Tough Mudder

I have been trying to put much of my focus on eating healthier and exercising regularly.  While I do exercise most weekday mornings, I know I am not pushing myself to the limits.  With regularly training my body can handle a lot more than what I am giving it.  I plan on testing my strength and my mental tenacity in August.  How?  Like many warriors before me, I’m going to become a Tough Mudder.   If you have not heard of this before, this is a 10-12 mile obstacle course designed by British Special Forces.  It’s designed to test, “test your all around strength, stamina, mental grit, and camaraderie.”

The only way to do this is with a team of people or you’ll never make it through.  I hav to prepare myself to be covered in mud, scratched by hay bales, dunked in ice cold water (many times), and the fear of jumping from a tall wooden plank into a pool of water.  The idea is that you go with a team of people so you’re never alone.  It’s not about being first, but about helping each other out and finishing.

Thankfully, I have a many friends who have done this before and they all assure me I am going to love it.  If you want to do something fun this summer and tough this summer, sign up for one of these and let me know how you did!  A few words of encouragement will do me good, too.