faithrunner

A little over a year ago I completed my first and only Tough Mudder event. On May 2, 2015 , I joined 14 other members of the Dirty Dozen team led by Paul Wilson , TM vet and Pastor. Paul's and my friend, Doug Miller, chided me to join the team and to get dirty.  I like a challenge, and I had never attempted one of the muddy obstacle events like Tough Mudder or Spartan Race or Battlefrog . So, I signed up and began to train with the Plano contingent. You can watch videos of the events (ours was a 10.2-mile-18-military-style-obstacles course), so I won't bore you with my wordy descriptions. I want to tell you four lessons I learned from the event that stick with me a year later. (They also continue to apply to every obstacle-filled effort I seek to do.) 1. Teamwork is the only way to accomplish anything outside your own capabilities. I can run and cycle a long way for my age, but I am a weakling in my upper body. Without the help of multiple team members I would hav...