So far I've managed to round up a total of two friends who are mad enough to complete the Tough Mudder challenge alongside myself. So who's in this wolfpack?

Myself, Matthew Lloyd and Steven Clark will be training over the coming months to prepare ourselves for Tough Mudder, in the hope that any training completed will ease the pain on challenge day, which is Sunday 25th August 2013.

But what is Tough Mudder anyway? 

Tough Mudder is an endurance event series in which participants attempt 10–12 mile long military-style obstacle courses. Designed by British Special Forces to test mental as well as physical strength, obstacles often play off of common human fears, such as fire, water, and heights.The organisers encourage teamwork, and many obstacles are purposefully designed so as to be very difficult to complete alone. The events are untimed, but on average only 78% of entrants successfully complete the course. 

With such a challenge set it was only fitting that we put ourselves through this pain for a worthy charity, and after a light discussion, it was agreed that we should raise money for Alzheimer Scotland.

Of course we can't raise all the money ourselves for this excellent charity, so this is where YOU come in. We have various ways for you to donate, including a text service. How 21st century are we?!!

If you want to text your donation to us just use the example text below. 

TMUD91 £5 to 70070

You can also donate through this very page or give us money in person via the old school method of a sponsorship form.

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