The race was muddy, muddy, muddy. Carmen and I thought we didn't need trail shoes and slid all over the place. Here is a highlight of some of the memorable obstacles.
Artic Enema- Carmen's biggest fear and she jumped in first. I could not breathe after going under. Seriously.
The enclosed tubes through mud and water- Amy's biggest fear- They were bad at all!
Walk the Plank- The huge jump into 12 feet deep muddy water. Terrified me. Water went all up my nose and through my head. Candace and I jumped in immediately. Amy and Carmen contemplated it for a while until a nice old gentlemen talked them into it.
The boa Constrictor- Crawling through water under electric wires. I went right in and got shocked three times. It hurts bad! The other girls talked about it for ever, but finally went in. I won't tell you what came out of Amy's mouth when she got shocked and Candace didn't get shocked at all. That's talent.
Funky Monkey- Monkey Bars- My favorite because I made it across and didn't fall in the water!
Mount Everest- WE all made it up with some help from some random men!
Final obstacle was running through mud through electric wires- I was still on a high from making it across the monkey bars and decided to run full force through them like a champ. About 3-4 steps in I got shocked, which made my mind totally freeze, and trip over some mud hills. I went down like I have never gone down before. You could hear the crowd go, "oooohhh," I crawled the rest of the way out. The other girls had some strategy. They went slowly trying to go between the wires. Much smarter.
We finished with the time of 3 hours 50 minutes! I think next time we can definitely go faster if Carmen and I get some trail shoes and we don't pause to think about each obstacle before we conquer it.
My Tips for the Race
1) Get trail shoes
2) Skip the gloves. I didn't use mine at all. However, Amy and Candace used theirs the whole time.
3) Sweat bands- skip those too
4) Wear capri's that will cover your knees since you will be doing a lot of crawling.
5) Practice your running- They made me run 10 miles. I think I would have been fine with 8, but it definitely made us ready
6) It's not nearly as bad as everyone on the internet makes it out to be. I thought I would be able to walk the next day because I would be so sore. I was more sore from running my ten miles in training then I was from this race.
7) Don't get there 2 hours early. That's a waste of time.
8) Do it as a team! You will definitely need some help on the obstacles.
That night we took Marta to Maggiano's. Marta in itself has a million stories right there and dinner watching the game was a blast. It was the most fun I have had in a while and spent most of the weekend laughing! I love these girls and loved experiencing the Tough Mudder with them. Now when's our next race!
