Thoughts from the underground

Last weekend I participated in the muddy buddy even with my younger brother Frank. He is 14 years old and barely made the the cutoff in terms of age. The last time I was in the muddy buddy was in 2002 with my other younger brother  Cesar. He was 24 at the time. The MuddyBuddy event is a 6-7 mile course. It consists of a team of 2. One starts on the bike and one starts running. There are 5 points where you do an obstacle course and switch. The runner becomes the biker and the biker becomes the runner.It ends in a crawl through a mud pit.

It is alot of fun. This year has been tough. Alot of challenages have presented themselves. But I must admit doing the event with Frank was fun and took my mind off of things for a couple of hours.  I was a little nervous about Frank doing the event with me since it can be tough to complete but Frank is a trooper. My partner last year quit and backed out at the last second. My partner this year got run over by a car. In steps in Frank.

I have been through alot with Frank. I still remember him hiding behind my legs at the first cubscout meeting. I always tell the story of taking Frank and the scouts camping when they were young and it being so much work. Now when I go camping with them…I simply ..”Frank set up camp”.. He is amazing at it. My wife will not go camping unless Frank goes.

I can still remember Frank not wanting to run in soccer…and now this year he was on the waterpolo team. A  tough sport..and he did great. Now he is my muddy buddy. I was as happy doing the event as I was proud of Frank…It was the first of many events for Frank and I….I can only hope.