The Tough Muddin’ Hamricks are at it again putting their bodies to the ultimate challenge at the Pitt Ohio Valley Mudder challenge. This test of endurance and will was part of a global challenge where over 600,000 participants in five different nations competed. Geoff Hamrick, CCHS wrestling coach, with his two sons, Mason Hamrick, a science teacher at CCHS and Grayson Hamrick, a Senior at the University of Charleston, put their bodies on the line.
The race is a grueling 15 mile jaunt over some of Ohio’s toughest terrain. Not only is it 15 miles long, but it also had obstacles each mile. With names like Arctic Enema, Kiss the Mud, and Warrior’s Carry, the obstacles were not for the faint at heart or if you carried a spare tire over your belt.
Geoff, now 51 going on 20, isn’t ready for life in an easy chair just yet. With a workout that rivals a Navy Seal program, he insists that he will keep going till his get up and go, “git up and gits.” This was a family challenge that was met. For 15 miles, they ate mud, got the religion shocked out of them, and swam in ice water that only an arctic seal could live in. Mostly, it is about mud, thick and greasy as a double chocolate fudge brownie baked in bacon grease and slicker than a greased pig. If you’re up to the challenge, love the smell of wet clay mud in the morning and don’t mind taking three hour showers to get mud out of places you weren’t sure existed, give Geoff a call; he will point you in the right direction.
