For most people it only takes one. But if you’re not quite sure whether you should hit the course, or if you’re trying to convince someone else then we have 100 reasons to run Tough Mudder for you. Yep, you read that right. One hundred totally sensible and definitely not made up by TMHQ reasons why you should take on a new adventure.
Let’s not hang around any longer because by the time you read these, it will be time for you to hit the start line.
Why You Should Run Tough Mudder
- Take on the world’s best and biggest obstacles
- Restore your faith in humanity
- Orange is your favourite colour
- Make new friends
- Meet the love of your life
- Get engaged
- Get married (seriously)
- Impress your boss
- Get outside in nature
- It gives you a legitimate answer to “Did you do anything good on the weekend?”
- Laugh harder than you have in years
- Get lightly electrocuted – everyone should experience this once in their life
- Test your physical and mental limits
- Get inspired
- Learn to fly
- Get your hands on some sweet swag
- Boost your complexion – forget the pricey spa
- Use the wearable tech you got gifted and have never used
- Test your team
- Stag and hen dos
- Reunite in the mud
- Get a brand new photo for your Hinge/Tinder/Bumble profile
- Help a stranger and feel damn good
- Get a tan (maybe a bit of a stretch in the UK…)
- Embrace your inner child
- Slide through mud on your belly
- Raise money for charity
- Be part of the team that brings Tough Mudder to life
- Set it as a goal and get fit
- Buy it as a gift and make someone really happy/angry
- Learn how to work as a team
- Raise awareness for a cause close to your heart
- Make yourself proud
- Get an incredible high – nothing beats crossing the finish line
- Get your hands on some great free sh*t
- See beautiful countryside and heritage sites
- A great family day out, you can even bring the kids
- Achieve the mental clarity that comes from dunking yourself in ice water
- Boost your confidence
- Show everyone you’re hard as nails
- Rock some hilarious fancy dress and make someone’s day
- See some good boys in headbands
- You love to party
- You’re a collector
- You’ve always said you would
- Release your inner adventurer
- Join a community
- Face (and fight) your fears
- Show the haters what you’re made of
- Find out who you really are
- Get out of your comfort zone and see what happens
- Get weird, no judgement
- Prove age is just a number
- Try out trail running
- You need an excuse for some new trainers
- Cut your screen time,
- Improve your sleep (even for just one blissful night)
- Get out of your house and give your sofa a break (you spent a year literally locked in there…)
- You deserve it (treat yo’ self)
- Jump off sh*t
- Try local eats from some awesome vendors
- An excuse for some beers
- Remind yourself how awesome your body is
- It’s really fun. 6 million people can’t be wrong
- Tire your kids out
- Star in a Tough Mudder video – you could go viral
- Meet some celebs
- Have a great answer for everyone’s most hated question, “Tell us something interesting about you”
- Consider it your audition for SAS Who Dares Wins
- Start a new tradition
- Find a new hobby
- Take a pledge
- Become a Legionnaire
- Get dirty
- Test out your new boyfriend
- Make Mum and Dad (& Gran) proud
- Go on an massive adventure
- Give your sofa a rest – seriously, you’re making an imprint
- Take your work event to the next level with a corporate team package
- Faceplant into mud in front of hundreds of people
- Explore a new area of the UK
- Sack the gym and have an exhilarating workout
- Be entertained by watching people go through Electroshock Therapy
- Find a boyfriend- almost impossible to avoid once word gets out you’ve run
- Lose a boyfriend – get through a Tough Mudder and suddenly cutting him loose won’t seem so hard.
- Find a girlfriend – see 84
- Lose a girlfriend – see 85
- Get mud in places you didn’t know existed
- Finally update your profile picture (the one from your graduation needs to go)
- Break in your new leggings/ shorts
- Put your trainers to the test (and say farewell to them)
- Wear a tutu at 9am on a Sunday
- It’s a ‘Karen’ free zone
- A test of friendship – unsure about someone? See them through mud mile a few times and you’ll find out all you need to know
- Earn a colourful headband
- Eat some tastyyyy street food
- Enjoy the highest quality and quantity of mud imaginable
- Come face to face with a deer (it has happened)
- Free marriage counselling – forget about who does the dishes, if you can get through this you can get through anything
- Understand what all the hype is about
Kudos for reading the whole list. We’re sure you were convinced by point two, and are ready and raring to take on your Tough Mudder adventure. Now find the event for you.
