Ok the Tough Mudder... All I can say that it was tougher than an Ironman because of the hills and the lack of the ability to actually train for something like this. This is the first race that I didn’t “race”. Also, the first one that had caused me to get the most beat up from. I can do obstacles all day long BUT I don't run up black diamond ski slopes multiple times in one day with 27 obstacles. I've borrowed some of the following from another daily miler (thank you) because I couldn't remember all the obstacles. And she summed up our feelings rather well.

Berlin walls: My arms didn't carry me over them, thank you sponge bob man for grabbing my ass and hurling me skywards.
Gauntlet: Climbing over hay circles while being pelted with sleet. God bless twine and my teammates. Oh and walking across the top helped.
Devil's Beard: Asshole and shoe-sole is what you focus on. Normally this obstacle is on flat ground- for us, it was still trekking up the side of a mountain. My camera kept getting stuck. Then I felt something stick my palm and I thought a thorn. I was surprised when I looked down to see a safety pin was imbedded in my palm up to the bend of then pin. I think I shocked the guy next to me when I pulled it out.
Hold your wood: Hauled a fireplace log up and down the tubing hills. I heard that you don’t grab a team log it makes it harder. Grabbed a long one it is easy to handle. This one wasn’t that bad we were still smiling at this point.
Funky Monkey: Monkey bars that spun. I watched as everyone dropped into the icy water. I made it three rungs then in I went. Thanks to George our new adopted son to pull us out.
Log Bog Jog: I managed to not break my ankle or tweak my leg while jumping over, around, and on logs and rocks on a wooded trail that went straight up.
Twinkle Toes: Walk across a 40-foot balance beam suspended over icy water. At one point I didn’t think I was going to make it. The cheers of the crowd behind me hurled me to the other side.
Chernobyl Jacuzzi: Probably, the dumbest fucking thing I've ever done in my life- jumped into a DUMPSTER filled with ICY BLUE KOOL-AID. I was fine until I had to duck under the water twice. Thank God again for George to pull me out. I thought my arms had fallen off in the dumpster.
Spider's web: 30 foot cargo net not tied down. It was great that we had fellow mudders holding it down for us. I learned from my seal friends in Coronado, don’t look down.
Greased Lightning: Slide down the side of a ski slope on plastic with water going down it. Think slip and slide. Problem was that there were pointy rocks under the plastic. I tried to go down on my one side to protect my bad knee and tail bone. In doing so I hit a pointy rock and cut open my knee cap. Later found out that I probably should have gotten stitches on that one. I’m so happy that our support crew was at this obstacle waiting for us. Changed out gloves and went on.
Boa Constrictor: crawl through corrugated tubes into mud. Used my arms only for this one.
Underwater tunnels: Exactly as they sound. Tubes underwater then into water and back through tubes to the other side. Thank God again for George who helped yank me out at the end. Did I mention the icy water yet? No? There was a lot of it out there.
Death March: There are not enough words in all the languages in the world to describe the utter demoralization, calf-burning hatred, and sheer determination that occurred while ascending over 1000 ft in a mile up multiple black diamond slopes. We needed to really stop at this point for a couple minutes of rest. My knee was hurting and our lungs were reminding us that we live at sea level.
Cliffhanger: There was cliffhanger? My mind was blacked out by the Death March.
Kiss of Mud: crawled up EVEN MORE FUCKING BLACK DIAMOND BULLSHIT on my stomach under barbed wire. All for a banana at the aid station. God I loved that banana.
Tired yet?: Most boring obstacle of the day. Yay I walked through tires. Whee. My legs were happy for the reprieve. My legs where happy. My big feet only got in the way a couple of times.
Log jammin: going over and under freshly cut pine logs that are 5ft high. Mmm, pine sap. My knees didn’t like the under part. My poor hips were really getting a beating.
Bail Bonds: More hay circles 10ft high. This one wasn’t too bad. I liked sliding down the other side.
More Berlin Walls: 12ft high walls. I was told I should pass because of the fall at the end. I begged/pleated with a guy to help me over.. poor guy He told me later I stepped on every inch of his body. First one I fell on my shoulder on the way down second one I hit the feet and knees hard. Damn are we done yet.
Smoke chute: Climbed up a 15 foot wooden ladder. Crawled through black sheeting to be met with a 10ft drop onto a quarter pipe slide. WOW that was fun. I have to say scariest and most fun one of the day. I was thinking of doing it again. My teammates wanted to keep moving.
Kinky tunnels: totally black zig zagging tunnels with open floors. More knee anger. So many pointy rocks I was using my hips and arms to get me though. My hips started thinking of starting a coup. Oh my Garmin went off right in the middle. We were at mile 9.
Shake n Bake: Waded through more icy water, then crawled on my stomach up a ski slope through beach sand under barbed wire.
Turd's Nest: They had shut this one down before we got there. It was falling apart. Get this, they were worried for our safety.
Everest: A crisco'd half pipe that you have to run up, find either something or someone to grab onto to make it to the other side. Our Team decided to pass on this one. My knees and Mary’s hands were not going to make it.
Fire Walker: Make your way through a maze of hay bales ablaze with a kerosene fire. UP A FUCKING MOUNTAIN. Couldn't see because of the burning, couldn't breathe because of the burning. We should be done soon. I keep hearing the crowd/spectators at the end. BUT NO we had more mountains to go up and down.
Water Cannon: Great idea, spray us down prior to sending us into the electroshock therapy. I was thinking it was like basting us prior to frying us.
Electroshock Therapy: This is probably the most anticipated, and popular obstacle. You run through a sea of vertical cattle fencing. It definitely gives you a kick and a pop wherever the wires hit you. I noticed a guy go down in front of me. I’m sorry I didn’t see him as a mudder but an obstacle to get around OH and a maker as to where not to go. I think he was breathing when I ran around him.

Ok NOW where is the food. I want a burger. They provided only 4 water stops and only one aid of them had bananas. NO gels, no sport drinks. The only porta pots were at the aid stations. That is a long course (took us 6 hours) to do without food/nutrition. You really couldn’t bring a fuel belt, it would have gotten caught or lost. I saw more items of clothing all over the place than in any other race. The bag pick up was a mess. It took us almost an hour just to get our gear. All in all: fun, tough, draining.. so many other words. We laughed often, cried a little and had the fun with friends.