The New Vision Wilderness staff is always
incorporating staff-wellness events into their weekly and monthly schedules.
Bringing each other together outside the workplace helps strengthen their bonds
at work. From smaller events, such as cookouts and movie nights, to larger
events, such as marathons and Tough Mudder obstacle courses, the New Vision
staff enjoys wellness events.
If you’ve never hear of Tough Mudder before, than
you’re in for a surprise.
What is Tough Mudder?
Tough Mudder events are hardcore obstacle courses
designed to test your all around strength, stamina, mental grit and
camaraderie. With the most innovative courses, over one million inspiring
participants worldwide to date, and more than $5 million raised for the Wounded
Warrior Project, Tough Mudder is the premier adventure challenge series in the
world. But Tough Mudder is more than an event; it’s a way of thinking. By
running a Tough Mudder challenge, you’ll unlock a true sense of accomplishment,
have a great time and discover a camaraderie with your fellow participants
that’s experienced all too rarely these days.
Dave
Mosse, Field Director, Challenges Tough Mudder
“The race was great. It was a total of 11.8 miles
with approximately 20 obstacles. Our average mile pace was about 8:30 minutes
per mile. All the obstacles were fun but my favorite with out a doubt was an
obstacle called the funky monkey, which came at about the 11-mile mark. This
was a new take on the monkey bars we all know and love from our days on
playground except instead of straight across it had a 45 degree pitch going up
and the same going down on the other side! We rocked it with no problems.
Another obstacle that was fun was a leap from a 30ft platform, which was
reached by climbing up a nearly vertical and very muddy wall with small wood
ledges with enough room to step on with one toe. That one was great. When you
hit the water and mud, it was very refreshing. The other obstacle that sticks
out as a favorite would be the "Berlin Wall," which is a 15ft wall
where you have to use your team mates as a ladder to get to the top and the
help the last person over the wall by pulling them up! Great team work. My
least favorite was called "electroshock" therapy. For this obstacle
we had to crawl under 20ft of barbed wire, which had electrically charged wire
hanging down, and damn did they pack a wallop! I saw two people get knocked out
for a moment when they got shocked. I was lucky and only was shocked twice it
the back, but damn it hurt. Our total time was 2hr 20min and it was a blast! I'm
a lot more confident as I move into training for a 24hr obstacle course race
next spring or fall.”
More Resources:
Dave Mosse, Field Director Biography: http://goo.gl/8GSKqm
Tough Mudder Website: http://goo.gl/4cNFzo
