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It's finally here. In less than six hours I will be on course and this thing we call World's Toughest Mudder will be underway. Yesterday it all became real. As I set up my text in my pit area and looked around at all the other people doing the same, I realized that this really … Continue reading Hope When You Take That Jump, You Don’t Fear the Fall
The weekend before this past one I completed 22+ miles at Central Florida. The course was over the normal ten miles and even though TMHQ said it was two laps, it wasn't really. The course just had a lot of cross over points and it was probably easier to just call it two laps. Saturday … Continue reading And I Know What You Came Here To Do, Now Bust It Open Let Me See You Get Muddy
Me: Okay, so is being a low level of panicked the norm? Because I am right now. Chavez: Yep. Me: Oh, I'm glad it's normal I know that a lot of people don't like to admit when they are scared or worried or panicking about something. I know that I used to be one of … Continue reading Singin’ Don’t Worry About a Thing, ‘Cause Every Little Thing Gonna Be Muddy
I have a goal for World's Toughest Mudder. It's a goal that I initially kept quite about and didn't share except with a select few people. But it was eventually shared for me more publicly. And now it has me afraid. I believe that when you have a goal and you don't share it, it's … Continue reading The Problem With Goals Is They’re So Dang Pretty
Anyone who knows me would tell you that I'm an extrovert, through and through. I can make friends anywhere I go. I get that from my mom. Because of that, I'm more than happy to walk up to an event solo. I know that it's just a matter of time until I find someone to … Continue reading In That Mud, Really Thick, Like I Like It, Tell Me Is There Any More Room For Me, In That Mud
I have crossed the Tough Mudder full Finish line 6 times. I completed 15 miles at a Toughest Mudder. My bench press PR is 225. My 10K PR 1:33:23. I train 5 days a week. More often than not, I do not consider myself an athlete. Most often, I consider myself a fraud. A farce. … Continue reading I Wish that I Could Be Like the Muddy Kids, ‘Cause All the Muddy Kids, They Seem to Fit In
Ten weeks. That's two handfuls of weeks y'all. Earlier this week I was reading a post where the author was talking about how emotional he got when he asked his family/friends to be a part of his pit crew for WTM. It should be said that I have some of the best friends in the … Continue reading It’s a Quarter After One, I’m All Muddy and I Need You Now