They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So here's a few thousand words... 
The day of the big race... just before show time: 
And of course after.... 
By the way, a wet wedding dress is very heavy. Just in case you were wondering. I really have no idea what our actual time was. MR ran behind me and carried the train as we jumped over the fire. A lady approached us later & showed us a great photo she'd taken of it. She took down our email address & said she would send it to us. I'm hoping we get it because it was great. The mud was tough. It was too shallow to drag myself through, so I ended up doing the "superman" (Thank you Tony) and MR just shoved me along the entire mud pit. I just laid there and laughed. Then, right before the finish line, he picked me up and carried me across the finish line. I know I was heavy in that dress. Some guys from behind us were there trying to help. It was great. We had so much fun taking photos for people. The whole time we were there, people would approach & ask us to get our photo, or take a photo with us. It was really neat. There was a costume contest, and depending on who you ask, we took first or second place. The other first place winners were 2 guys dressed like mario & luigi and one guy dressed up like the peach princess. On the stage, the 2 men poured a beer over the princess' chest & face while she undressed herself and rubbed "her" chest. So there was a lot of cheering for that, and I wasn't going to compete with that. After the contest, people came up & said "you were robbed!" and then offered us their timing chips with the free beer coupon on it. MR had lots of free beer, so he's pretty sure that he's the real winner. I just got to smile & model for the camera all day, so I'm feeling pretty special too. Best part was, there wasn't any cheese involved :-) My "bubbles" girls from work came & ran the race too. They both ran with their husbands, and we all had a really good time. But the best part of the day was the kiss... 
This wedding party beat the pants off our first one almost 20 years ago. Not sure how we'll top it in another 20 years, but we've got some time to come up with something really good.
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