Tough Mudder videos and pictures

So the event is finally over and done with for this year. I did a video just before the event and an update today.
I have also included a video of the event and some pictures.
I am hopefully doing 2 next year.
We raised about £1500 for The A21 Campaign against human trafficking.

The Arctic Enema

The day of reckoning has arrived. Tough Mudder TM 10

So the morning of the event is here. The team are turning up in half an hour.

Tough Mudder No.9

A quick update on Tough Mudder. 2 days to go.

Though I would give you a quick update. The team has formed well. We have trained hard and really want to work this as a team.
I am resting from training for the last 2 days.
We have raised over £1000 so far for A21 campaign against human trafficking.
Please go to www.justgiving.com/nclctoughmudder

Tough Mudder No.8

So this morning I am pleased to announce that I managed to run 10.5 miles in a respectable time. The hardest battle was not the hills, the tiredness or the chafing thighs; it was the battle inside my head. Give up or finish the race!
I think the next run maybe even harder as I now know the cost of completing it. This time I was ignorant of the pain and the battle in my head.
You can join me in paying the cost by going to our justgiving page and sponsoring us.
https://www.justgiving.com/nclctoughmudder/
Thanks

Tough Mudder No. 7

Post workout blog.

Ten 100s

100 runs (12 mters)
100 burpees
100 press ups
100 kettle bell swings
100 chair jumps
100 sit ups
100 leg raises
100 bicep curls
100 tricep ext
100 horizontal pullups

Tough Mudder No. 6

My birthday training blog

Tough Mudder No.5

Post workout video. Sorry about the abrupt ending, I ran out of storage on my phone.

Tough Mudder- The reason why!

People have asked me why on earth am I doing "Tough Mudder".
Here is the reason why.
I am doing it to raise awareness of human trafficking and also to raise funds in the fight against it, particularly through the work of the A21 Campaign.
It is mainly girls and children that are trafficked. the girls are often beaten, raped and drugged and then forced into prostitution.
People have questioned my sanity just because I will face a bit of cold water and a few electric shocks.
Most trafficking is done BY men FOR men. So we, as real men, (you cannot count yourself a real man if you treat women this way) need to be part of the solution.
Check out this video that will explain a bit more about it.
As you watch it, every time your hear the name Natalia, change it to the name of your sister, daughter, girlfriend, wife. Then see whether it becomes personal.
This is why I am doing Tough Mudder.

Tough Mudder Training blog TM No.4

New video blog from my Tough Mudder training.

Rest, God's gift to us.

And God rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done. Gen 2: 2

One of the thoughts running through my head before we headed off to Disneyland was about justifying our holiday to people that know about it. Do they believe that I have done enough to deserve the holiday. Do I believe I have done enough to need a holiday. Trying to justify going away for 2 weeks by saying we haven't had a proper holiday in 4 years. What am I trying to prove? That I work hard or that I am a hero or that I my work is so stressful that I just have to get away?
God had nothing to prove with resting on the seventh day. He didn't need it. But he knew we would. So He set a pattern of work & rest.
I don't want to get on a performance treadmill where I have to prove my existence & value by what I do rather than what has been done for me & who I am becoming. But I also need to understand that God finished the work before He rested. I want to rest but it has to be resting FROM something, not just my default setting.
Anyway I am going to enjoy my holiday & rest with my family.