Tough Smudge
Born Survivor Elite Squadron: What Have I Signed Up For?
This weekend I’m taking on Born Survivor Lancashire’s 12 km Elite Squadron: 29 obstacles, around 347 metres of elevation, a 90-minute timing cut-off and no assistance on the obstacles. The real question, though, is whether I’ll have enough left at the finish to turn around and do a second lap.
Building Upper Body Strength for Tough Mudder | Power Tower Build + Tough Smudge Update
A new Power Tower has joined the Tough Smudge home gym. While unboxing and building it, I talk through the journey so far and why improving upper-body, grip and pulling strength is becoming an important part of my Tough Mudder training.
The Ink Beneath the Mud
There is something fairly obvious in the photographs of me running Tough Mudders that I haven’t really talked about yet. The tattoos.
Start of the Journey
I’ve no doubt this is going to be a wild journey. At the weekend, I think I found a little bit of a calling. My legs were sore. I’d just completed my first-ever 15K run, my first Tough Mudder and my first obstacle course race.