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Race Review Tough Mudder • June 1-2, 2013 Angel Green
Well the Mudder was really fun, my team were all ready for the challenge. 12 miles and a large variety of obstacles in 94 degree temperatures. My favorite was mount everest and the funky monkey. Most obstacles were not as challenging for my fitness level, but with a little help from friends they were all very doable for anyone. What was the most challenging aspect of the course, was the constant ascent and decent of the mountain. Our wave began the course at 10:45 AM. I made it up and down without pain or problem,. Rick Marciano had signed up solo but joined in with my team “DTA” and stuck with us the whole way, He was very instrumental with informing us on the best way to approach each obstacle and was the definition of team work, he was even removing huge rocks out of the trails so people wouldn’t twist their ankles. He probably saved a lot of people from injury Saturday. My team mates Lillian and Paul were great on the ascent of the mountain, although I was not as quick on the ascent, I was still passing many people on the way up, and had the ability to
endure it. I have an advantage on the down hills because I’m quick and seemingly avoid any knee pain, so it was easy to sprint down the mountain. My quads and knees were and still are just fine! We did log carries and buddy carries, and that was easy for me, I’ve had plenty of practice working out with the “Stone Tower Spahten fitness” group in Lynn Woods. Unfortunately So many very fit looking people were not up for the challenge because of the heat or because they were pushing too hard. Participants were bending over or laid out all over the sides of the mountain. Heat exhaustion, severe cramping, ankle injuries were very common. The Medics were up and down all day picking people up. I have to say, I’m quite impressed with myself and my team. We were pretty much unaffected by the weather conditions, and we all completed the course with only a few nicks and scratches. The obstacle that I was most worried about was the arctic enema, but by the time we got upon it, I was ready, and lemme tell you, it is really cold, and I will never opt to do a mudder in the Spring or Autumn because that is one obstacle I would bypass! I wear contacts as you might know, so I shut my eyes under the water but the shock was so great that I opened them for a second, and could see the greenish darkness of the ice and water.. DISGUSTING. Part of this obstacle is to swim underneath the
Angel Green and Rick Marciano covered in mud.
board that’s in the ice and emerge from the other side, I jumped in as close to the board as possible, so I was able to swim under it quickly and got my head back above water, my muscles were frozen but there was Rick to pull us from the water. It was hard getting out of that tank! There was one obstacle that they shut down, “walk the plank” either there were issues with it’s design, or the water was too shallow and deemed unsafe so it was closed, I wasn’t really looking forward to it anyway, but when I saw what it looked like, it really wasn’t that bad. The electric eel and shock therapy voltage seemed not to work, I was not shocked at all on either ob-
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