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WEDNESDAY 30 April 2014
e l p o e p d o o f h s Y ou r f re Members of the Wairua Mud Rookies Obstacle Course Racing Club during the Tough Mudder. They are from left Donna Witika (Donz), Daryn Johnson (Chewy), Karly Larking (Woo-Woo), Karen Monahan (Karen), Alan Martin (Wolf) Bottom row from left, Tracy East (Tracy), Sharron Martin (Shazanator). Photo: Michael Craig/NZ Herald.
Beating the ‘Tough Mudder’ A group of Nelsonians have crawled, climbed and sweated their way to glory at the Tough Mudder race in Auckland over the weekend. Twenty-two people from the Wairua Mud Rookies Obstacle Course Racing Club competed in the 20 kilometre obstacle course, and founder Sharon Martin says it was a huge weekend. “It was very long, it took us three and a half hours so that took a toll. But the camaraderie from the team definitely makes it easier, you know what everyone is good at and what their weaknesses are.” With seventeen obstacles in total, ranging from the “Electric Eel”, where participants crawled through muddy trenches with electric wires hanging from overhead,
to “Walk the Plank”, a leap from 20 metres high into cold muddy water, the course is not for the faint hearted, says Sharon. “We finished the course in just under four hours, but for us it was never about the time. It was about starting as a group and finishing as a group, we’re all feeling pretty pleased with our result”. The sport of obstacle racing, popular in the USA, Europe and Australia, has begun to grow a dedicated following throughout New Zealand. Sharon says the group are planning to attend more events like the Tough Mudder and welcome anyone to come along and join in the fun. If you want to join call Sharon on 027 693 4618 or join the group’s Facebook page.
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