Well, I signed up for the mudman and I must have been a madman. This event was meant to be a 5k run a 21k offroad bike and then a 3k run. Torrential rain and hail hit the Yorkshire Moors and turned it into hell on earth.
I should have left, I should leave right now, I should smash this stupid bike to bits – if I killed all the people I knew in this event, nobody would ever know I had quit. These were just some of the thoughts than ran through my head when confronted with puddles that consumed my entire bike, hail that was travelling sideways and terrain that would have made a Land Rover Defender stay tucked up warm in bed.
In the end, pure rage saw me get through the ordeal and to be honest, I think it has helped me realise that I can achieve pretty much anything that I set out to. I’m certainly less intimidated by the IronMan in June 2010 now. At least that will be on terrain that is traversable by man!
