Mud Run and Swamp Romp to benefit Habitat for Humanity
Filthy fun and sweaty zydeco planned as double fundraisers
Plan to attend
Swamp Romp: Must be 21 to attend.
General admission tickets are $50 for Mud Run Participant and $65 for non-participants.
General admission includes dinner, 1 beer ticket, and an official Swamp Romp pint glass.
VIP Tickets are $75 for Mud Run participants and $90 for non-participants.
VIP admission includes dinner, VIP parking, 3 beer tickets / VIP bar access, VIP seating near stage, straw hat with commemorative pin, and an official Swamp Romp pint glass.
Chattanooga Mud Run Minimum age for participation is 14, with at least 1 adult per team.
Registration is $200 per team ($40 per person).Filthy fun and sweaty zydeco are expected to be the winning combination for two back-to-back fundraisers for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga this summer.
The second annual Chattanooga Mud Run to benefit Habitat for Humanity will be taking place at Greenway Farms on Saturday, August 20th. That same evening, a low country boil and concert will take place during the nonprofit's second fundraiser of the day, the all new Swamp Romp inside the First Tennessee Pavilion.
The mud run is a team-based 5K race through dirt mounds, wall mounts and mud pits staged throughout the natural landscape of the farm.
Slippery hills and military grade obstacles have been added this year to make things more interesting, according to organizers.
According to the event website, “the terrain varies from paved, gravel, dirt and trail. There will be small hills, but no extreme hill climbs. The course will be moderately challenging, yet it will not require technical running experience.”
Registration is limited to the first 400 five person-teams to sign up. That is nearly twice as many teams than participated last year, but the group hopes the money raised will be far more than double.
"Last year we raised about $24,000 with 1,000 individual participants. This year we are hoping for 400 teams and $125,000 raised.” Habitat's Director of Development John Lamb said.
If the registration goal is achieved, that will bring 2,000 muddy individuals to Greenway Farms for a messy day of filthy fun.
Lamb said the Swamp Romp has been added this year as a totally separate event that will also be used as a fundraiser on the same day. Participants of the mud run can attend at a discounted admission price, but the Swamp Romp is open to anyone who would enjoy zydeco music and a fresh low-country boil, Lamb said.
The evening includes yard games like corn hole and ladder golf, the low-country boil dinner by Petunia’s Silver Jalapeno; and music by Lon Eldridge, the W.T.M. Blues Band, and Zydeco legend C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band.
A previous version of this article misquoted the amount of money raised at last year's Mud Run as $125,000. This is incorrect and has been corrected.
