Survivor Mud Run

I would give this mud run negative stars if I could. I did the run today, 19 August 15 in Lake Elisnore, CA. It was absolutely horrible and I have nothing positive to say about it. There was hardly any mud and, what little there was, had a horrible odor and had tons of rocks and prickly branches in it. So let me list my issues as this will save me plenty of typing time :)
1) You show up to get your running #. They ask if you’re 21 or older and they check your id to verify (if not, they tear off the tag that reads «beer»). We asked the girl if we needed our id for later to actually get the beer (the line to check our bags in were ridiculous so we wanted to leave everything in the car if we could), she said no just hold on to the ticket. After the run we go to get our beer, I’ll get in to the issues with the water later, we show the guy our ticket. He sends us away saying, «you need your id.» Needless to say, despite me understanding, I was livid. Then when we’re walking away, after just being over the crappy run, he makes a smart ass comment to us; we just kept walking.
2) The first course is a crawl where you’re on all fours. This would be fun but there’s no mud, or even water, and you’re getting sharp rocks in your palms. After that one, my palms were bleeding.
3) They say there’s «18 obstacles.» That would be great if they weren’t all the exact same thing. To be the devils advocate, they weren’t all the same, but the ones which involved mud (about half of them) all encompasses the same element of a climb in to a ditch with variations of rope. Plus, the slide at the end was a complete joke (the only obstacle that really varied).
4) Theres only one hydration station at the half way point. The water was very hot and there were dirty cups all over the table. I even saw staff pick up and refill one of them… um gross. The next station is at the very end, after you’ve crossed the finish line.
5) There are not showers or anywhere to rinse off. Granted, I know we’re in a drought, but come on; at least have some hoses. There’s nowhere to rinse your body off, or even your hands.
6) There are no sinks to wash your hands after using the porta-​potties located at the start of the race, you have antibacterial.
7) They say, especially on the several emails you get before the race, there will be photographers to take your pictures so feel free to ask them to take yours. From the start to end if the race, we saw one photographer (which I don’t even know if they worked for the run) after the first obstacle.
Overall, this was a joke. I did the Muderalla last year and had sooooo much fun! Everything this one lacked they had and more. I came in to here knowing it may not be as fun, and I was right, it didn’t even meet basic expectations. I dot care how inexpensive this run is, I will never do it again via Survivor. Take heed, save your money, dig a ditch, and fill it with water, you’ll have a lot more fun and it won’t be as unsanitary. Oh, and I failed to say, in the lake which the slide drops you off at at the end of the race, there’s rusted metal everywhere on the shore; be careful.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS MUD RUN AT ALL COST!!!

This sucked. 2013’s run was way better. The only great thing about this run was having a huge group of my awesome friends doing it together.
Pros:
–It was cheap. I bought my ticket way in advance, so it was only $ 28.
–Pretty muddy! Not as muddy as last year though, there weren’t any full head submerged under mud obstacles.
Cons:
–NO SHOWERS!!!
–No spray stations to clean your eyes throughout the run.
–Only one drinking water station
–No photographer before, during, or after the race
–No official timer
–Not enough obstacles, mostly just pits of mud. I was expecting more climbing, crawling, jumping, etc.
–No free t-​shirt like last year. Instead they gave out dinky little metals.
–The «party» at the end is more like 3 food booths and a gated beer area
–Bag check was unorganized, the line was 45 mins long
–Changing room was right by the finish line, but bag check was all the way at the party area, so you had to walk up the hill, wait 45 mins in line to pick up your bags, walk down the hill as the mud dried on you, wash off whatever you could in muddy water, then change at the bottom of the hill, and walk back up the hill to your car.
Overall, horrible planning by whoever coordinated it. My friends and I still had fun because we made the best of it, but definitely won’t be doing this run again next year.

I think the event itself was fun, always a good time getting muddy. The biggest pros:
–obstacles were safe and secure
–one free beer at the end
–cleaning stations were stocked with soap
–the bag check area was really well organized
–parking was a easy and you weren’t left with 20 random fliers on your car
The huge cons:
–only ONE water station
–it smelled like manure… so I did everything I could to keep the mud away from my face
–there we not enough food vendors, really not one food truck? That seems odd with their current popularity. Maybe it was due to the location?

A group of 6 of us ran yesterday September 20, 2015.
The obstacles were not as described on the site. The obstacles were laughable. 85% of them were mud pits with small hills.
— We registered for the 10:45 run and ran at 10am. Director didn’t care as long as we paid our entry. This caused massive herd stoppage during the obstacles.
–No timing, unless you are competing in the first round.
–One water station.
–No camera crew to take pictures.
–No clean water for baths after, they sent us to the dirty lake.
–Vendors ran out of food and drinks.
–One tent for women to change, we were corralled about 20 females into small tent.
–Atmosphere was lame.
I will never run Survivor again. Try Gladiator Rock & Roll which is more organized and WAY more competitive.
They should change the name to «Surviving the herd».