Bib: 03497
Start: 08:00
Finish: 11:35
Time: 3hrs 35min
Obstacles: 19
Distance: 20km
Steps: 33,038 (thanks to my Fitbit Flex, which didn't die in the mud)
Weather: Overcast and Rainy
I awoke this morning full of energy. Now I'm not a morning person, I usually wake up dead to be honest, but this morning was different. I was jumping out of my skin as soon as my alarm went off at 7am, and I took this to be a good sign! My nerves from the last night had all but disappeared. I had a quick breakfast of avocado on toast, got dressed and ready, bummed around the house for a little bit, then eventually walked out the door.
My plan was to run this morning with two friends of mine, Heather and Andrew. I left my phone at the beach house, so that I wouldn't lose it, and it wasn't until I arrived at the event that I realised how would I contact them? Didn't think that one through too well. After walking around for 20 minutes, taking in the event, and looking for Heath and Andrew, I finally just decided to jump in the starting wave without them; the 8:00am start, and run by myself and make some new friends on the course.
So I ran by myself. Even though we were the first wave of the weekend, I was quite slow - close to the back of the pack, so by the time I came up to the obstacles, they were already getting muddy. As fun as the event is there was some extremely long runs in-between some of the obstacles, some well over a kilometre long. At one point, I was running by myself for over 10 minutes before I passed or someone passed me. This was fine, as the scenery out in Phillip Island is amazing.
For about the first third of the event it rained quite heavily. Compared to last year's extremely hot 30 degree plus Tough Mudder, I was quite happy to dance in the rain. No sunburn for me this year!
Start: 08:00
Finish: 11:35
Time: 3hrs 35min
Obstacles: 19
Distance: 20km
Steps: 33,038 (thanks to my Fitbit Flex, which didn't die in the mud)
Weather: Overcast and Rainy
I awoke this morning full of energy. Now I'm not a morning person, I usually wake up dead to be honest, but this morning was different. I was jumping out of my skin as soon as my alarm went off at 7am, and I took this to be a good sign! My nerves from the last night had all but disappeared. I had a quick breakfast of avocado on toast, got dressed and ready, bummed around the house for a little bit, then eventually walked out the door.
My plan was to run this morning with two friends of mine, Heather and Andrew. I left my phone at the beach house, so that I wouldn't lose it, and it wasn't until I arrived at the event that I realised how would I contact them? Didn't think that one through too well. After walking around for 20 minutes, taking in the event, and looking for Heath and Andrew, I finally just decided to jump in the starting wave without them; the 8:00am start, and run by myself and make some new friends on the course.
So I ran by myself. Even though we were the first wave of the weekend, I was quite slow - close to the back of the pack, so by the time I came up to the obstacles, they were already getting muddy. As fun as the event is there was some extremely long runs in-between some of the obstacles, some well over a kilometre long. At one point, I was running by myself for over 10 minutes before I passed or someone passed me. This was fine, as the scenery out in Phillip Island is amazing.
For about the first third of the event it rained quite heavily. Compared to last year's extremely hot 30 degree plus Tough Mudder, I was quite happy to dance in the rain. No sunburn for me this year!