I have taken so long to blog about this. It's been nearly three weeks since I earned my Tough Mudder sweat band.
This isn't the most flattering photograph of me but I don't care. This was after three and three quarter hours of dragging my sorry ass through knee high, sometimes chest high mud! Along with a few 12 foot walls, 15 foot falls and pits full of ice.
This is what I had been busy training for. This is what made me pick up weights for the first time. This is what got me running and I am so glad I went to the effort. Chrissie and I had the most amazing time. For starters, it was on a beautifully sunny weekend, sandwiched between some pretty miserable rainy weeks. We were super lucky. I'm okay with getting wet, wading through chest deep pools of what I slightly suspect may have been crap and, with a little bit of reluctance I have to admit, running through electrical wiring. But if it had been wet and miserable weather, I would not have been a happy bunny. We both ran the full 12 miles, which I was really proud of as I'd been nursing knee injuries (that's right, both of them) for two weeks before hand. I skipped three of the obstacles - the 12 foot walls (my knees wouldn't have coped with the drop), everest (a very scary half pipe that involved you running and leaping towards the top, in the hope that someone would catch you by your arms and hoist you up) and the electric eel. Now I'm sorry, but when grown men are crying and screaming in pain there is no way you are getting me to do it. Crawling through live electrical wires, while some sadistic man sprays you with a hose, is still giving me nightmares. Chrissie did it, she is hardcore!
This was by far the best event I have ever taken part in. It made last years Spartan Race feel like a walk in the park. We've both said we would definitely do it again. And next year we've both vowed to be a stone lighter, with a much lower body fat percentage! Perhaps not wimp out of the scary obstacles. Perhaps. Oh, and we need to do it in a ridiculous costume so the photographers take notice of us. They got me in a couple of pictures, but they want over £15 for one photograph. I don't think so! I'll hire my own photographer for the day next year. Would still be cheaper. Here's a mini version of me for your entertainment!
I also ran the Manchester 10k a couple of weeks ago. That's one of my 101 things! I really wanted to do under an hour, but I will have to settle for 1.00.06! So close. Not bad for my first running race of any distance though! As you know, I'm doing all these crazy things for a good cause, so if you'd like to sponsor me my fundraising page is here. My next challenge is the Norwich Super Sprint on the 1st July. My training has gotten a little slack since the 10k, but I plan to get back to it next week. After the long weekend and the jubilee celebrations of course.
If anybody would like to take part in the Tough Mudder with me and Chrissie next year, let me know! We're either going to do the Kettering one again, or we'll give the Brighton one a go. Would be fab to do it as part of a bigger team, as much fun as recruiting random men is :P
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