And so it begins...

So I'm e-mailing my good friends in Philly, Furf and Jill. We're talking about them coming to Sandblast and how cool it would be to hang out. When Furf sends out the e-mail that started this whole thing.

"jill and i are both likely free a couple of weekends in july. i think that we should come to madison the weekend of july 23/24, and we should all compete in this ...
http://toughmudder.com/events/wisconsin/

and then hang out and drink beer and talk about how we just ran through a field full of 10K volt electrical wires, crawled through pitch black tunnels, scaled 15' walls, and ran through 4' high flames. and there's an event called shake n' bake.

here is the course: http://toughmudder.com/events/wisconsin/devils-hea-course-map-2011/

i'm actually serious.
furf."

Now, most people would forget about this in due time and realize the insanity of the ToughMudder. I, however, knew Furf better than that. I also had this sinking feeling that at the end of the day, I was going to be doing the ToughMudder. So he kept pressing. Jill, Furf, and I e-mailed about it. We hemmed and hawed. I e-mailed Jill about it. Then a GroupOn went up for it. I thought about sending Furf and Jill the e-mail. Then I thought better of it. What they don't know wouldn't hurt any of us. Then I was leaving the gym last week, and I overheard someone talking about the TM (ToughMudder) and how the GroupOn was good until April 19. Then the gears started working. I texted Furf and Jill. Let them know that if we were going to do this, we should register now with the discount. That led to more hemming and hawing. I talk to my Madison peeps. Some of them seemed interested. Finally, we manned up and pulled the trigger.

That brings us to today, where a group of us have signed up to do the Wisconsin ToughMudder, Saturday, July 23. The point of this blog is for members of Team Philthy to share their workout experiences as motivation. Also, friends of Team Philthy can provide their own encouragement and banter. And so it begins...