Tough Mudder 2013!

Today, my wife and her uncle completed their first Tough Mudder!  I went along to watch and take photos.  I got some decent shots with my own phone and several more with my wife's iPhone.  For now, I'm posting the pictures I took with my phone; the rest will come tomorrow.

At any rate, the Tough Mudder was, well, tougher than expected due to heavy rainfall last night.  It was even tough on me as a spectator; walking several miles back and forth through the course to get photos along muddy trails and through puddles can suck the life out of anyone.  Still, it was worth it to get these pictures and to support my wife.  Also, I'm pretty sure I'm doing the next one with them; seems like more fun than spectating. ;)

They both did amazing, as did most everyone that was there.  They should all be proud of their accomplishment.  Also, the event organizers apparently give large sums of money to Wounded Warrior Project.  They've raised over $6 million dollars this year.  That, too, is something to be proud of!

As a final note, one of the event coordinators told us early registration for the 2014 Tough Mudder in Austin begins tomorrow.  I bet you'll be able to find more information here if you check tomorrow.  If I can fit it into my schedule, we just might have to go try this one out.

With no further delay (without further ado?) here are the pictures!

This was the last time they were basically clean all day.

They had to climb this wall just to get to the starting line...

...they both made it!

This is just coming out of the starting gate; still kinda clean.

What was that about clean!?

Yes, I think Allan had some mud in his teeth; just a little...

They still had a decent amount of energy at this point.  Later on?  Not so much..

This shot does a good job of showing just how muddy it was at times.

You can almost make out the 'Tuffians' logo Steph made for their shirts.

Tomorrow I'll try to update this photo with whatever this obstacle was called.
However, I think 'large muddy hill' works just fine.

Steph gets a hand up.  Watching the teamwork and camaraderie on
display here was awesome. Everyone helped everyone.

Allan scrambles up behind her...

...and gets a hand up, too.  Hopefully more pics tomorrow!