I would say Happy Monday, but I am most likely not going to be able to move today.
I am writing this approximately 4 hours after World’s Toughest Mudder in New Jersey and I can barely move and need to sleep.
But, work calls and I need to get out my weekly newsletter 🙂 I’ll be quick. However, I will be writing how we prepared for the event and what we did during and post very soon.
In short, my four teammates Mike, Alex, David and I (see photo on top right) achieved our goals for this event and then some. I am very proud of all of them and happy to “do battle” with them again anytime. Not that I will ever want to do this again 🙂
Our goal was to do a minimum of 16 miles with a maximum of 40 miles. We also wanted to still be in the race after 24 hours. Last year, only 100 out of 1000 competitors (top 5% of the finishers in Tough Mudder) finished 24 hours later, due to cold and exhaustion.
We finished in 11th place in the team standings. We did 40 plus miles & 160 obstacles in 25 hours. I believe we would have achieved 3rd place, but we also had some issues with hypothermia and fatigue around mid-night. We made a team decision and decided to get warm & sleep, rather than continue on.
I don’t have any video of us, but here is a taste of World’s Tough Mudder: http://youtu.be/8uSueb4ChTw
One last thing, I worked fairly hard for 25 hours this weekend in the freezing cold, can you please donate even $1 to the Wounded Warrior Project. Please donate here: Wounded Warrior Project
I got an amazing email from a friend, who shared a story with me.
Check out the email below:
“Hi Brien!! It has been a very long time. I do enjoy still seeing your emails.
Best of luck on your race and as a mother of a wounded soldier I personally want to say thank you.
My son is serving our country as a US Army Infantry Soldier. Last September he and his squad encountered an IED while on foot patrol. Sadly, there were some very serious injuries; loss of legs, chest injuries, closed traumatic brain injuries, shrapnel and loss of hearing. After the impact when he regained consciousness, he started first aid on his buddies until help arrived. He sustained shrapnel injuries, post traumatic brain injury and loss of hearing in his right ear. He will tell you loss of hearing in one ear is nothing as he is alive!!
You may know others as well but not sure if you remember you trained my son in his teen years.
Again, thank you for recognizing our wounded soldier and best of luck in the race!!
A very proud Army mom!!”
That is it for now. Please donate here if you feel you can: Wounded Warrior Project
In this newsletter, you will see an article called “Interval Training For Faster Results” and an Easy Wild Tuna Salad recipe below.
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Have a great week!
Brien
