Israelis Get Down and Dirty at First-Ever ‘Mud Day’ Race in Tel Aviv
by Algemeiner Staff
Around 5,000 people got down and dirty on Friday during Israel’s first-ever “Mud Day” race in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park, Channel 2 reported.
Participants sloshed their way through a 13-kilometer long course featuring 22 obstacles.
The inaugural “Mud Day” race occurred in Paris in 2013. Since then, races — put on by the Amaury Sport Organization — have also been held in Belgium, Spain and Switzerland.
Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai tweeted a photo of himself with French Ambassador to Israel Hélène Le Gal at Friday’s event.
Spending the day in the mud with #French ambassador Hélène Le Gal @TelAviv‘s #Mudday #crossfit pic.twitter.com/ryzGAI7q6E
— Mayor of Tel Aviv (@MayorOfTelAviv) March 24, 2017
Watch a video taken at the “Mud Day” race in Tel Aviv below:
כשפארק הירקון הפך לזירת בוץ ענקית. כך נראה האירוע האתגרי המלוכלך ביותר שראיתםhttps://t.co/stJZQKF3pI pic.twitter.com/YIgi4P8Yox
— חדשות 2 (@Channel2News) March 24, 2017