Hundreds of people running in a Tough Mudder event there recently got infected by a common bacteria that seems to be in the soil on the property, so if you've been there just be aware:
Hundreds of people running in a Tough Mudder event there recently got infected by a common bacteria that seems to be in the soil on the property, so if you've been there just be aware:
In reply to GameboyRMH :
Well that's interesting, pocono raceway holds a tough mudder too. Should be interesting.
The Sonoma event was reported to include 21 obstacles on one of the race days, including a mud-soaked crawl under barbed wire, rope climbs over a muddy slope, a knee-deep mud pool to wade through, and an obstacle called the "mine shaft" that one participant said smelled like manure.
Playing in poo gets you sick.
I've heard of other mudder events held on farmland giving participants infections.
"Just be aware" is kinda ridiculous. I've attended a tough Mudder at Sonoma Raceway. It was entirely in the hills above the racetrack. There was a vintage race going on at the track that day and the only thing that the two events shared was parking. Furthermore I'm fairly sure that there's no reason to crawl through the mud to attend a motorsports event there.
In reply to Kreb (Forum Supporter) :
I was thinking someone may have spun out and got some dirt through the windows, or touched some dirt/mud in the process of getting under the car or changing a wheel...I didn't know where the Tough Mudder course was in relation to the track, or how many people normally compete, but if I had to guess I'd think 300+ was most of them.
The way they cut the grass on those hills at Sonoma is with a whole bunch of sheep. Grass goes in, poo comes out. Then people slog through it. Not surprised.
I was there that weekend for the NASA enduro. Fortunately we kept the car out of the mud, so that bacteria was not an issue. :)
Sonoma is my home track and I've done photography for the Mudder. See the attached course map, the closest the two events get is sharing the Northeast access road for a few hundred feet. Much ado about nothing - at least as regards the automotive side of the equation. For the Mudders, another story altogether.
I remember being very disappointed following signs for "tough mudder" and discovering it was a human thing not a truck thing.
I wish that they'd take the Mudder course and make it a big Rallycross course. Now that would be awesome!
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