I'm Gonna Be A Mudder...

After spending all of last week deliberating whether to train for the Tough Mudder in June, I finally bit the bullet yesterday and registered. I have been reading through fitness blogs/ reviews from others who have done the race so far this year, talking to a few people who have done it, and watching an embarrassing amount of YouTube videos of both people doing the race with Go Pro's and the Mudder organization itself showing details of the obstacles.

This week of training went pretty well. We just finished week 2 of March Madness at bodyco, and though I spent the first half of this week battling a cold, I made it a point to work as hard as I could to see if this race was something I'd be able to handle. In Monday's training Jody put me through the ringer. From pull ups to farmer carries it was non stop. I am pretty sure I sweat out 75% of my germs. I felt really good post workout, but it was Saturday Slaughter yesterday that solidified my choice to register. One of the exercises we had to do were towel pull ups. Right out of the gun my response was "those towels won't hold me" and "I won't even be able to get one of these, nevermind 50." For the first half hour I kept staring at the pull up bar, then going onto something else. I finally jumped up, did two, and got off. As I was doing so, I remembered my first slaughter class I had ever taken at bodyco, to which I left in tears. We had to do 50 pull ups and I couldn't even do one. Yesterday I told myself to suck it up and get it done. I busted out the 50, then after class had 15 minutes to kill and did another 15. Before I could mentally talk myself out of it, I came home and registered.

I have spent time today at work researching key exercises that will prepare me best for the race, as well as local hiking trails that I can start running over the next few weeks (if the snow ever melts). I would love to really focus on a goal and train properly for it...so here it goes! If I can get solid training under my belt for this, I will feel much more confident going into my Spartan race two weeks later. That last wall from October still haunts me. :)

I have been making an effort over the last few weeks to eat and train better and I definitely feel stronger. I am not one to take "before and after" photos, but I wanted to see if there would be a change in my body if I focused on making better choices. In the last two weeks, I am beginning to see that. It's motivating me to stay on the path and get it done!