After Saturday's 35 kilometres, I woke up stiff, exhausted and seriously questioning my life choices. Another 15k and two 5ks awaited, with increasingly muddy conditions, tired legs and very little enthusiasm for doing it all again.
WATCH DATA
Complete run
Recorded during the event and imported from the activity files. GPS and biometric values are device-recorded estimates rather than official race timing.
GPS DISTANCE26.07 km
RECORDED TIME3:36:58
ELEVATION GAIN218 m
RECORDINGS3
AVG PACE8:19/km
AVG HR130 bpm
MAX HR173 bpm
Combined view: distance, recorded time, elevation and compatible watch metrics are aggregated across the recordings in this view. Any time between stopped recordings is not included in Recorded Time.
GPS ROUTE
The route
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HEART RATE
Heart rate through this view
ELEVATION
Course elevation
PACE
Pace against distance
Exact kilometre splits remain available in the individual recording views because a file boundary may occur part-way through a kilometre.
The Story Behind the Result
After Saturday’s 35 kilometres, I woke up stiff, exhausted and seriously questioning my life choices. Another 15k and two 5ks awaited, with increasingly muddy conditions, tired legs and very little enthusiasm for doing it all again.
But once I started running, something remarkable happened. I could keep going. Familiar faces, encouragement from the starting pen and a growing determination carried me through three more runs and the final finish line of my first Tough Mudder season.
Six runs in one weekend. Fourteen Tough Mudder finishes in 2026. Six more shinies, a mountain of muddy washing and another important step towards World’s Toughest Mudder.
Endure. Overcome. Make It Count. 🦔💛
Runs / laps3
Obstacle encounters48
Unique obstacles22
First encounters0
Average rating3.8 / 5
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