13 shocks in one race? ER doctors warn about 10,000 volt wires in mud runs

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18. Meh. I did one last year and I'm a fairly bright fellow.

It was a Zombie-themed run with lots of mud, some truly challenging obstacles, a few electric shocks, and gauntlets of "zombie" volunteers trying to snatch ribbons from our waists to "kill" us. I had fun and the zaps were no more serious that the ones I used to get all the time as a child around electric cattle fencing.

I imagine falling from a wet and slippery obstacle, the chance of wiping out in the mud and busting a leg or wrenching an ankle, eating shit on the gravel, and the grueling nature of the run itself (lots of hills, 95F weather) all represent much greater risks than the light electric shocks being dealt by the wires.