WIN A Pretty Muddy 5K Entry $69.50 Value Each (2 Available) #PrettyChi #fitness

WIN a $69.50 Pretty Muddy Women's Mud Run Entry for Milwaukee WI, Chicago IL, or Richmond, VA (2 available)!

Here at ChiIL Mama, it's been our great pleasure to be part of The Team Pretty Muddy Blogger Network for all 3 years of their existence now. Last summer I was in their first Family Wave EVER, right here in the Chicago region with my two kids and a friend of ours who is the daughter of a breast cancer survivor who ran in an earlier Pretty Muddy wave with a group of survivors.  We had a BLAST and highly recommend it!!

Click here for our full photo filled (& mud filled) recap.

Disclosure: ChiIL Mama is elated to be partnering again with Pretty Muddy for the 3rd year. Thanks to Pretty Muddy for providing our giveaway tickets. As always, all opinions, photos, and experiences are our own.

Enter HERE for your chance to WIN!

We're giving away TWO entries to Pretty Muddy to 2 of our lucky readers. ChiIL out with ChiIL Mama and do something great for your body and spirit. Mud runs are FUN!  Pretty Muddy also donates to cancer research, so you can do some social good by running as well.

Entries open nation wide and can be used in ANY upcoming 2014 Pretty Muddy races. Enter through midnight Tuesday, July 29th. Spread the word via social media for additional entries. Check back with ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL... early and often for more great giveaways, interviews, news, reviews, original content & photo/video filled features. 

UPCOMING MUD RUNS:

August 2nd Milwaukee, WI
August 16th Chicago, IL
September 20th Richmond, VA


Super Grrrrrrrrls, Sage & Leah.




Team ChiIL Mama Vs. MUD.  Bring it!! Dugan, Sage & Leah are ready.




Go at your own pace. Walk-run-slither-crawl... Stay and play or do fun obstacles as many times as you want. Everyone who crosses the finish line gets a medal!

Kids 13 and under (female or male) are just $25 and run in the Family Wave at 1pm

Pretty Muddy is a 5k adventurous obstacle course mud run for any woman who wants to get outside, spend time with friends and have fun.

– 5k Course (3.1 miles, run or walk)
– Women Only (sorry, guys)
– Mud (lots of it!)
– Architectural Obstacles (much better than shabby hay bales and shaky plywood)
– Pretty Epic Finish Line Party (Entertainment, music, drinks & celebration galore)

Click here for more info and to register today.

Disclosure: Once again, ChiIL Mama is elated to be partnering again with Pretty Muddy for the 3rd year. Thanks to Pretty Muddy for providing our giveaway tickets. As always, all opinions, photos, and experiences are our own.

ChiIL Mama's Pretty Muddy Chicago Photo Recap #PrettyChi #fitness #PrettyMuddy

ChiIL Mama got down n dirty Sunday, at the 2nd annual Pretty Muddy Mud Run!   This year they added a fam friendly final wave which could include women, men & children (ages 6+) and TEAM ChiIL Mama included my son, Du-Jay (12), daughter Sagezilla (10), and her friend, Leah (also 10) whose mom ran the 5K in the first morning wave (women only 14+).   Come chiIL out vicariously with our photo filled recap. 



This was the first mud run ever, for all 4 of us and we had a BLAST!   All the kids were already clamoring to do it again next year as soon as the course ended.   I broke out my good pro cam for before and afters, but just ran with my Galaxy 4s (a smart choice!).   The slide show above is my good Canon.   I'll be publishing a full slideshow of my phone pixs shortly.   In the mean time, click here to get a sneak peek at our Instagram page, or on My Facebook or FB ChiIL Mama Page  and Twitter feed.

Sagezilla and Leah Vs. Mud... let the games begin!

We made ChiIL out with ChiIL Mama bandanas and bags for our 4 team members and the kids got a kick out of all the compliments we got on them.

The run itself was the high point, with crazy fun obstacles including an inflatable water slide into a mud pit, a giant rope net climbing wall called "social networking", a mud volley ball pit you had to commando crawl through, a bubble tunnel and more.

We did indeed get PRETTY MUDDY.










It was cool to see a great turn out of Chicago bloggers.  It was also super impressive to see oncology nurses running alongside current patients and to hear about all the fabulous fundraising going on.   A friend of ours was excited to run the first wave with a group of young breast cancer survivors.   

Pretty Muddy says:  A BIG special thank you to our Chicago partner Susan G. Komen Chicagoland Area, and our national partner Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation!

If you are looking for more great photographs from the event, they will be available on Wednesday, September 11^th.  Please log onto Oz Sports Photography and choose the Pretty Muddy Chicago gallery! Be sure to check out #PrettyChi on Instagram for some awesome participant photos too!

The mood was festive and fun, with live music, dancing, frozen yogurt & other tasty food for sale, free beer/flavored waters/granola bars, and outdoor games like corn hole.

What was the deal with all the brave n crazy dudes wearing white shirts to a MUD RUN.  Was I the only one who wanted to slap 'em on the back?

Seen on the Scene #PrettyChi:

We dig the t-shirt "My Wife Gets Down And Dirty"

Check back with us like we vote in Chi, IL... early and often.   ChiIL Mama's got the latest scoop on fun in Chi, IL and beyond.

TONIGHT: Pretty Muddy Pre-Party at Bar Louie in River North & Race Details For 5K and Family Editions 7pm #mudrun #5K

Who says pretty n muddy are mutually exclusive?!   Not us.   ChiIL out with loads of local bloggers, press and women who are ready to run the Pretty Muddy 5k in Chicago next weekend and/or the Family Edition.   

ChiIL Mama and Sagezilla are going to do the all new family run.   Check it out.   It's not too late to register.   We've been promoting Pretty Muddy for the last two years, but we had a music fest to cover last year and didn't get to run.   So this will be our first!   When I began talking about doing Pretty Muddy, my 10 year old daughter really really really wanted to do it too.   She was bummed the age limit for the 5k is 14+ by race day (under 18's need a parent or guardian present too).

Pretty Muddy's newest “news” is the Pretty Muddy Family Edition!   

Are you a moms that would like to have your family be part of the event?   This one's for YOU.

·         Family Edition is 1 hour of “Family Waves” every 10 minutes, taking place after the “Female-only Waves” have commenced for the day.

·         This wave is for women, their kids, and even their hubbies!

·         Children must be 6 years old, and at least 48 inches tall in order to participate.

·         Children 13 and under MUST be accompanied by an adult (18+) throughout the entire course.

·         Those women that choose to participate in one of the “Female-only Waves” can run again with their families for free in the “Family Waves”.

·         All finishers will receive a medal!

Click here for all the official info about the Pretty Muddy Women Only 5K and the Family Edition.   Then register on line or in person tonight at Bar Louie.   I double dog dare you!