Great Morning at Audubon Metro

What a great day for a little run and obstacle fun. 

Thanks to Bob, Kevin, Nate, Tim, Leslie and her son Elijah for joining in on the fun.    Stepping out of the car, into the very brisk morning breeze was a nice wakeup.  We took a nice mile or so warmup and then onto the obstacle course where we were able to make 4 passes through.  It is a perfect spot for Mudder training.  The best part was hearing Nate smack into the wall on the second or third pass.  THUD!!!!  I wish I could have seen him fall backwards on his butt on the other side.  Sorry Nate. :)

So we have a couple weekends left for training until we take a week off before the Mudder.  The last week will consist of lots of stretching and a couple short shakeout runs.  We are going to have a great day on May 17th in Mansfield, OH!! Channel your fighting spirit....yell HOOYAH so the whole world can hear it!

It's almost time: (ZZZZZzzzAAAAP!!!!)

Audubon Mudder Training

Today was a lot of fun downtown. The Audubon Metro Park is a great site for Mudder training.  

We started off with a mile+ warmup run, then a walk thru of the obstacle course.  The large tire flip at the beginning proved to be a good test and made the legs feel like jello when going over the balance beams.  The rope wall, monkey bars, over/under and the wood wall were also very good too.

The obstacles look easier than what they really are.  On the second pass, we timed ourselves and were aiming for a 8 minute lap.  We smashed that goal with a time of 5min 30sec.  The heart and lungs were working at full capacity.  By the way, Simmons is a speedy spider monkey!

After the course we took a nice cool down run back to the cars.  I really like this location and what the park has to offer.    

 

Why do we run Tough Mudders?

One section of today's run reminded me why we do Tough Mudders.  We passed a homeless camp along the river and it really got me thinking.

Columbus, Ohio has a very large population of homeless veterans.  Many of them are from the Vietnam era.  These brave men and women did not have a support system like the Wounded Warrior Project.  You are the reason why things are better for our heroes.  Remember that!

Now Mudder Up!!!

Highbanks on Sunday

What a beautiful day for a run through Highbanks.  Thanks Bob and Nate for joining in.  The ground was muddy and the temperature was just right.  A perfect day to get out the preMudder jitters.  Next time we need to bring a taser to amp it up a bit!  

Bob used his superhuman senses to spot approx 4 feathered friends who cheered us on with their wobble gobble gobble.  

We have one month of training left and Bob & Nate think the obstacle course downtown sounds like a good idea.  Email your ideas and let's get together at least once beforehand.  

Obstacle Course Downtown:

Mudder up!!!!