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As many of you know, the fella competed in The Tough Mudder competition this weekend. An 18 km. obstacle course designed by the British Special Forces.
Those who compete are required to sign a Death Waiver prior to competing.
A literal tough mudder.
My mom … Betty
More to come …
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silverdae
I got confused on the fourth pic down… what is your hubby doing? again??
silverdae
Please excuse the extra question mark… that would be the vodka talking. What I meant to ask is “what is you hubby doing again???”
silverdae
$#($(%(#)$… your.
Karen
LOL. You are drunkee aren’t you? ~ karen
silverdae
Yep.
silverdae
And this is going to be the first thing everyone sees when they scroll down to the comments. Great. Tell them all I opened the bottle by whacking it on a tree, please.
Leona
(omg) THAT was funny! I totally believe you whacked it on a tree to open it. Even though they still have screw tops last I checked. Which was yesterday…lol. But hey, keep on whacking away – that’s the spirit! (pun intended)
Karen
Leona – I believe drunkee silverdae was referring to this .. http://www.theartofdoingstuff.com/experiment-opening-a-bottle-of-wine-with-a-tree-trunk/ ~ karen
Leona
Oh yes, I’ve seen the video… That’s how I found this blog. I’ll be trying it some day, just so I can say I did.
Karen
Oh! LOL. ~ k
kelly
“Those who compete are required to sign a Death Waiver prior to competing.” No thank you!
SK Farm Girl
Sign a Death Waiver?! Hmmm . . . can I sign up my ex?
SK Farm Girl
Just checked out The Tough Mudder link. My small-town in NE Saskatchewan is hosting the Wounded Warriors Weekend August 24 – 26! We are so excited to be hosting this event and look forward to meeting some really great people!!!
Diana
WWWOOOWWW!
That looks so great!
Fantastic.
Thumbs up for the fella
Judy
Congratulations to The Fella!
magali
we have the Spartan race in Montreal. I had three friends that were going to compete in June. I was ready to make posters and go cheer them on! Then one of them busted her ankle the week before and the other two chickened out (despite the fact that they are crossfiters.. pffffttt to crossfit is what I say).
Hopefully next year I’ll have someone to cheer on… unless your part two on this race scares me off!
Nina
I just need to know one thing and that s where did your mom get that purse she is wearing?! As a person who is “trying” to make peace with using a cane, I can see where this would be useful. Looks so much more stylish than the long ago fanny packs. Would it be possible to share that info? Thanks
Karen
Nina – LOL. I’ll ask her and let you know. ~ karen
Melody Madden
Now that’s intimidating…
Diane
Lol awesome! I see some resemblance of a Pride Parade. Death waiver?? Erm…let me think on that!
Karol
Was your mom a competitor? (teehee) I like her.
Christie O. {Mountainside Bride}
Ack, I wish I had found this blog sooner and had known you were into mud runs. The P90X guy, Tony Horton will we warming up athletes at out Mud run next weekend (Mammoth Lakes, CA). Anyway, next year if you want to come to this neck of the woods let me know
jojo
Also wondering about photos #4 and 5. (From the songs of Sesame Street – “Two of these things are not like the mudders….Two of these things just shouldn’t belong.”
How did Betty (in her whites) survive the mudder aftermath?
AmieM
A friend did that this weekend, too! And I know someone who did the Spartan in Barrie a month or so ago.
Susan
My Daughter-in-Law participated. Man, I didn’t even go to watch after seeing the Waiver that spectators were required to sign!!
Those participants are some TOUGH MUDDERS!
Jen H
Early morning eye candy is AWESOME. And bravo/brava to the hardy souls competing.
Tigersmom
Soooooooo, rather than wax on about hot the fella is (although I can’t believe I never noticed his adorable cleft chin before…I must have been distracted by his abs, or his pecs, or those biceps or something) I have a question for you regarding the refrigerator situation.
Did you finally select one and if so, which one did you pick and, of course, why? And if I somehow missed a post where you have already shared this, I apologize and will happily accept a link to such post as a reply. (Although, if you must, you can send the fella around to spank me. ; ))
Talia
wow that looks intense and awesome!!!
Debbie
Crazy huh? My husband and son did it last year and are signed up for the torture again this Sept. Oh to have a body that could handle the ice swim and the electro shock ….
Dawna Jones
Just wondering if those people had to sign a waiver to be on your Blog this morning,I think I would freak if I knew that the only thing of me that made it was my butt! LOL!
http://www.dawnajonesdesign.com/
jcrn
Those pics are great! As for the Death Waiver, that wouldn’t stop me. They make practically make us sign them before the most routine medical exams at the wussy express care medical centers (most located in drug stores) here. Everyone is liability crazy.
Although I do have to say that this looks far more dangerous (and fun) than a flu shot (yep, have to sign a waiver for those too).
Amy in StL
Please tell me you have photos of the electro shock portion. Some of these races look like fun but the tough mudder’s electric wire shocking section looks just brutal from the videos I’ve seen.
More importantly, how did you fare?
Karen
I *do* have a few pics. of the electro shock. I’ll be doing the full post on the whole Tough Mudder on Friday or Monday. ~ karen
Lynn
“Hello Mudder… Hello Fadder”…
P.S. Isn’t this the run your mom trained for last year?
Leona
The “fella” did survive, yes?
Leona
cuz I have NO DOUBT your Mudder did.
Karen
Yup. Fella is the first guy in the pictures, plus the last guy with a very dirty tee shirt. ~ karen
Nancy Blue Moon
Well..if you ask me..the Fella looks like the toughest Mudder there..Congrats Fella!!!
Sarah
I was looking into doing that too! Then, the next morning, I woke up with a huge headache, and realized I had too much “spirits” the night before. Can’t wait to see how he did!
designlove
Our friends were in it and loved it!!! Crazy people around here!!!!
How about the electric strings they had to walk thru?
Cindy
Susan
My daughter and son in law did it this weekend. They survived to tell the tale and are looking forward to next spring. Gray with mud they were very proud of their accomplishment that they trained hard for over 8 months. I looked after the 4 kids and 8 month golden retrevior along with my 165 lb. Newfoundland dog and my 14 week old ninja kitty! I deserve a Tough Mudder headband too! That of course while I managed my bakery during a huge street festival! Electric shock? Phfft! Nothing to it!:-) ….Congrats on finishing Fella. You can train past my house any day!:-)
Laura G
Hubby and I signed up for the Run For Your Lives Zombie run – 5K obstacle course where you get chased by people acting like zombies. Pretty sure you don’t have a sign a death waiver, but it will be a blast! And you get a free beer after.
Kelly C.
I am impressed. Heh, I couldn’t do it. I’d have to sign a death waver to join a Zumba class. Too out of shape. Congrats.
sara
Based on the majority of the comments here, I’d like to recommend you start a second blog strictly for posting photos of the fella. Between this blog and the new blog, none of us would have any reason to look anywhere else on the internet.