Tough Mudder

Adam called me about three weeks ago with this great idea. Tough Mudder 2012. "You're totally on my team." Straight out of the '90s, but that was my decade too, so I understood his Friends/Seinfeld dialect and I'm signing up.

Let's see, who's on the team:

Adam - graduated with a degree in modern dance, averaged over 5 hours of dancing a day while in school.
His boyfriend - Adam doesn't date slobs, so.....
His trainer - From the sounds of it, a guy who should actually be a trainer, not some guy who read a couple of articles in Men's Health.
Me - a firefighter who hasn't realy worried about cardio since the early part of the century (not that long ago really, but it adds to the dramatic effect)

I know I could power through the obstacles, that's kind of what firefighters do. The twelve and a half miles though, through mud with some swimming, not really my forte. (No Kia jokes, I promise.)

If you search a little bit through the Tough Mudder link, you'll find a set of reccomended exercises. A crazy tough run, followed by fifteen core sapping, sweat dripping, mentally wearing exercises done for a minute each with about a thirty second rest in between. I've split the run and exercises up between different days, but I'm loving it.

It's old school army type stuff. It's almost as much a mental challange as it is physical. By the end (and I've only been able to complete all fifteen the last two times), I'm sore, dripping, tired, and frankly a little unstable when I stand. But, it's awesome. I'm planning on being in the best shape of my life by the time the Tough Mudder rolls around, (I'd better be) so stay tuned.

Here's this post's song.

The Cave - Mumford and Sons