Sonoma County Tough Mudder event sent some participants to the ER with blisters, rashes and fevers
Published on August 28, 2023 10:39AM EDTTayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Gettyn in California’s Sonoma County may have sickened hundreds, according to an updated report on the event, where participants claimed they smelled cow manure on the muddy, wet field.
“There was a few times during the race where I could smell cow manure,” Nicole Villagran, who developed a rash after participating in the event, told"You wake up the next day and you're like, ‘What is all this on my arm? Like, what is going on here?’ And it's on both arms. That's where I was digging and doing army crawls and it's on the inside of my knees where I was pushing off of as well," said Villagran.
A Tough Mudder race is a collaborative obstacle course challenge, where participants attempt Boot Camp-style hurdles in mud and muddy water. who participated in the Tough Mudder challenge, shared a video of rash-covered knees, writing, “Had a blast at Tough Mudder Sonoma but…..little did we know that chills, fever, body aches and infection would follow.”. “After drs. visits, we are on antibiotics and topicals.”ABC News reports that now at least 350 people who participated in the August 19-20 event have become sick.
Their symptoms were so severe, ranging from skin rashes to vomiting, that it prompted the county health department to issue an advisory.
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