WDW Muddy Buddy 2007 Race Report:
Thanks to everyone that expressed encouragement for the event and concern for the wildfire smoke. Fortunately, The smoke was a non-issue and the skies over Orlando were clear.
Our goal (DS17 and me) was to better last year's time of 00:53:48.4. So with that in mind, I went to bed early - early Saturday at 12:30am. We got up at 4:00am and hit the road at 4:30 so we would arrive around 6:00am. We checked in, got our race numbers and goody bags then went back to the truck to rest up for the 8:00am start sequence.
We were also in the second group to start with Jim and his son, but I did'nt know any other Wishers were participating. Could have had a micro Wish meet. DS and I were wearing lime green singlets to represent.
I started out the first leg on the bike and DS started 2 minutes later running. The first leg was about 1.1 miles long, went over a grass, pavement, gravel and sidewalks and ended at the first obstacle. So I parked the bike and completed the obstacle which I think was a short rock climb wall, then took off on a run for the second leg.
The second leg was 1.2 miles that went in and around the ballfields and ended with a rope net/ladder that went up the steep side of an inflatible structure and culminated with a slide down the back side. I found the bike and took off riding on the third leg.
The third leg was about 1.4 miles around more lakes and fields. I got to the third obstacle, parked the bike and ran along 3 balance beams and took of off on a run for the 4th leg.
The 4th leg ran for 1.3 miles through some wooded trails with a lot of sugar sand and not much air movement. Is seemed like it took forever. the obstacle at the end of the leg was an over/under weave through parallel horizontal bars. Found the bike and took off riding on the last leg.
The last leg started in the woods, then headed along the entry road embankment off-camber, then headed towards WWoS along dirt paths and sidewalks 1.4 miles to the final obstacle - the mud pit.
Last year when I got to the mud pit DS was waiting for me. This year I was waiting on him. He arrived on a run after 3 minutes and we hit the pit together and crawled through red-clay mud, got up and finished in 00:58:28.9. Almost 5 minutes slower than last year.
We didn't meet our goal, but we had a ton of fun and DS is already strategising for next year. Let's see - how about some wider tires on the bike to help him in the sand, and our training for Goofy in January certainly won't hurt.
Here's the course:
Chester
Great job!
Great pics too thanks for sharing! Such an interesting race so it's really nice to see more on it. 
really having fun in that mud pit.
I have mixed feelings about my "triathlete" moniker. I knew the swim would be tough for me. About halfway to the first buoy in the open water swim through Seven Seas Lagoon, I was approached by one of the volunteer "swim angels" on the course. Because I was struggling, she would periodically ask me to swim with a noodle. In my mind, that's cheating 
and I'm having a hard time feeling good about what I did. To frame it as positively as I can, I can honestly say that I swam the entire way without stopping and that I completed the entire course (finishing 1064th in the swim, which made it REALLY easy to locate my bike in the transition area! 
). The biggest surprise for me was that I found swimming in the lake very pleasant -- much nicer than the pool. I just took too long. The bike went as expected, considering I had spent virtually all my training time on learning to swim (I spent 5 days a week in the pool since February). I did slightly under a 15-minute mile during the run/walk through the Magic Kingdom -- I should have done better, but I was tiring.
Please STOP belittling your accomplishment!!! YOU FINISHED A TRI!!!!!
Congratulations!!! Looking forward to seeing you in October! 
Anne
Time, shmime..You've been a busy woman AND still recovering healthwise...not to mention your Minnie weekend!!! Way to go, Cam!!
