Tough Mudder Adelaide 2014 – The Re-cap

Covered in mud and loving life!

With the hustle and bustle of Christmas and New Years this post was postponed… also because of my recovery from the day!

Wow what a day, if you are wanting an event to not only challenge you physically but also mentally I would highly reccommend Tough Mudder. Starting with a 6am wake up call to be able to travel to Langhorne Creek (approx 1 hour, 40 mins travel) to particiapte in the 8:30am wave; I was a bundle of nerves on the drive up. I’m going to put this down to my fear of the ‘unknown’; I am the type of person who likes to know what challenges I’ll be coming up against.

My favourite obstacles would have to have been ‘Mud Mile’, ‘Glory Blades’ and ‘Artic Enema’ which are just as lovely as the thoughts they are provoking in your mind. The event took over 4.5 hours for our group of 12 to complete and trust me you will come out the end of the event with your body telling you where it is sore!.

I know you are wondering; were there any injuries from the event? Well, for myself ‘kind-of’… I managed to jog till about the 12 km mark when a sharp pain in my left knee prevented myself from running on it. Even going up inclines and declines was extremely painful. After seeing my physio after the event it was put down to tight ITB’s and Hip Flexors. I know have some gentle exercises and stretches to ensure my ITB and Hip Flexors are more manageable and more fleixble for the future.

Overall, I feel extremely proud of myself for pushing my body and mind further than I ever thought I could. I know what I need to work on physically and also can improve on the endurance of this type of event.

My 2015 goals is to attend the True Grit event and also the Adelaide Tough Mudder (to be confirmed) to add to my headband collection.

 

Completed Tough Mudder and have this awesome headband,

Did you attend the Tough Mudder event?

What are your thoughts on these type of endurance events?

2014 – My end of year challenge

 

Tough Mudder Australia; when most people hear about this event a shudder goes down their spine. Images appear of ice cold water, high obstacles to jump over and lot’s of mud to wade through.

This weekend this is my challenge to compete in my first Tough Mudder Australia event. To say I’m nervous is an understatement. Comprising of a ‘hardcore 10-12 mile obstacle course designed by Special Forces’, this event will test me physically but also mentally. The mental challenge is what I’m looking forward to the most.

Thanks to my partner’s peer’s at Goodlife Mitcham; the team ‘Fit Factory’ has been training for this event for the past month. Gruelling group workouts have been tough but the team comradery has been fantastic. Even though our team is a mixture of males and females with varying fitness levels we are heading into this event to ensure that no team member get’s left behind.

To top the challenge off I entered the Garmin Tough Mudder Adelaide competition through their Facebook page. Behold I was one of the lucky 6 winners who will be set up with a Garmin Action Camera for the day to record the experience. I can’t wait to see the footage at the end of the day.

I look forward in telling you all how I went and hopefully with a few stories and bruises to show.

Have you entered the Tough Mudder event before?

What’s the toughest challenge you’ve experienced?

To read more about the Tough Mudder Australia event: https://toughmudder.com.au/events/2014-adelaide