Holy Mudders!
Tough Mudder SoCal on Saturday was a fantastic event. My team (Wiegert, Mike, Erin, Shawn and I) kicked Mudder Booty!
At Tough Mudder NorCal in September 2011, my teams ranged in times from 2:30 min – 6 hours for the 13 mile course. This year our team did the event in 2:56-3:30 for the 11.5 mile course. All of us that did the event a second time achieved faster times. I improved my time by 2 hours 🙂
If you are not familiar with the Tough Mudder Event, it is a 10-12 mile challenge race designed by British Special Forces to test your all around strength, stamina, mental grit, and camaraderie. Tough Mudder has already challenged half a million inspiring participants worldwide and raised more than $2 million dollars for the Wounded Warrior Project. But Tough Mudder is more than an event, it’s a way of thinking. By running a Tough Mudder challenge, you’ll unlock a true sense of accomplishment, have a great time, and discover a camaraderie with your fellow participants that’s experienced all too rarely these days.
Here is a highlight video of Tough Mudder Arizona: Mudder Video It was a similar course as we did on Saturday, but Mudder SoCal had a lot more hills.
The most difficult obstacles of the weekend were getting to and from Temecula from LAX. We were in traffic 9 hours of the 29 hours we were away, we were 40 minutes late for our start time, we missed our flight home on Virgin Airlines and then had to sprint to Southwest about 3/4 of a mile away to catch the last flight out of LA. It is very hard to sprint after an 11.5 mile challenge and a 1 mile walk back to parking, but we did it.
Given the traffic and expense of the SoCal event, I will pass on next year’s venue, but I will definitely be doing Tough Mudder NorCal and future NorCal events.
We have about 20 people already signed up for Tough Mudder NorCal and if you are down for the challenge, check it out and sign up ASAP.
You have two options for NorCal events:
Tough Mudder: NorCal – Lake Tahoe (September 22nd) *Price goes up April 30th, but the event is almost full-83% Sold Out *Housing will also be difficult soon. We have two houses reserved as needed.
We have a team for Saturday. Team Name: shamp mudder ; Password: shamp
Tough Mudder: NorCal – Diablo Grande (September 29th) *Price goes up April 30th, but the event is almost full- 70% Sold Out *This should be an easier event with less hills
I do understand that Tough Mudder events are not for everyone. If you have physical limitations, this event is not for you. But, if you say you can’t do it because you are not in “good enough shape,” I do not want to hear that you can’t do it. Anyone can do this given the desire and commitment. When you have the right training program and nutrition intake you will not only show up… but you will excel.I will be your coach for the training and nutrition needed.
Erin Brant lost 60 pounds in the last 5 months, came to SoCal Mudder and completed the event in 3:30. I had to talk her into doing my boot camps only 5 months ago because she said she couldn’t do it. Today, she can do just about anything she wants given her body and mind our in balance once again.
Come join our team in September. There is plenty of time to balance the body and mind like Erin!
Your friend & coach,
Brien
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