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!!!