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I was quite literally up to my thighs in deep, thick pulling mud, sucking me down towards the river. I thought about singing \u2018I\u2019m gonna lay down my burden, down by the river side\u2019 but instead James Taylor\u2019s Mud Slide Slim came into my brain. I\u2019ve been in mud before, but never like this. The boys in the rowboats on the river waved to me as I sunk slowly in the bog. Pulling with all my strength, I managed to get myself out of the bog, nearly losing a shoe. I rescued everything except one sock. Only problem\u2026. now I look like a giant mudpie and I\u2019m still two miles from John\u2019s college. So I ran back to the college looking like an incomplete mudpack\u2026. producing some smiles along the way. Some day Durham will get a fair shake when it comes to rain. It won\u2019t be anytime soon, at least the many coffee shops in town are praying it won\u2019t be. <\/p>\n

As for me\u2026.. I have to find a different running route now, and triple wash my running shoes and clothes. I am now having doubts that God made the first man out of mud. It made my skin crawl!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"