Tough Challenge - Weald Park

Last Sunday saw Ben and I tackle the first event forming part of our MdS training. We thought it would kick start our training in early October, as September had been a strange month for training with hardly any running together due to holidays.


Tough Challenge looked like a fun event as we'd opted for the Half Marathon option that entailed 13, 1 mile loops cross country style! We arrived on a crisp, sunny October morning and went into a pre-race briefing by Rory of Ambition Events, who gave a strangely detailed overview of the course including 3 water features!

There were three different races happening at the same time the 10K, 1/2 marathon and yes, a full marathon! Within 200 metres we had been through the 3 water/mud obstacles, pretty much un-scathed with the exception of Ben's shoe that didn't want to leave the mud bath! The rest of the 1 mile loop was on grassy slopes and tracks with two hills. We had our split times recorded by Jo Kilkenny who I know from my Kingston Uni days and successfully completed the MdS this year.

Ben and I both completed the challenge, caked in mud but still smiling! It was a really fun event and brought back (fond!) memories of Tough Guy that we took part in back in January.