On 11/21/09, I participated in the Living History Farms Run in Urbandale, Iowa. It’s a 7-mile, extreme cross-country event with 7500 participants from all over the US. We ran through cornfields and woods, crossed a (very cold) stream 8 times, crawled up mud banks, climbed near-vertical hills, scrambled over haystacks, and enjoyed the camaraderie of a vast array of like-minded crazies. I ran this with my bud, Don Foltz and two of his relatives, Steve Reicks and Susie Busta. The only time we split up was when we lost Steve during a bio-break. This is why you see lots of them in the video – I was behind the camera. The winner actually finished in less than 40 minutes, my time was just under 2 hours. But in an event like this, there is no time goal for 98% of us. The fun is the goal. And it was 100% accomplished!

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the best race ever
i plan on doing it every year till i cant

September 3, 2010 3:41 pm

This was my first year running this! Thank you for posting it!

September 3, 2010 4:03 pm

Nope, just carrying my point-and shoot and getting shots when I had the chance. Wish I’d captured the whole thing!!!

September 3, 2010 4:09 pm

I did this run a couple years back… way too much fun

September 3, 2010 4:51 pm

Were you the guy with the video camera taped to your hat?

September 3, 2010 4:54 pm

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