Local Chiropractor takes part and completes ToughMudder for North West Air Ambulance!
Donations can still be given even now the event is complete and they are more than appreciated by the North West Air Ambulance!
Congratulations to Nathan Peacock. He has been chosen at random for the prize of his choice. Please contact the clinic!
The Start!
For some crazy reason I have accepted a challenge to take part in a Tough Mudder event. It consists of a 10-12 mile gruelling obstacle course. http://toughmudder.co.uk/events/yorkshire-2013/
For those of you that know me, you will know that I am 50m swimming sprinter for Blackpool Aquatics. My races are over in 23-24 seconds! I am not a long distance endurance athlete in the slightest. And to make things worse I was told about this event two and a half weeks before it. That is not much time to get fit!!!
I have decided to try and raise money for the North West Air Ambulance, https://www.justgiving.com/adam-carlisle, as they do a fantastic job and help a wide variety of people. Raising money for this charity will hopefully keep me going through what will be the biggest challenge of my life to date!
To be honest I have no idea if I will make the 10-12miles as I have never done any running in my life before so this will be something of test for me. Hopefully the air ambulance won't be called over to come and save me!
If want to learn a bit more about me head over to the Coastal Chiropractic Clinic, in St Annes or check the website at www.ccc.uk.com. Or if you would like to get in touch I am on twitter at adamcarlisle7 or call the clinic on 01253 727720/ 07906 832 156.
As a personal thank you if you donate, you will be entered into a free draw for either a Chiropractic Initial Consultation and 2 treatments, worth £100 or 2 free neck and back massages, worth £60! Also everyone that does donate can have a free spinal screen and health check.
See below for details.
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So please dig deep and donate now.
If you donate, please revisit this page once the donating time has ended to see if you have won the free draw as you will need to contact the clinic to arrange the appointment. With regards to the free spinal screen and health check, please contact the Coastal Chiropractic Clinic on 01253 727720 or 07906 832 156. Good luck!
The Big Day.
Team Size consisted of Ryan, Joey, Gary (Batman), Luke (Mr Incredible), Sam, Westy, Medium Dave, Me, and Ryan (in the cover photo (left to right)).
The course was a 12mile fell run, up and down hills, through woods and up heathers, swimming in ponds and crossing streams, in torrential rain and howling winds plus 23 grueling obstacles which were as follows:
1. Glory Blades (fence jumping)
2. Arctic Enema (jumping into a dumpster full of ice)
3. Dirty Ballerina (jumping over trenches)
4. Boa Constrictor (crawling through mud and water filled pipes)
5. Hero Carry (carrying a team member for 100m)
6. Electric Eel (crawling through mud with electric wires above you shocking you)
7. Hero Walls (getting team mates over 12 foot high walls)
8. Island Hopping (crossing water on platforms)
9. Cage Crawl (crawling through cages filled with water)
10. Trench Warfare (crawling through mud filled tunnels)
11. Hold Your Wood (carrying logs)
12. Kiss of Mud (crawling through thick wet, mud with barbwire above you)
13. Underwater Tunnels (swimming in a pond and going underneath obstacles)
14. Walk the Plank (jump off a 5m high platform into freezing cold water)
15. Mud Mile (running through a mile of thick, deep, wet mud and scrambling over obstacles)
16. Funky Monkey (ascending and descending monkey bars)
17. Everest (getting the team up a quarter pipe)
18. Electroshock Therapy (running through electrically charged wires)
Plus course hazards.
We had a fantastic team ethic, and if we had a man struggling we waited and helped them through tiredness, injury and muscle spasms to reach the end!
With me being a Chiropractor I ended up not just helping my own team members but also other fallen participants along the way with injuries and advice, which was nice to be able to help.
It was the most challengingly and tough event I have ever done, and yet one of the greatest and satisfying days of my life. Team Size worked fantastically together and we all had a superb weekend.
Tough Mudder did a great job, but Team Size beat it!
