Let me get this straight, we’re going to run over 11 miles, up a mountain, namely Northstar, and through 20 obstacles… again? Sure, why not? We’re crazy. But really, it was because we felt robbed last year with the massive bottle necks and shut down of the course obstacles. Almost every obstacle had a long waiting time with the quarter pipe wall being the longest, 45 minutes long. Not this year though. Things were much more organized and planned out. The wall, Everest, was at the very end and quite the challenge given you’ve done 11 miles of the course already. And thankfully, no human ladder. It was warrior ninja style.

The most memorable obstacles were the usual ice baths, walls, and of course, the electroshock wires. And this year there were two sets of them. The water crawl one with the hanging wires were the most hilarious given you get shocked for the mistakes of others. Thank you conductive water! Too bad we didn’t get footage of that one.

All in all, this race has topped the chart as the most fun on yet. Challenging? Yeah, running up a mountain in high altitude is not going to be fun, but really, if you’re in shape this will be fine. Aiming for the 3 1/2 hour mark. With a team of twenty, we weren’t aiming for that. It was all about comradery.

1. Kiss of Mud
2. Walk the Plank
3. Hold Your Wood
4. Arctic Enema
5. Hangin Tough
6. Boa Constrictor
7. Kiss of Mud
8. Berlin Walls #1
9. Electric Eel
10. Just the Tip
11. Trench Warfare
12. Berlin Walls #2
13. Lumberjacked
14. Log Jammin
15. Funky Monkey
16. Spider’s Web
17. Mud Mile
18. High Steppin
19. Everest
20. Electroshock Therapy

Till next time Tough Mudder.