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Tough Mudder Atlanta

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Location:

Vestavia,AL,USA

Member Since:

May 31, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon Top 10 Finishes: 7 Bridges ('15), Utah Valley ('13), Salt Lake City ('08), Top of Utah ('07), and St. Louis ('04). Ran around the equator (24901.55) in 4,388 days.

Personal Records
Marathon 2:39 (SLC '08)
1/2 Marathon 1:12.30 (Provo River, aided '08)
10K 34:16 (Track, sea level '00)
10K 33:15 (Des 10K, aided '08)
8K 25:32 (Crack of Dawn, aided '13)
5K 16:44 (Track, sea level '00)
5K 16:07 (Running of the Leopards, aided '12)

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~NYC Marathon November 3, 2019~~ done

~~London Marathon October 3, 2021~~ done

Tokyo Marathon March 3, 2024!!!

And my largest challenge to date, raise $20,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in honor of my cancer survivorship and in memory of those lost to blood cancer...
DONE! $26,403.70

https://pages.lls.org/tnt/al/london2021/awende

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy being a Masters Runner.

Get under 3 hours one more time...

Personal:

Grew up outside Chicago and joined the blog while I lived in Salt Lake City. Now living outside Birmingham. I am married with two daughters. Wife thinks I'm crazy for doing marathons. And yes I am crazy I'm a scientist for a living...

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	331.25
RM 090416 Lifetime Miles:						136.06
Saucony Type A Lifetime Miles:						200.18
Nike Vaporfly Pink Lifetime Miles:						122.22
Saucony Ride #37 - Black Lifetime Miles:						56.50
Saucony Ride #38 - Neon Lifetime Miles:						53.50
Saucony Ride #39 - Grey Lifetime Miles:						59.50
Brooks Launch #38 - Grey Lifetime Miles:						65.25
Brooks Launch #39 - White Lifetime Miles:						57.50
Brooks Launch #40 - Blue Lifetime Miles:						54.00

Sat, May 07, 2016

Race: Tough Mudder Atlanta (11.3 Miles) 02:00:00

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
11.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.30

A few friends from church talked me into doing a Tough Mudder. It was so much fun. In total 8 of us did the race. We picked up two additional people in the first mile and the 10 of us completed it together. This was not a group of runners and this type of an event is a challenge not a race so not sure what my time was. Over the 11.3 mi there are 23 obstacles ranging from climbing a two story rope to navigating 7 foot deep mud pits. Some of the tougher challenges were the team ones to get up and over a 20 ft wall. Many of the obstacles were designed to require 2, 3, or even more people to navigate. Others were mental challenges like swim 20 ft through ice water with an obstacle that forces you to submerge and the finish line set-up with exposed electric wires that give you one gnarly shock. I only got hit three times but other were double zapped to the ground. Overall sounds crazy (and it is) but so much fun everyone should do it.

Before, Midway, and Finish

Toughest Obstacle

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From bgrun on Sun, May 08, 2016 at 18:11:01 from 107.139.156.115

Thank GOD you survived.

Your "Mudder" is SO proud of you.

From jtshad on Wed, May 11, 2016 at 09:22:19 from 141.221.191.225

Glad you had fun! I am still not interested in one of these.

From Adam RW on Wed, May 11, 2016 at 20:54:11 from 71.45.10.210

Yeah, this is not a running or even competition thing. All about team building. At least the way we did it.

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