Boats & Hoes take on the Tough Mudder

Last Saturday up at Mt. Snow, team "Boats & Hoes” (Marc Lancia, Tom Buckley, Karson Mui, Dougie Auclair & Pablo) took the challenge of accomplishing the toughest obstacle course on the planet, Tough Mudder.

Tough Mudder events are a hardcore 10-12 mile obstacle courses designed by British Special Forces to test your all around strength, stamina, mental grit and camaraderie. By Running a Tough Mudder challenge, you’ll unlock  a true sense of accomplishment, have a great time and discover camaraderie with your fellow participants that’s experienced all too rarely these days.  Tough Mudder was designed for the Wounded Warrior Project and has raised over 2 million dollars in a short few years.

Team Boats & Hoes figured that this was a great way to get ready for the 2012 paintball season. If we couldn’t finish this as a team then we probably should give up playing in any tournaments this year. We stuck together as a team through 5 hours of hell and pushed each other up and down the mountain and through each obstacle course. There was no short cuts and skipped obstacles with this team.

With all that great team work we used we finished it as a TEAM, except for Tom “The Ghost” Reed who wasn’t there to help fellow Boats & Hoes Players out. He was to busy eating lunch with his best friend and training for the LPGA tour this year, maybe next year he will be Tough enough but I doubt it. Out of the 5 Boats & Hoes players to take up the challenge the 2 toughest were the Planet Eclipse employee’s, Marc Lancia & Tom Buckley. They were the only 2, out of all 10 people in their team, to finish the Monkey Bars. Everyone else took a nice cold swim to the other side. That was around the 8th mile and let me tell you there was no way you wanted to fall into the ice cold water again. In the end it was well worth the muscle aches and pains for 3 days. After making it through hell we got what every other Tough Mudder dreamed of, a orange headband, tough mudder t-shirt and a Free Beer!! What else could you of asked for??

We might be back next year so if anyone else wants to take up the challenge with us you can contact Team Boats & Hoes on facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/BOATSandHOEsPB

FACT #1 – Marathon running is boring.
And the only thing more boring than doing a marathon is watching a marathon. Road-running may give you a healthy set of lungs, but will leave you with as much upper body strength as Keira Knightley. At Tough Mudder, we want to test your all-around mettle, not just your ability to run in a straight line, on your own, for hours on end, getting bored out of your mind. Our obstacle courses are designed by British Special Forces to test you in every way and are meant only for truly exceptional all-around people, not for people who have enough time and money to train their knees to run 26 miles.

FACT #2 – Mudders do not take themselves too seriously.
Triathlons, marathons, and other lame-ass mud runs are more stressful than fun. Not Tough Mudder. As hardcore as our courses are, we meet you at the finish line with a beer, a laugh, and a rockin’ live band. It’s pretty hard to take yourself seriously when you’re covered in mud and have just finished an obstacle called ‘Just The Tip’, so please don’t show up at a Tough Mudder without a sense of humor. Just check out the ridiculous team costumes in our event photos to get a feel for the spirit of Tough Mudder.

                             FACT #3 – You cannot complete a Tough Mudder course alone.
To get through mud, fire, ice-water, and 10,000 volts of electricity you’ll need teammates to pick you up when your spirits dip. To get over 12 foot walls and through underground mud tunnels, you’ll need teammates to give you a boost and a push. Tough Mudders are team players who make sure no one gets left behind. To that end, all Mudders are expected to uphold our ideals and exhibit teamwork and camaraderie both on the course and off it. All participants are asked to join us in reciting the Tough Mudder pledge before starting each event.