My Man is a Mudder... I already knew he was Tough!

My main squeeze, Nate, did the Tough Mudder New England on Saturday. It was quite a race. It was a 10 mile course with 27 obstacles throughout the course. Some were physically challenging and some were mentally challenging. Most involved mud so I chose not to do it this year. :) Nate joined a team of about 20 with his buddies Wes and Brian.

This is the team:

Here is Nate and his team at the starting line:

And Nate and his team doing the braveheart charge, which is just running down the mountain where everyone yells...

And now they begin a mile run/walk up Mount Snow. Nate said that this was one of the worst parts. Just walking a mile up a hill...

Brian's wife, Cassie and I, waited for the boys at the 5th obstacle called Boa Constrictors. This is Nate approaching the obstacle. He was still clean but still smoking... :)

And that is Nate entering the obstacle. This was two sewer pipes where the bottom of the first and the top of the second were nearly submerged in water. The mud and water smelled like funk!! Cassie and I stood down-wind from this obstacle and I believe we both almost gagged a few times.

That's Nate getting into the second one!

And Brian coming out of the first...

And that's Nate walking away from the second one....

Brian, Nate & Wes after they went through Boa Constrictors:

Nate running through tires:

And then Nate and his team climbing up yet another hill:

The next obstacle that I saw the team pass was called Evil Knivel. This is Nate and Brian approaching:

Nate, Brian and Wes waiting for their team:

Nate's team was very smart and made him get up the obstacle. Then he could help everyone else as they were getting up. Here is Nate:

The next obstacle was called spider webs. This is Brian getting over:

And then Nate:

The next obstacle I saw them at was called Glacier. This is Nate moving down the glacier.

Nate after glacier. He was looking pretty yucky!!

After running over the snow, they had to run up an area where there were hay bail hurdles and fire hoses. Somewhere in all that spray is Nate... charging...

Running up yet another hill:

This is Nate and Brian getting into Blood Bath:

Nate coming out of Blood Bath:

And the two guys covered in green food coloring and freezing...

Nate running over some hurdles. Everyone else was walking in between the two pipes, using their hands, and getting over the hurdles. Nate was running on them...

Nate and Brian leaving the fire obstacle:

The second to last obstacle was a slip n' slide. As Nate and Brian were approaching the obstacle, I was sort of suprised that they didn't hold hands and slide down together... It sort of looked like they were going to... :)

And the final obstacle, electroshock therapy:

Brian and Nate finishing... Nate surprisingly let Brian beat him... :)

CORRECTION: Nate did NOT let Brian beat him... He clearly passed the finishing line before Brian!