Women in OCR
Jen Dugard's
Tough Mum Mission
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rom the outside Obstacle Racing seems fit solely for fitness freaks and adventure junkies. The domain of thrill seeking over achievers pursuing pain and dirt. You could not be more wrong. Insiders know that obstacle Racing is for everyone. It is one reason why we have fallen so heavily for this sport. Case in point is Tough Mums, a mums only obstacle race training group originating in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Founded by mums fitness expert and Obstacle Racer, Jen Dugard, Tough Mums was the natural progression from Jen’s mums only training group; Body Beyond Baby, which helps mums rebuild their post baby bodies from the inside out. The Tough Mums first tackled an obstacle race at Tough Bloke Challenge in 2012. After an eight week lead in of obstacle specific training, 15 mums, decked out in their signature orange shirts, conquered the course and had so much fun that it was inevitable more events would follow. Since the Tough Bloke Challenge, the
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