Tough Mudder

This past weekend Forrest participated in Tough Mudder. This was an 11 mile obstacle course designed by British Special Forces. I am proud to say my honey went into it with little to no training and took it like a champion. He was on an 11 man team, which ended up splitting along the course into pairs of 2. Forrest ran it with his brother, Tommy, as they helped each other through the obstacles. Cathe, Vera, and I were "spectators," which meant we got to hike the mountain in pursuit of them, hoping to catch them at some of the obstacles. Our efforts were mostly in vain as we were always 2 steps behind, but it was neat to get a firsthand experience with the course.

There were thousands of participants so they started in waves.  Forrest and Tommy were in the 8:40 wave and here they are waiting at the starting line.

Swinging monkey bars across a cold green lake. 

We had fun riding the chair lift and gondola to catch up with them.  This was at the top of Northshore Ski Resort, Tahoe.

"Beast Mode" cheerleaders!

There were some great costumes there; among them, Superman and Batman.  I had to get a picture of this guy.  As you can imagine the hard-bodies were many.

Forrest and Tommy's turn to scale the wall.  This was at the end of the 11-mile course.

Wet, dirty, fatigued and 4 hours later... they finished!

My sexy "mudder."

This was yesterday, the "recovery mudder."  He received an Under Armour shirt which I thought was so awesome (Under Armour is my favorite brand of workout gear.)  Good job babe, I am so incredibly proud of you!  Next year, we'll be on the same team. :)