the 10th month of christmas...OCTOBER

TOUGH MUDDER SEASON VIDEO

TOUGH MUDDER 

WINTERGREEN, VA

TOUGH MUDDER.................

WINTERGREEN RESORT, VA.......

23OCT2011....................

38* FAHRENHEIT...............

37* 55' 48" N 78* 56' 30" W..

3,515 FEET...................

by far...the best, most enjoyable, hardest, good time i've ever had
on a run.

our pre race team shots!

go america. go tough mudder. go pirates. 

tough mudder pledge

AS A TOUGH MUDDER,
I PLEDGE THAT...
I UNDERSTAND THAT
TOUGH MUDDER IS NOT A
RACE BUT A CHALLENGE.
I PUT TEAMWORK AND
CAMARADERIE BEFORE MY RACE TIME.
I DO NOT WHINE - KIDS WHINE.
I HELP MY FELLOW MUDDERS.
I OVERCOME ALL FEARS.

over the wall we go...
this must be early on seeing how
clean i still am.

gettin tired...

oh yea

 

finishing in style

post race, shower, food, and sleep pic

SHENANDOAH

in other big october news, i finally made it out camping. we took a trip out to the freezing

cold shenandoah valley where we did all the typical guy camping trip stuff. here it is. 

spelled out for you in logical steps. 

step one. cut wood.

step two. cut down the whole forest.

step three. start fire.

step four. this one has multiple parts
a. get fire super hot.
b. burn everything in sight.
c. start burning things you don't think should be burned
ie: lighters...
d. start burning things that don't burn till they melt
ie: bottles and tin cans
e. try to do things you shouldn't do...like play hot potato
f. build the fire up again and go to sleep so its ready
in the AM.

and if you bring along the right kinda guy,
you wake up to this.

eggs. potatoes. pancakes. sausage. hot coco. coffee....

happy campers

thats how its done folks 

other enjoyable camping activities...sunrises

hiking

long walks together on the...gravel

taking in the good views

enjoying good company

and of course, eating peanut butter off none other than the 

kill-bar

that was october. it was a pretty accomplished month. finally got out to enjoy the fall colors. got out in the fall weather. got out side and out of the city...good times in oct