Tough Guy Challenge 2009

Scott, emailed me this link, and it was too much fun not to share. If we can find a nearby farm with some ponds, mountains, and a fire field, maybe the RMEC will create one of these. . . any takers? I admire any race that makes the competitors put there number on there forehead.


"Billed as "the safest most dangerous taste of physical and mental endurance pain in the world", the Tough Guy Challenge took place on February 1st, on South Perton Farm, near Wolverhampton, England. Thousands of challengers (men and women) started the endurance race, with hundreds dropping out along the way due to exhaustion or injury - broken bones, dislocations, and over 600 cases of hypothermia. Even the overall winner, James Appleton, was treated briefly for hypothermia. The course takes racers through 21 obstacles - through mud, freezing water, across ropes and burning terrain."

Here is a link to a few more pictures. Some are duplicates.