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Labour Day mud run a new event from The Pas Kinsmen Club

The Kinsmen Club of The Pas will bring a new sporting event to Northern Manitoba at the tail end of the summer when they host the first-ever True North Mud Run on Sept. 2.

The Kinsmen Club of The Pas will bring a new sporting event to Northern Manitoba at the tail end of the summer when they host the first-ever True North Mud Run on Sept. 2.

“In 2014, a group of dedicated fitness enthusiasts ran the Sweat, Blood and Mud race at the ag grounds in The Pas,” said event co-chair Adam Noel in a press release. “The Kinsmen Club approached them about what worked and what didn’t and came to the conclusion that with that group coming on as advisors that the manpower the club brings would make this event successful.”

The race will start and finish at the wellness centre in The Pas, with the course going down paths alongside Centennial Drive, into the gravel pit and back again. The five-kilometre race will feature 13 obstacles including tires, ropes and walls and competitors will be divided into elite and recreation categories. Elite racers must overcome all the obstacles in a particular way and they will be timed and receive medals for finishing. All entrants will get a t-shirt for finishing and recreational participants are encouraged to form teams, dress up and just have a good all-around time.

“The club is very excited to take on this new project as it reminds us a lot of the dog races that we host as part of the Northern Manitoba Trappers Festival every February,” said The Pas Kinsmen Club president Kevin Carlson. “We have some very big projects coming up with other groups in the community and the funds raised by this will be used to fund those announcements.”

Participants can sign up for the mud run through the Facebook event set up on The Pas Kinsmen Club page, via the website www.truenorthtough.ca or by searching for True North Mud Run on Eventbrite.

The Pas Kinsmen Club provided $29,035 in donations and support to community clubs in 2015-16 along with 3,187 volunteer hours and hopes to increase those totals in 2016-17.

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