Saturday Bib: 20570 Start: 8:40 Finish: 11:40 Time: 3hrs Obstacles: 18 (25 features) Distance: 19km Weather: Cold and overcast | Sunday Bib: 16689 Start: 9:00 Finish: 12:10 Time: 3hrs 10min Obstacles: 18 (25 features) Distance: 19km Weather: Sunny but cold |
A quick hearty breakfast and we were off on the 45 minute trip South through Auckland to the Hampton Downs Racetrack, or so we thought. Turns out at some point we made a wrong turn on the highway, and started travelling east, which we didn’t realise for about half an hour. So we went almost an hour out of the way, and were very late for the first wave ever in New Zealand Mudder history.
Unfortunately, we missed the first two waves, and had to settle for jumping in the 8:40 start. I was a little upset about this, not being able to be one of the first ever people to run in the inaugural Auckland Tough Mudder, but then things took a turn for the better.