Wellness tough mudder

"The Tough Mudder series is being launched because there is not an event in America that tests toughness, fitness, strength, stamina and mental grit all in one place and all in one day. Sure, there are a few that will test these things for thousands of dollars and a week of your life. But in one day in one location? We dont think so. Other mud runs like the Muddy Buddy series? Forget it unless you want to run alongside your 60-year-old grandmother. Tough Mudder is a truly exceptional event for truly exceptional people. Fair weather runners should stay at home.

FACT Marathon running is simply boring. And the only thing more boring than doing a marathon is watching a marathon. Road-running may give you a healthy set of lungs, but will leave you with as much upper body strength as Keira Knightley. At Tough Mudder, we want to test your all-around mettle, not just your ability to run in a straight line, on your own, for hours on end, getting bored out of your mind."

When designing the course, we traveled the globe to find the most challenging and fun events out there. As well as touring the States, we went to races in Germany, England, New Zealand, and France, and we incorporated the best of what we found. We promise you something truly bad-ass that looks basically like the images you see on our site, but we cant promise everything will look exactly the same. If this is the kind of thing that annoys you, we suggest you stay at home come event day.

When designing our courses, we also went in search of the toughest guys on the planet to help us out. Some US Navy SEALs wanted to help, but they were too worried about getting sued if something went wrong, so we went to the British Special Air Service (SAS). These bad-ass Brits were made famous for the ass-kicking they dished out during the 1980 Iranian Embassy Siege in London and were the first ever elite special forces unit that all other countries special forces units (including the SEALs) are modeled on. Check out their Wikipedia page for details of their hardcore selection process.