This year Tough Mudder put on a Mini Mudder race for children. It was four laps of an obstacle-filled course and Jamie and Holly had a ball doing it. We managed to get them in just on time which meant we could watch them before setting off on our race. They had a great time doing it and are definitely up for repeating it next year (in fact they are counting down until they can do the actual full Tough Mudder course).
So this is a wee bonus blog. My year really finished with the marathon, but we’d always planned to do this just for fun(!). And what fun it was. There were 13 of us all together, made up of oncologists, surgeons, spouses and friends. Many of us hadn’t met before but as always with Tough Mudder, by the end we were BFFs. We had great support from family and friends. The kids took part in the mini-mudder event (more of that later), and once again Dad seemed to run practically the entire course co-ordinating the filming/photographing. I took my trusty…
So it is done! The forecast was truly appalling, and while the promised rain didn’t materialise, unfortunately the terribly strong wind did. Which blew against us for the last 8 miles of the run. There were a few of us running; me, Lindsay, Ewan, Jeff (White), Jeff (Downie) and Chris. Managed to meet up with everyone before the start which was great, and also met the lovely White family. And we had such great support throughout the whole run which was just magic. Indeed I certainly don’t think I would have finished without it. The Wallaces, the Gordons, the Whites,…
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