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Horrible race, total lack of costumer service

This was awful. No water on the water slide. Only my feet were muddy. The last heats were pushed together without runners knowing. No drinking water on the course or after the race. The same two songs played, no showers, no food vendors, no changing tents, no medical personnel. We were given 2013 medals with a 2014 sticker over the engraving at the end, as they were already taking down the finish line. When people complained on their Facebook page, they were deleted and blocked. Emails haven't been answered. They even used the term "shit talking" on they're Facebook page. This was not at all what I paid for.

To hell with these people

Getting one star because they make me. Absolutely horrid mud run. Thank God for the other people running it because it would have been intolerable. They gave my teammate the wrong bib, so we had to beg the security to let us run together. The crew refused to make any corrections. We finished at 12:50. The "shower" was already turned off. There was no water on the water slide. The A frame was horribly dangerous- there was no warning that the back side of the obstacle was open.

Then the was the cargo net. I don't know what moron allowed that "structure" to pass but dear God. Hurricane straps are not that same expensive. But clearly everything is too expensive for these people- they just toed-in the main supports and called it a day.

Dangerous, horribly run, gouge you at every turn ($10 for parking, $10 for every spectator, and $5 for bag check). Awful, awful people. Will never do this run again.

Oh, and the music? Same few songs set on repeat. And people were given 2013 medals because the 2014 ones are on a boat from China. Riiiight.

MF Nebraska - don't come back

Not only was this a poorly organized, designed and ran run, the company is all attitude. Problems began before you even got to the race - they gave the wrong address - missed the actual location by a mile and there were no signs at the opening of the event indicating where it really was. The kids run - no mud. Hard to be a mud run with no mud. They ran about 1.5 miles and had a couple of obstacles. Including the 'mud slide' which was a tarp on the dirt with no water running down it. One dude stood at the top and dumped a bucket of soapy water once in a while. The kids just walked down the slide. Oh - and they started the kids race 15 minutes early - kids were still checking in . In the adult race - very poorly marked course - very easy to get turned around on it. One big pond of mud and two small pools of mud - nothing involving crawling that's for sure. All the cool obstacles posted on the web site - all they had was one rope climb, one vertical wall and one angled wall. They pulled down the finish line stuff before everyone was done running (two hours before scheduled). No DJ/music as advertised except for one boom box playing the greatest hits of the 80's.

Once reviews started going up on Facebook - MF would delete the reviews and block the posters. They claimed this was OK because it was all - in their words, "shit talking" and vile reviews. They told one person - "well if that's your only problem I guess you had a damn good time".

Find a local race, go do a Spartan or Tough Mudder or just find an open field. Don't waste your time nor money on this attitude filled, non-mud run mud run.

Good Time For All

This definitely was the most family/kids friendly course around. The obstacles were pretty standard, 10 and 15 foot walls, cargo pyramid, incline climbs, rope swing. They had a fair amount of mud you mostly waded through, only one spot you crawled. The course was nicely laid out, with music all through the trail.

It. Was. Great!

This event was great! We did the Texas event in 2013. We had read plenty of bad reviews concerning the Mud Factor, but it was nothing short of an awesome experience. I ran the Warrior Dash, Mud Factor and the Rugged Maniac last year and the Mud Factor was the most difficult of the 3.

Crazy fun!!

This event surely set the standard in the 5k mud run field. The weather was a bit cold, but other than that the course was soooo much fun (11 am wave). This was my second Mud Factor event and they just keep getting better! Already signed up with 4 of my friends for 2014.

My kids and I ran this race today and we had a great time. We got there later than we wanted to but had no problem getting a parking spot (for an additional $10). Picking up our packets was easy, as was finding the starting line. There were plenty of outhouses to use and they did not smell bad (at 9:30 am). The race started exactly on time (10:00). We thoroughly enjoyed the run. There were plenty of mud pits and obstacles. My daughter enjoyed it more than the Warrior Dash because she liked the many mud pits. I preferred the Warrior Dash myself. The reason I liked it less is because they do not time your run at Mud Factor and I prefer the competition. The reason I gave this a 3 instead of a 4 is due to a safety issue. They had a series of pits that you had to jump over which I felt were actually quite dangerous. They really should have lined the pits and filled them with mud/water or at least lined the bottom with foam. If anyone fell into one of those pits they would have been quite seriously injured. Another safety issue was the last obstacle which required you to run and jump onto an inflated slide. I did not slide down and had to push myself but instead of holding up the next group they were came barreling down right behind me and knocked me into the water. I could easily have been seriously hurt there. At the end of the race we were given a very nice, good quality medal engraved with the year. They also had a water truck there to wash off with. Overall we are very glad we participated in this race. If they fix the safety issues I would give this event a 4.

This was by far the worst mud run I have done. There was one person collecting money for parking which resulted in a huge and slow backup. As we were walking in with our bag, we were informed bag check was closed or not accepting any bags. Not sure how you are supposed to run with keys? We hardly saw any one working the course, never saw any medics on standby or at any obstacles. The obstacles were poorly put together, a few didn't even look safe. Other obstacles had huge wait times. We had to wait over 25 minutes to climb up a cargo net which only allowed 3 people at a time, the net was so small, and not accommodating for a large group of runners. None of the obstacles were challenging, it was cheap and not much effort put into this series. The few workers I did see didn't want to be there and we're rushing everyone. The slides were very scratchy, the bottom of the slides was way too shallow. Some of the obstacles were just holes to walk through. They ran out of safety pins, and at the end we got stuck with last years medal...that's pretty weak, how is that for planning. No shirt, but I was aware of that....beforehand. I couldn't get out of there fast enough.

TERRIBLE! Waste of $$

DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS RUN SO BAD. Worst obstacle course race ever. Horribly disorganized, extremely lame obstacles with huge lines at each one. If this was my first obstacle race I would never want to do one again, this should get shut down so it doesnt ruin the sport for first timers. And from reading the other reviews here I didnt even experience the worst of it, as bad as the sandpaper slides were.

Not worth it at all

This is by far the worst Mud Run I ever been too. When we arrived they had shut down the bag check in.. SERIOUSLY!!! what are people supposed to do? Run with their keys and IDs, leave their cars unlocked with the keys in there? They also ran out of safety pins for the bibs.
There were not enough obstacles or even anything that could resembles a slight challenge. There were a few trenches that you could just walk through. I did not bother as I was irritated by the long lines at several obstacles. 20 minute wait time is not acceptable.
It was clear the course was not designed by someone that cares about their reputation. I will never participate in this even again. Could have watched the Seahawks play instead.