Adventuring
This weekend I will be back in my favourite city, Brighton, to take on the Warrior Run. It is a 14km run with around 60 obstacles to conquer along the way. The challenges will involve walls, pits, ropes, tunnels and mud... lots and lots of mud! The other day Warrior Run posted this picture on Facebook as a sneak peak of what's to come... Yes, that's right, it's a quarter pipe... my nemesis! This is not my first mud run and I have a score to settle with the quarter pipe obstacle. In 2013 I completed the North West Tough Mudder which was incredibly fun, if anyone is thinking about doing a TM, do it! Seriously, do it, you wont regret it:) I enjoyed the whole day but I was particularly looking forward to Everest , I don't know why but it was the one obstacle I was most excited to try. It was the second to last obstacle and we had been running for about 4 hours at this point so we were pretty tired anyway, but I was still optimistic and looking forward to giving it a go. We were given a couple of tips by the awesome volunteers at the bottom, mainly, run at it as fast as you can and don't stop until someone catches you. And then our turn was up! Most of my group made it up after 4/5 attempts... it took me closer to 20! I couldn't believe how much trouble I was having with this obstacle! Try as I might I could not make it far enough up the slope to reach the waiting hands at the top. It was so frustrating! Conquering Everest takes major grit and teamwork. Everest is coated in mud and grease, a combo that might send you right back from where you came. Suck it up and keep climbing. The view from the top is worth it. My team mates were fantastic, staying at the top to try and catch me or cheering me on from the sidelines. There was also a lovely volunteer at the bottom who kept encouraging me and let me wipe my muddy hands on his shirt each time I didn't make it (sorry for the ruined shirt!). I was crying and frustrated and getting weaker and slower but I eventually, somehow, got that extra foot up the ramp and grabbed someone's hand and made it up and over the top. I was so relieved! I cried even more. So now that I know that Warrior Run is building a quarter pipe I am determined to defeat my nemesis and make it over this obstacle, hopefully with fewer than 20 attempts and with a few less tears:)
I'll let you know how it goes next week... wish me luck! Here are some of my favourite pics from Tough Mudder.
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