Tough Mudder (Wounded Warrior Project)

[recondo82]

I'm back. It was a lot easier than I expected, but probably because I have been training for it for 8 months. The team I joined after my original team bailed was a decent team. but the tennis pro had a chest cold and from what I hear is not a great runner to begin with, so we kept having to wait and let him catch up. They ended up having 28 obstacles instead of 21. Probably 5 of the additional 7 were some kind of mud pit. I guess because it was a horse ranch that hosted the event, they thought it would be funny to use horse shit instead of mud...every mud obstacle. The worst were two obstacles that involved wading through calf deep shit water for a about 100-150 yards. The problem was that while it was calf deep, they had dug 4 foot holes all throughout the obstacle, so you would be walking along and suddenly drop down to your waist. I'm interested to see if anyone broke an ankle or incurred some other leg injury navigating those obstacles.

The Chernobyl Jacuzzi was one of the first obstacles, and if you think about how some restaurants fill your glass to the top with ice and pour in a small amount of liquid to fill the glass, this was how the obstacle was set up. As a bonus, not only did you have to get through about 20 feet of the stuff that was chest deep, but they put a 2x6 in the middle which forced you to go under.

Long story short, I navigated every obstacle, scaled every wall by myself and helped a lot of people up the walls. On the 15 foot platform that you jump off into another pit of muddy, cold water, I yelled "Airborne," tucked my elbows into my sides and counted like I was exiting a C-130.

It took a couple showers and a lot of scrubbing to get the mud off, which led me to the discovery of numerous scrapes and a few bruises, none of which I felt at all during the race. I ended the race with energy left, despite taking a face full of the electrified wires which clamped my jaw down so hard I'm surprised I didn't break any teeth.

I'll definitely do it again. It was a complete blast.

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[VoTrooper99]

Congratulations and good job! How were the shocks? That's the obstacle that I fear the most. Only because I have been tasered, and that is a miserable experience.

[recondo82]

Congratulations and good job! How were the shocks? That's the obstacle that I fear the most. Only because I have been tasered, and that is a miserable experience.

As you can see in the picture, I decided to run through the wires with my arms open so I could experience the full effect. I must have got 8 or 9 good jolts on my way through, seeing as how they are spraying water on you the whole way through. They also put hay bales in the corridor so you couldn't just barrel your way through. At the end, I got a face full of the wires and got the jolt of a lifetime, but stayed on my feet. I've seen the video of Shadowcop getting tasered, and this is nowhere near as bad.

In hindsight, I might have done well to carry a mouth guard for the obstacle, but my pockets were full of horse shit, so I doubt I would have wanted to put it in my mouth. You're a paratrooper. You will do fine.

[Weazle23]

You are kickass!

[RH]

OFS Scott!

Effin proud of you brother.

[recondo82]

Thanks for all the support. I think we should do a Tough Mudder next year with an APO team. They are going to have one in North Carolina, which should be close enough for a number of us. Exact date and location is not announced yet, but I'm in if anyone wants to do this thing Airborne style!

[LadyDoc]

Congrats! I just found out that a med school classmate did the same one you did. Dunno know what his team was though.

I think we should do a Tough Mudder next year with an APO team.

I would personally sponsor every single mother-lovin' one of ya, just for the right to be there and take pictures!

[IEDmagnet]

I'm in Scott.

[Har]

First of all. Congratulations.

Hell why not a APO team,?
I sure should be able to make it.

[rockwellB\co1\508]

I'd love to do it!,unfortunatly with my knee's I'm screwed,However ,if you want to do one in Oregon I can supply the mud,water,horseshit,and the electric fence! Also Beer!... GREAT JOB RECONDO!!

[recondo82]

I'm pre-registered for the North Carolina Mudder, which just means they will send me an e-mail when the date and location have been set. I'll register and create the team, then post a team registration link for anyone who wants to participate. For the team name, we could be Team APO or Team Legendary Chinese Bandit Recon (LOL).

[recondo82]

rockwell, check out this video, brother. Saw this guy on the course, and he completed just about every obstacle with the help of teammates.

[Rocket1972]

That made me tear up a bit Scott. Great video of a great team!

[Mortarman11c]

You've inspired me brother. Myself and my brother-in-law (never served but the athlete type) will be doing one in May. Going to ask a Jarhead buddy of mine if he wants to play. Time to start training.....

https://register.toughmudder.com/reg...7380&cat=27921

[IEDmagnet]

You've inspired me brother. Myself and my brother-in-law (never served but the athlete type) will be doing one in May. Going to ask a Jarhead buddy of mine if he wants to play. Time to start training.....

https://register.toughmudder.com/reg...7380&cat=27921

Al, so what you're saying is you'll be doing two next year right?