Days 19 and 20 - Tough Mudder Weekend

I did not compete this year, but we did go up to Tahoe to cheer on our brave and unsuspecting friends. Here are a few pictures to give you an idea of what it is:
















This is a 9 mile obstacle course, all up hill, through squaw valley. The course include ice baths, wall climbs, crawling under barb wire, and running through live wires. Every year, it gets bigger and more dangerous. As the Dos XX guys said, "If you have to sign a waiver, it's probably worth it". I am signing up to do this next year. It makes sense, last year I ran my first marathon, this year I am doing my first fitness competition, next year I will try not to die for the first time. Who's in? We start training in February. I'm dead serious.

The theme of my weekend eating was, "take it back". If your food isn't perfect, send it back. I made it very clear to every waiter that I can't have dairy, wheat or sugar. If I were sick or had an allergy, I would have to do the same thing. If they make a mistake, they need to fix it. The first restaurant I ordered a grilled tuna salad, but the tuna smelled old, so I sent it back and got a chicken. The second restaurant brought me grilled veggies covered in cheese and the fattiest, saltiest flank steak I have ever tasted. It was too late for me to change my order, so I gave it away and ate my emergency meal when I got home. If it's not in your meal plan, don't settle. I was starving and mean, but I stuck to my plan.

My breakfast, however was amazing. We went to Sprouts Natural Foods Cafe, which has the best options for every diet, great prices, and fresh pressed juices. I had the Carrot-Apple-Spinach juice and the brown rice breakfast bowl, which is pretty similar to what I eat each morning. I wish they had a Sprouts on Union Street.




This is probably my last weekend away from home until the competition. I have 2 more weeks until the diet gets harder. I don't think I will be able to go out once that happens.

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