I Did It! I survived Tough Mudder!
That means I can do anything!
I still cannot believe that I did it! It was really tough and I conquered some serious fears! I still have one fear that I couldn't beat, so next year I will try again.
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| Climbing the wall to get to start! |
It was really surreal pulling up in the parking lot and seeing signs that reminded me that I signed a "death waiver!" I had serious butterflies in my belly! You have no idea!!! I decided that I would go with my usual hair in braids and a hat! I was sure I wouldn't lose that! LOL... um... sure! I lost my hat in the ice bath!
Well to even get to the starting line, I had to climb a wall. I just remember thinking, oh boy here we go. When I jumped down, I realized that my achilles wasn't ready for me to do all that jumping. Oh well!
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| Ready to race! |
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| The end of the race! OUCH! |
We were so excited to start! When you look around and see that EVERYONE there is fit and strong and proud, it takes your breath away, especially when you are in the process of becoming all of those things. So honestly, right away, I began my self-sabotage. I started criticizing myself in my head... "Why haven't you lost more weight?" "Why aren't you are faster runner?" "What makes you think you can do this?" Ugh! Not good! Thankfully I have really supportive friends who pushed me through and made me feel pride!
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| Gangham Style! |
There were so many obstacles that I cannot bore you with all of them, but on our way to the Arctic Enema (the ICE BATH) I did have some fun dancing to "Gangham Style" knowing that I was about to plummet into ice! That ice bath was insane! And I did it! The other shocker that I did was the Shockers!!! And I ran up Everest and made it the first time! Well there was also the plummet into the water... I have no idea how high it was, but it was much higher than it looked!!! (see the first photo)
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| Shocking my booty! |
I still can't believe I did it. I am in shock! Well, maybe I am still shocked!!! :)
I did have to skip the underground tunnels due to my Claustrophobia.
I need to thank Polar for sponsoring part of this race. I also need to thank Harold R. Without their help, I wouldn't have been able to run this race!
Let me just tell you that I have a long way to go in this journey, but the girl who was sitting on the couch eating McDonalds at this time last year would have never seen this coming.
If I can do this, ANYONE can!!! Conquer your fears! Be proud!
