Tough Mudder

Notice the oblivious happy smiles

For some reason I had this bright idea that doing a tough mudder was a good plan. Ahad invited me and since my brother rejected me it became a reality with the handing over of more than one hundred green papers to the Tough Mudder peeps. Since Ahad, Chris and Ron were unable to get any other girls stupid enough to do the race, I was stuck with three boys... which really is not as bad as one would think.

The training process begun but ended soon after due to the fact that my mother's wedding is taking up much of my time. For some reason not being in the greatest shape was of little concern and only about 15 minutes before the race started did I begin to regret this very important aspect of the race... the ability to actually do it.

It just happened to be the coldest it has been in a very long time... A sunny but 25 degree morning when we started the race. Armed with spandex and two GoPro cameras we set off not knowing quite what to expect but we quickly found out. The first obstacle was military crawling under barbed wire, next was jumping into a tank of ice water. Chris banged his head on a chunk of ice coming out from under the water. Seriously, it made you realize you have never been in cold water before. Your lungs felt like they were collapsing and you couldn't breathe for a while. Climbing hay bales, inclined monkey bars (failure on my part), knee deep mud, logs to carry, 11 miles to run, getting over a half pipe, walking over water on 1 inch boards, a 15 foot jump into water and a electric shock to run through just to give you something to look forward to at the end.

Now notice the exhausted, yet "tough" looks of triumph
on our faces. Yes sir we beat it!

 Surprisingly the pain, torn up legs, exhaustion, mud, frigid temperatures were all worth it. Though it may have been stupid, it was probably one of the greatest things I've ever done. Thanks boys for all the encouragement, help and amazing friendship that you guys have given me. Best teammates ever!