Do or Do not. There is no try.

This is my first blog post ever so what would be a good starting point?  Maybe we should start with where I've come from and where I'd like to go.  


I'm 27 years old and work your typical Seattle desk job.  In high school, I was in the peak of my fitness playing baseball and water polo on a daily basis while fighting sitting still as much as possible.  Since then, things have deteriorated quite a bit. After traveling for work with a major wireless carrier, I hit my worst. I was weighing in at 230 lbs!  Things had to change.


After my son was born I knew I had to get healthy for him.  My greatest fear as a new dad was not being able to keep up with my son to play sports with him, coach his teams, and provide a good example of healthy habits.  So, I started hiking.  Then, hiking led to running.  I had never been good at running.  I used to actually collapse in PE when running the 1 mile.  This even led to a few ER visits in my early school days.


This brings us to about a year ago when my current workplace put together a team for the Gladiator Rock'N Run.  I registered, I trained, and I kicked its ass!  I even dropped down to about 180 lbs! It felt great and I wanted more. That is when my friend introduced me to the Tough Mudder competition.  Here is a brief description for those of you unfamiliar:


Tough Mudder events are hardcore 10-12 mile obstacle courses designed by British Special Forces to test your all around strength, stamina, mental grit, and camaraderie. With the most innovative courses, half a million inspiring participants, and more than $2 million dollars raised for the Wounded Warrior Project, Tough Mudder is the premier adventure challenge series in the world.

Link to Seattle challenge map: http://toughmudder.com/events/washington-2012/


So that is the challenge and it goes down on September 29th & 30th.  I'll be updating this blog with entries about my training, what I'm eating, and all the challenges along the way.  I hope you'll follow along!