Mud, sweat and a few tears | mud runs in Georgia
april, 2015

Training for such an event began years ago. It had to begin early. Preparation, whether mental or physical conditioning, requires a long journey. As the date of the March Spartan Race at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers grew closer, my son gushed with excitement of running through challenging obstacle courses, scaling walls, sliding underneath barbed wire, dashing through sinister three-feet deep water holes. His daily workouts were impressive, and he had the muscles to prove it. I figured if anyone could, he could rise to an extreme challenge. After a bit of research and checking out extreme words like Savage, Warrior, Spartan and Tough Mudder, I was intrigued; however, in my mind, it was still just mud.

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