The Tough Guy race is the “toughest race in the world.” It took place yesterday in Perton, England. Athletes there run an eight-mile course filled with “freezing mud and "barbed wire, cuts, scrapes,
burns, dehydration, hypothermia, acrophobia, claustrophobia, electric shocks,
sprains, twists, joint dislocation and broken bones.”
There was a race in my neck of the woods this weekend called the Warrior Dash.
But they SHOULD call it the Goop Fest! Because the thousands of dashing warriors have to race through one section that has barbed wire just above a bunch of mud. So no matter how careful you are, you’re going to be covered in muck and mire.
And once the runners ARE muddy, they realize they can’t get any MORE muddy…and then they just get crazy!
Which is good, because the runners also have to leap over flames. Really.
The hard-working staff at Ultra-Gross has been diving for disgusting links...and we found some!
—Why do people faint at the sight of blood and notbarf? The Body Odd explains. (Sort of.)
—I've been meaning to tell you about this dead guy on a motorcycle for a while. Story here.
—And in Italy, police suspect pizza-makers of cooking their pies with wood stolen from coffins. In graveyards!
—National Public Radio had a story about turning chicken poop into power.
—Over here is an article about extreme potty training: These tots are pooping on toilets at the age of SIX MONTHS? (Dang, I was six YEARS old before I got the concept!)
—Awesome photographer flydime has a great set of photos of this years Festival of Tomatoes in Spain. You know, the one where people throw hundreds of thousands of tomatoes at each other?
—And finally, there's a the World Bog Snorkeling Championship is a race where swimmers race in a swamp. Why would they voluntarily immerse themselves in muck, mire, and mud? Because it's fun!
Every summer, kids in Michigan get to celebrate a special day all of their own! It's called MUD DAY. And that means they get to play in the mud! How fun is that?
Okay, not very fun. I think I can read that kid's expression. He's thinking, "I'm covered in mud. I hate you all."
I'll tell you what else is gross: Deadlines! And I'm on one right now, so forgive the lack of updates here...I've got some really disgusting material that you absolutely won't want to see.
