Are You Spartan Tough?

Hubby has been running and training for weeks for the Spartan Race. He was relentless! He ran in the rain, he did sprints, he ran to Krog Street Bridge and back. Finally, the weekend after Hubby and I got back from Granny's 90th Birthday Bash, it was time for the Spartan Race.

If you've never heard of the Spartan race, the Warrior Dash or the Tough Mudder, they are obstacle races and they range in difficulty. This particular Spartan Race is a muddy 3+ mile trail run with approx 15 obstacles through out the race.

Of course I went to watch!! It was pretty incredible to see some of these competitors! At one point in the race, there is a 400 foot crawl through mud under barbed wire. People came out of that with cuts on their back and bloody knees. It was gruesome. Hubby signed up with a bunch of people from work.

look how clean they all are!

aaaaaand drum roll please! Hubby was the first of his work friends to cross the finish line!! Yep, I'm pretty proud! Check out some of the obstacles...

mud crawl action

rope climb

wall scale

Tractor pull

It was a pretty impressive run for those guys and girls in the race. I know I couldn't have done it. Hubby was a hot mess when he finished, FULL of mud!

 Luckily for us (and for the car) they had outdoor showers (aka garden hoses on a hook) for the participants to hose off that mud.

Overall we had a fantastic time! Many memories made and a cool Spartan medal to boot!