{"id":564,"date":"2005-09-11T20:50:34","date_gmt":"2005-09-12T03:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=564"},"modified":"2008-01-25T18:59:20","modified_gmt":"2008-01-26T01:59:20","slug":"the-los-angeles-county-sheriff-departments-annual-mud-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=564","title":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles County Sheriff Department’s Annual Mud Run"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles County Sheriff Department’s Annual Mud Run<\/o:p><\/p>\n

In Memory of Deputy Jerry Ortiz <\/o:p><\/p>\n

It’s not everyone who gets invited to pay $25 to run through dirt and mud, but I was one of the chosen few.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Steve, Laurie, Jake and John from American Diving, my brother Paul and me went met up at the Sheriff\u2019s training and jail facility in Saugus<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>Basically, you pay $25 to race five miles through an obstacle course of dirt and mud. <\/span><\/p>\n

To further enhance the experience, the Deputies fire blanks (I hope they were blanks) over your head in some parts of the course.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>I was told to “bring clothes that you can just throw away and an extra change of clothes for afterwards.”
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This was a charity event to provide cash money to the family of fallen officers between the time they die and before their death benefits are paid.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

S<\/o:p>ome participants went there competitively; most of the American Diving group was determined to get the slowest time by walking.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>My brother and I decided to go at a light jog so we wouldn’t have to worry about them running out of beer before we finished.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>So at the prompt of canon and machine gun fire, several hundred participants started down a long, dirt path that led in to an ankle deep mud pit and out.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>It wasn’t before long I felt the gravel in my shoes. <\/span><\/p>\n

I had duct taped my pant legs to my shoes, but I guess I didn’t cover all the holes.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>Every mile or so of dirt was a mud obstacle course that got deeper and more disgusting as the course went on.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>At one point, there was a mud hill that you had to climb over, jump in a pool of mud, swim to the other side and climb up the opposing muddy hill. <\/span><\/o:p><\/p>\n

T<\/o:p>owards the end of the run, we had to slide through mud on our stomachs under a wire mesh. <\/span><\/p>\n

This particular pit smelled like swamp sludge and horse shit. <\/span><\/p>\n

What made it extra enjoyable were the participants in front of me kicking mud in my face as they raced to the other side.<\/p>\n

\"My<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n

So, in about an hour and forty minutes after the beginning, my brother and I victoriously finished in “not last” place.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

<\/o:p>The rest of our group was only 20 minutes behind us.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>We hosed off, threw away our clothes and changed to our extra set.<\/p>\n

I have to say one thing about the Sheriffs – they know how to throw a party! <\/span><\/p>\n

$1 beers, $1 hotdogs, $1 hamburgers! <\/span><\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Sheriffs awarded prizes to the various categories of winners – first place male, first place female, best team time, etc.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

<\/o:p>We sat, talked and drank for a couple of hour before taking a final group shot.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

<\/o:p>We all had fun, I hope – my brother was calling this the “dumb run.”<\/o:p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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