Last week I was in a race as a first-timer and there was a section where the mud was so deep my foot went in at least 6 inches, and then my shoe got stuck in a root under the mud!!!! It was like one of those horror movies where the swamp thing grabs your foot!

A guy behind me said, "Oh, did you WANT that foot?"

It was really funny. Nice shoes were basically ruined, I should not have worn my good ones, they are silver Northwaves. I scrubed them in the laudry tubs, but they are shot.