New England Tough Mudder: Team Awesome!

Last weekend, Tim and I flew back to the East coast so he could participate in "probably the toughest event on the planet" AKA Tough Mudder. Tim and a bunch of friends signed up for it several months ago, and it had been a highly anticipated event with emails of training videos back and forth, crazy training schedules, finding a house for us all to stay in, etc.
With the weekend finally upon us, we headed up to Vermont on Friday afternoon with Tim's sis Sarah and her boyfriend John. Once at the house, we hung out and waited for friends to arrive, had dinner, and sewed Love146 patches on our clothes...then it was off to bed to rest up for the big day!
On Saturday morning, we had a delicious breakfast prepared by Nora & Joe, the Mudders got ready, and we were off to Mt. Snow to see the craziness.
Team Awesome consisted of Tim, his sis Sarah, her boyfriend John, and our friends Joe and Joe. They were amazing, and watching this event was such a blast. It was a very spectator friendly event, and we could basically watch from anywhere that we wanted to.
Some of the highlights of the race included: Gaining 7,000 feet in elevation, swimming through ice cold water, getting really muddy, climbing the glacier, running through fire, crazy monkey bars, electrical wires, and the Berlin Walls. Those crazy kids were champs, and we were so proud of them.
After the race and the complimentary finisher beers, we headed back to the house to shower and grill :) We spent the night relaxing with all of our favorite people.
On Sunday, we had a wonderful breakfast prepared by Peter and Katie, and we had Mother's Day lunch in North Hampton with my parents and brother, and Tim's parents and Li.
All in all, it was a fantastic weekend with our families and friends, and we had such a great time! I can't wait to be a spectator when Tim does the Colorado Tough Mudder in June at Beaver Creek!
Here are a bunch of pictures - more on my facebook page!

Entering Mt. Snow area

House we stayed in

Sarah and John sewing on patches

Team Awesome: Joe, Sarah, John, Joe, Tim

Some of the spectators

Sign to enter Tough Mudder

Boa Constrictor

Glacier

Chili Peppers - Ice cold dyed water

Team Awesome - Muddy, Wet, Happy

Funky Monkey

Berlin Walls

Fire

Electrical Wires

Yay Team Awesome!

They did it!

Me and my Tough Mudder

All of us, minus my parents and bro

There were 28 obstacles in all, over the course of 10 miles...basically, those guys are rockstars :)

I'm off to Italy tomorrow with M and his family, so get ready for an Italy post soon! :)

Tread on Trafficking Update

May 10: 3 mile walk, 3.1 mile run
May 11: 0
Hoping to get in at least a 3.1 mile run today!

Love146: Tread on Trafficking

My sis-in-law, Sarah, is working for a really cool company called Love146. Basically, they work to abolish child sex slavery and exploitation around the world. If you would like to check them out, their website is love146.org

So, during the months of May and June 2011, they are doing a fundraiser called Tread on Trafficking - basically people can sign up to raise money for Love146 by logging workout miles. Tim and I, along with other fam and friends decided to sign up to raise money for this worthy cause. We ordered our t-shirts, and are ready to go! My goal is 200 miles for the 2 months, I am off to a slow start, but I intend to reach my goal :)

So, my stats for this month so far are:
May 1 - 1 mile hike
May 2 - 5 miles bike, 3.1 miles run, .5 mile walk
May 3 - 3.1 mile run
May 4 - 1.5 mile walk
May 5 - 3 mile walk
May 6 - 0
May 7 - 1 mile walk
May 8 - 0
May 9 - 1.5 mile walk, 2 mile hike
Total: 21.7 so far....I have a bit to go, but I will do it! :)