Tough Mudder

On Sunday, October 6th, Finish Strong's Steve Hardy competed in the Tough Mudder in Baytown.  It was a 12 mile course with over 30 obstacles involving lots of mud, ice water, scaling walls, and electric shock. Steve reports, "Running between the obstacles felt like running with 2 pound ankle weights due to the mud caked on the shoes.  The memorable obstacles were crawling under a wooden frame with dangling live electric probes (low amps, but 10,000 volts) and yes i got zapped.  Running through 50 feet of 35 degree ice water to my chest and having to diver under a divider mid way through. And the final obstacle of running through a 100 foot long wooden frame with lots of live wires, hay bales and mud pits.  I only got zapped once during that but never slowed down and never went down.  Took one to the jaw.  I successfully completed every obstacle except walking across a wobbly 50 foot balance beam over water with mud caked shoes.  Took over 3 hours to complete but a lot of fun.  This is an untimed event built on teamwork so the only goal is to complete the course."   Love the before and after shot below!

Steve Hardy is one Tough Mudder!