Sunday, October 14, 2012

Austin Tackles Tough Mudder

Yesterday, Austin completed the Tough Mudder obstacle course - 12 miles of obstacles designed for British special forces and now touring all over the United States. He finished in about 4 hours (the average time is 3 hours), an amazing feat for having hardly trained physically. His friend Beau invited him to join their team several months ago, and he said he was grateful to have a team to go with. Here are some pictures, graciously taken by Beau's parents (we didn't actually go to watch - can you imagine the boys sitting still with all this mud?).
On your mark...get set... GO! (It's actually not a race)
The Team Line-Up (Austin on the right, preparing for Dirty Ballerina)
Mount Everest on Film

Wounded Warrior Carry (Austin took a turn carrying as well)
Heading into Dirty Ballerina
Dirty Ballerina: In the trenches
Dirty Ballerina: Helping others over

Dirty Ballerina: Check out the mud


Time for a snack... thanks Mom!
(Beau's parents were there filming and nourishing the team) 




Just the Tip - Beau helping Austin get started



Scaling Just the Tip
Just the Tip: Finishing Up
Funky Monkey: "Hmmm..."
Funky Monkey - two bars in, dropped in and swam the whole way (ice water)

Funky Monkey: Completed!
And now what you've all been waiting for...
 
Electro-shock!!!

Tough Mudder: Mission Complete

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