Women Can Race Dirty at the Pretty Muddy 5K

Your girls night out just got a whole lot muddier. And a whole lot more daylight. The Pretty Muddy women-only 5K is an obstacle/fun run created by two husbands who thought their wives needed a better outlet for all their work-life-family balance. Their wives, and millions like them, needed a new way to let loose, have fun, and forget about it all, even for an hour or so.

Pretty Muddy will host its inaugural race in Chicago on September 15 and follow that with five more runs through November in Columbus, New York City, Jacksonville, Tampa, and Miami. The 3.1 mile course will be saturated in mud… meaning each pretty lady who crosses the finish line will be one big muddy mess. The course is also no ordinary 5K, as along the way runners will encounter a number of various obstacles that will push them physically and mentally… not to mention help them get even muddier.

Pretty Muddy isn't just trying to do good for all the women out there looking for an endurance race all their own, they're trying to make a difference in the communities they visit. Each race will match itself with a local charitable organization and donate to them a portion of the registration fees. In Chicago, Pretty Muddy has partnered with the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Circle of Friends.

When was the last time your wine night did that kind of good… or burned that many calories?

This race joins a host of other adventure races making quite an impact on the running scene in the past couple of years. Glow Run, Color Run, Warrior Dash, and Ragnar Relay are a few examples of races that have taken the start-to-finish line timed races and beat new life in to them. People who might not consider themselves runners or who may have been too intimidated to train for formal half- or full-marathons now have a place where they can run, too.

The only people who aren't invited to run at Pretty Muddy are the men. This is a no-boys-allowed race, and from the bright purple T-shirts to the lovely name it's evident that this mud is reserved for the girls.

Will you take on Pretty Muddy? Your first chance is September 15 in Chicago, where you can be amongst the very first people to ever finish a Pretty Muddy! Check out the full Pretty Muddy schedule to find a race near you and register.

Want in to a Pretty Muddy for free? We've got an exclusive opportunity to name one of the Pretty Muddy obstacles on our Facebook page. Just visit us on Facebook to participate or click here to get the full details. You've got until August 23, so don't wait!

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