JULY 2019/MUSCLE & FITNESS 115SPARTAN SURVIVALa penchant for burpees which broke
the ice and gave us a flavour for the fun
to come.
Running in mud and water, climbing
hills, dashing through forests, rolling
under barbed wire and jumping through
fire; through the blood, sweat and tears
we bonded as a couple, as well as a
family team with our in-laws and made
friends with complete strangers sharing
in the same hilariously challenging and
uplifting experiences along the way.
Those stopping to give us a hand
or a boost up over high walls and
obstacles throughout restored our faith
in humanity with their pure kindness
and selflessness, and the mud that
embellished our bodies united us all as
equals regardless of age or ability.
Having cheering members of the
public lining our path clapping and
holding signs as we heaved our
exhausted bodies along the final
kilometre of the course gave us the
sheer strength and determination to
continue as super-humans, something
that even the best of our very best gym
workouts could never ever come close
to. Leaping through the flames of the
finish line was one of the most cathartic
moments of my life, a true victory and
genuine sense of achievement that
makes me wholeheartedly
understanding of the words ‘human
potential’ - something we all need to
feel and appreciate just once in our
lives.
Our epic Spartan medals now
hang with pride in the hallway, our
Spartan t-shirts an upgrade to our
former his and hers matching
pyjamas as we snuggle up on thesofa at the end of a long day, the TV
switched off in favour of telling the
children a bedtime story of the time
that Freddy and I joined thousands of
brave Spartans on the adventure of a
lifetime. http://www.spartanrace.uk
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