FAQ

Umm…you do. Didn’t we go over this?

If you’ve made it past the home page, the video, and the pictures and aren’t quite clear on this, maybe try the ABOUT page.

If you’ve still got questions, your only recourse is to run the race. If you’ve still got questions afterward, try the nearest Sylvan Learning Center near you.

We’ve got events all through the West and Northwest to meet your dirty desires:

Utah Spring – Soldier Hollow

Denver – Botanic Gardens at Chatfield

Spokane – Riverside State Park Equestrian Area

Billings - Metrapark

Oregon – Howard Buford Park

South Sound – Straddleline Raceway

Colorado Spring – Pikes Peak Raceway

Boise – Bogus Basin

New Mexico - Wildlife West

Missoula - Missoula Equestrian Park

Utah Fall - Soldier Hollow

Las Vegas - Impact Quarry

Utah Spring – June 8, 2013

Denver – June 16, 2013

South Sound – June 22, 2013

Oregon – June 29, 2013

Spokane – July 13, 2013

Billings – August 3, 2013

Boise – August 10, 2013

Colorado Springs – August 24, 2013

New Mexico – August 31, 2013

Missoula – September 7, 2013

Utah Fall – September 14, 2013

Las Vegas – November 23, 2013

Do you want the adult version or the censored version? Wait, this is a family race so there’s only one version.

You Dirty Dash however you need to and however long it takes to. Walk. Run. Crawl. Wallow. Skip. Clamber. Lollygag. Grovel. Just finish before sundown so the ky-oats don’t git ya.

Run it by yourself or with a team of your favorite friends, enemies and frienemies. Whoever likes to get dirty or whoever needs to get dirty. But be ye warned, if you’re running this thing to break some personal record or “win your division,” you might have come to the wrong place. Did your last personal record run have a 175 foot slip n’ slide in the middle of it? If so, we’d love to train where you train.

Did we say “train?” Yeah, so a little training might help. But could you prep for The Dirty Dash by just listening to Train’s “Meet Virginia” or “Hey Soul Sister” on repeat on your iPod? You tell us.

Exercise? Maybe. Camaraderie? Most likely. Fun? You bet your mud-balls. Good cause? Check.

Besides benefitting your cardiovascular system, each Dirty Dash benefits local charities through registration fees, online donations, water balloon sales, and shoe donations.

Do you see just above this where it says "LOCATIONS"? Pick one of those and then click on the big “REGISTER” button and have at it. If you’re friends have already signed up and you’re looking to join them, check out “How do I join a team?” below.

When you go to register, click the radio button that says, “Join Existing Team or Individual.” If your friends have already registered a TEAM, then type in the Team Name (every team name is unique) and the Team Captain’s Last Name. If your friend registered as an INDIVIDUAL and is now looking to make a team with you, type in the team name they created and their last name and it’ll put you on their team.

Look up and right and you'll see "LOGIN"...click it and then enter your username and password that you created when you registered. In the member area, you’ll be able to make changes to your team (if you’re the team captain), your demographic info, your shirt sizes, and your waves. You’ll also be able to invite friends to run with you so they don’t feel left out like they did at your wedding.

Your login info is simply your username and the password you created when registering. We’ll send you an email confirmation when you register so don’t think we’re spamming you. If you can’t find it, send us an email and we'll get it for you.

If you’re signing up as an individual, as a team captain, or joining an existing team, you can sign the waiver electronically as you’re registering by just typing in your name. Easy-peasy-Japaneesy. You can have your team captain send you the waiver electronically to sign. Or if someone signed up for you, you can login with your username and your password and sign the waiver in the member area.

The Dirty Dash is like drinking or chess—it’s better when you do it with friends. There are a few easy ways to do this:

    1. You can log into the member area, put in your friends’ email addresses in the “Invite Friends” box and we’ll send the email for you.

    2. You can click on the Facebook button after you register to let your friends know that you just registered.

    3. You can invite them through the Facebook Event page for the race you’ve registered for.

    or...

    4. You can just call them and ask them. Or maybe a cute text.

First, you can login to the member area with your username and password and try changing the registration info on your own. If you’ve still got issues, fill out the Contact Us form on the "CONTACT" page, select the race you’re running, and shoot us a message and we’ll help you out ASAP.

Each member of your team (anywhere from 2-100 people) runs the entire course and may encourage each other, mock each other, or drag each other over obstacles. If you run ahead of your team, you can wait for your slightly slower team members before the final mud pit where you can reunite as a team. Any team that does not have all team members finishing at the same time will be subject to public shaming. Rules for celebration are undefined. Feel free to clasp hands, smack bottoms, or open mouth kiss.

Yes. If you are over the age of 106, we will not allow you to run. As for an AGE MINIMUM, if you are under 14 you must have your parent/guardian sign a waiver for you and run with you the entire race. if you are under 18 but older than 14 you can run with out an adult BUT must have a waiver signed by your parent/guardian. The age limit for the Piglet Plunge is 12 years old.

The Piglet Plunge will be the highlight of your child's summer, their storied running careers and potentially their existence to this point. They must be over age 2 and under age 12 to run in the kids' race and you’ve got to accompany them the whole way. Registration is a measly $20 and that includes what is sure to be your child's favorite t-shirt of all time. The Piglet Plunge will be about 1 mile and will include some of the best obstacles to ensure a thoroughly muddy child: the Slop n' Slide, the Hog Wash and the Pig Sty.

All children must be respectful of other children, pushing or splashing will result in being removed from the kids' race area for the day and subject to grounding at their parents’ discretion. You’ll need to sign a waiver for them before they receive a sweet Dirty Dash Tattoo (temporary of course) to show that they can participate on race day.

The Piglet Plunge will begin 80 minutes after the final adult wave starts. Please remember that you can only sign up your child for the Piglet Plunge during your race registration.

We ain’t going to leave you out in the cold. Preferred accommodations with special rates for each race can be found on the race page under accommodations.

You or at least one member of your team MUST pick up your race bag(s).

Your race bags will contain your custom race bibs; a race shirt you’ll be proud to wear around town, on hot dates, or at any cocktail party; some goodies from our sponsors and a sweet DD decal to place on your car. If you pick up your bag(s) before the race, it’ll cut down on lines on race day and you’ll get more chances to win stuff from our sponsors at packet pickup. Once you have picked up your packet(s) at packet pick-up you are good to go and there's no need to check-in on race day. If you’re a real procrastinator and can’t get your stuff at packet pick-up, show up at the race at least an hour before your scheduled race time to get your goods and make sure we have your signed waiver! Otherwise, we’ll curse your name aloud, blacklist you, shake our fists in the air, and you might not be able to run in your scheduled wave. How's that for some empty threats?

Dates, times and locations for Packet Pickup can be found on the race page under race day info.

A full haz-mat suit might be appropriate but you can dress like who or whatever you want…as long as we don’t have to shield the eyes of small children at the mere sight of you. We’ll be handing out awards for Best Costumes all day so start planning your costumes now—come as Pauly D, Obama, Obama Girl, Chef Boyardee, Rock-Paper-Scissors…ok, ok. We’re giving away our best Halloween ideas so figure the rest out for yourself.

Not only can they come and watch for FREE, but they can buy water balloons at our Hog Wash obstacle and give you the pummeling you’ve been begging for since grade school. And you’ve got to thank them for it because ALL the proceeds go right to charity. There’ll also be some great grub, some sweet swag from our sponsors, and some epic mud pit swan dives that they won't want to miss!

We offer a bag check area to all runners but don’t get the idea that this is your junior high school locker room-type situation. We’ll watch your stuff and do our best to keep it organized without hazing anyone, but we don’t have padlocks, lockers, or pictures of Justin Bieber taped up anywhere in the vicinity of The Dirty Dash. Sorry all you Beliebers.

Parking is FREE at most venues! HOWEVER, this does not give you the right to drive your motor home solo to the race. We do encourage you to carpool since parking is limited and we care about the environment. We'll even give out some freebies for those who pack in a carload of 5 or more people.

You think we’re going to make you go Bear Grylls’ style and squeeze your water out of the mud? C’mon. Of course, there’ll be water stations on course and at the finish line. This isn’t Survivor. It’s more like Jackass mixed with Dirty Jobs mixed with America’s Next Top Model mixed with Jon and Kate Plus 8.

Each Dirty Dash is a little bit different but here are the approximate distances of each—emphasis on approximate:

    Utah Spring - 5.5 miles with a 3.5 mile shortcut

    Denver - 4 Miles

    Spokane - 4 Miles

    Billings - 3 miles

    Oregon - 4 miles

    South Sound - 4 miles

    Colorado - 3 miles

    Boise - 4 miles

    Missoula - 3.5 miles

    Utah Fall - 5.5 miles with a 3.5 mile shortcut

    New Mexico - 4 miles

    Las Vegas - 3.1 miles

The Dirty Dash is sure to be one of the best photo opps of the year, but also one of the surest ways to lose your camera in the mud. To solve this dilemma we have enlisted a team of professional photographers (with expensive equipment and liberal insurance policies) to crawl into the trenches and do the dirty work for you. Flo-Foto (www.flo-foto.com) will have their photographers positioned throughout the sloppiest sections of the course in order to capture every individual and team in their dirtiest, sloppiest moments. The filthy photos will then be swiftly posted on the worldwide web to view for free or purchase at unbelievably reasonable prices so you can plaster it all over your facebook page. Please put your race numbers on the FRONT if you want to be able to find your pictures.

Don't you worry. We have several EMT's stationed around the course to make sure any boo boo is taken care of.

OK, so you want to run like a pig, act like a pig, and squeal like a pig---we get it, but now you want to dress like a pig? That’s cool. We’ll have t-shirts, hoodies, tank tops, kids’ shirts and other Dirty Dash merchandise for sale at each race (just look for the tent with the sign outside that says “Merchandise”). Or you can buy stuff at our online store by checking it out in the Store.

If you think your brand could use some serious exposure or has been living the clean life for too long, fill out the Contact form and select “General/Sponsorship” in the dropdown box and we’ll get in touch with you in two shakes of a kittens’ whiskers.

Just go to “Contact Us” on the website, select the race you want to cover in the dropdown, and shoot us a little message and we’ll get back to you ASAP to make it happen. How could we say no?

Nope. It is just for fun...so have fun. Please try to stay out of the way of those crazy "runners" though.

Everyone loves Halloween right? Well this is just another excuse to dress up and get dirty.

Seriously? How can the weather be bad? Shame on you; your glass is clearly half-empty. If it rains, even better, more mud! The Dirty Dash is as dependable as (and far less subsidized than) the US Postal Service and goes on rain or shine, global warming or global cooling. If it gets too hot, feel free to bask in the mud pit for longer and if it gets too cold, feel free to drop into the fetal position with your teammates and cuddle for warmth.

However, rule #1 is safety first, so if there is lightning, we’ll postpone waves and running until it blows over. In case anyone was wondering, rule #2 is complete and brutal honesty amongst group members, and rule #3 is everyone hooks up with a local.

The website states that the registration is non refundable but registration is fully transferable. You can login to your account with your username and password to change your information to the new participant's information and click update.

If the most you can do is muster the nerve to dip a toe in the mud pit, we’ll gladly take you as a volunteer and ease you into this dirty lifestyle nice and slow. Please email us at grunts@thedirtydash.com; we’ll get you front row seats to the slopshow and hook you up with the most coveted volunteer shirt around.

Typically we have volunteer shifts on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday of race week.

Thursday Shifts (Packet Pick-up)

1:00pm - 7:00pm

Friday Shifts (Packet Pick-up)

10:30am - 3:30pm

3:00pm - 8:00pm

Saturday (Race Day)

7:30am - 12:30pm

11:30am - 4:30pm