Tough Guy

This is Lesley, Mum, Shelley, Me, Emily and Tiffany after completing 11.5km (it was only meant to be 10km but somehow they increased it and didn’t tell us till the end) of absolute torture at the Tough Guy and Gal Competition in Rotorua yesterday. The Girls all managed to finish in a little over two hours which we though was very respectable until we heard that Phil (Em’s boyfriend) competed the event in 1hour 26mins – what a legend!! The fastest guy who must have had wings made it through the course in 1hour and 1 minute which I have to admit was faster than my 5 km spit time. The course involved a variety of challenges including mud, hills so steep we needed ropes to get up, down hill mud slides, wading through a lake, under barbed wire, over fences, under cargo nets, wading through mud (which in places was chest high), through forest tracks, up hills, and did I mention the MUD!!!! The course was very challenging but we all made it (except my friend Annie who not only managed to sprain her ankle but also needed the nebuliser for her asthma – better luck next year). Christian and Adrian also completed the event along with a few of our friends (in all we had 16 people entered in our Tuff Enuff group). There were about 2000 competitors and 250 of them didn’t make it so we all deserve a pat on the back. We have all been comparing scratches and bruises today!! We have decided that this will be a yearly event so any volunteers let me know J