they had a one mile Piglet Plunge that the boys and two of their cousins ran in. They were pretty excited about their tatoos. After running up the mud hill and back down, Zack just looked at me and told me it was lame. After the mud hill they ran up to the top of the slip and slide and came down that and then finished off with a dip in the mud pit. I'm actually surprised that none of them lost a shoe or got stuck themselves. Preston was smiling the whole time that I could see him. And Zack even cheered when he finally climbed out of the mud pit.
Dave was such a good sport to go along with them after he had just barely gotten cleaned off from his own race.
Preston asked me if I wanted a hug. I think I will pass!
Apparently the water was freezing. The boys wouldn't get under the shower so Dave was just trying to splash it on them. He did the best he could and then we just changed them and headed home. They were all pretty worn out. Lucas and Rachel were so good just hanging out the entire time. But Lucas was asleep before we even left the parking lot and Rachel wasn't too far behind him.
It was a pretty fun day. When we got home, everyone showered, ate dinner and then we headed off to the circus. Needless to say, we all slept in the next day.
Dave totally dove head first into the mud pit. He said it was actually pretty fun.
Then after the 10K they had a one mile Piglet Plunge that the boys and two of their cousins ran in. They were pretty excited about their tatoos. After running up the mud hill and back down, Zack just looked at me and told me it was lame. After the mud hill they ran up to the top of the slip and slide and came down that and then finished off with a dip in the mud pit. I'm actually surprised that none of them lost a shoe or got stuck themselves. Preston was smiling the whole time that I could see him. And Zack even cheered when he finally climbed out of the mud pit. 
Dave was such a good sport to go along with them after he had just barely gotten cleaned off from his own race. 
Preston told me it was awesome. I think Jack liked it. And all I ever got from Zack was that it was lame and he wished he had just stayed home by himself all day.
Preston asked me if I wanted a hug. I think I will pass!
Apparently the water was freezing. The boys wouldn't get under the shower so Dave was just trying to splash it on them. He did the best he could and then we just changed them and headed home. They were all pretty worn out. Lucas and Rachel were so good just hanging out the entire time. But Lucas was asleep before we even left the parking lot and Rachel wasn't too far behind him. 
It was a pretty fun day. When we got home, everyone showered, ate dinner and then we headed off to the circus. Needless to say, we all slept in the next day. 
