THUNDER BAY -- Jessica Bisby got down and literally dirty this weekend.
It was all about the mud and cause Saturday as Bisby and her Dirty Girls Mud Run crew joined more than 70 teams at Loch Lomond to get dirty in support of the Canadian Cancer Society.
“Initially it was all about the fitness,” Bisby said before navigating through the five-kilometre obstacle course.
“As we got into it the mud run turned into a really great fundraising opportunity (for the team).”
She added that it was a race till the end, but as of Saturday morning Bisby’s Boats ‘n’ Hoes team sat in third place with $2,200 raised.
Bisby said she’s running for the cause because she doesn’t know a single person that hasn’t been touched by cancer, which includes herself.
“My father-in-law recently had a battle with cancer and came out on top,” she said.
“My grandfather, we lost him to cancer, you know it’s just a sad thing that touches so many people.”
Bisby added that it was easy to get behind a cause that in the end could be beat.
Event organizer Sharla Brown said there’s a few new challenges to this year’s mud run.
“This is the first year at Loch Lomond,” Brown said. “It adds a few different challenges, including the hills, which is a lot of fun but it adds that little extra challenge.”
The girls took on more than 10 different obstacles Saturday, which including some old favourites and a few new ones as well.
Brown added that there’s a lot of challenging obstacles, and a lot of fun challenges but they are all meant for the girls to have an incredible day.
The annual Dirty Girls Mud Run has raised more than $650,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society since 2013, and organizers are excited to see the total at the end of the day.