Tough mudder race “perfect way to bring stress and violence” back into life
“I didn’t know what my life was missing until I found myself underwater in a pond full of ice where I had to swim under a wooden plank and find my way out before I became hypothermic,” said Tough Mudder enthusiast Rachel Kelleher. “Now I know what it’s like to live in Afghanistan or Bosnia or some other war zone. Sure – dodging land mines isn’t the most fun in the world, but what I want to tell those people over there is that in the end it’s worth it from the sense of satisfaction you get from teamwork.”