4. Tough Mudder – Worldwide

Photo by Dmitry Gudkov

i. What to expect: Mud, obstacles, teamwork, more mud, more obstacles, more teamwork, then a little bit more mud, just for the hell of it! Various race type offer a different variety of obstacles, but some of the most notable are ‘Everest 2.0’ (which involves climbing a 15-foot greasy pole), Arctic Extreme (sliding down a chute into ten tonnes of ice!), and Kiss of Mud (a 50-ft mud-crawl under barbed wire)!

ii. Race Difficulty: As easy as the 5-mile, 15-obstacle Half Mudder or as grueling as the 24-hour World’s Toughest Mudder, during which you’ll take on up to 20 obstacles on a 5-mile lap for one full turn of the little hand on the clock!
iii. Cost: $20 (Mini Mudder), $215 (Tough Mudder), $550 (World’s Toughest Mudder)
v. Find A Toughmudder Event: https://toughmudder.com/events/find-an-event