Mountain Bikes, Bass Guitar, and other stuff I like

So it's finally here, after months of waiting and preparation. After skipping the event last year I vowed to do this event this year. I'm a lot stronger and in better cardio shape than last winter. That said, I would've liked to have hit Tough Mudder on full steam rather than recovering from surgery, which was 4 weeks ago. This course deserves my best and it's only going to get about 70-80%. Nothing I can do about it since I didn't plan on getting a hernia. But hey, I'm just glad to be able to do something like this. I know there's a lot of people out there who would love the chance to but cannot. I'm anxious about getting to this place which is some 3 hours away. I'm also concerned about the weather, which is supposed to be frigid. I know I'll be fine once I get warm and pumped up but the water submersion is going to be, alarming. I know my cardio will be good but strength is a question mark. My upper body strength is not what is was 3 mon

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Finally got up the gumption to go up to Snake Creek Gap for some hardcore mountain biking after hearing about how treacherous it was for a year. The treachery wasn't overstated. It was like battling for 30 minutes just to go 100 yards. Rocks the size of goat heads for a solid mile it seemed. First half hour on the trail was spent exploring what turned out to be non-biking trails. I finally found the proper Pinhoti trail after hiking up an awful ridge up to the radio towers (next time take the gravel road up.) Now onto to some rolling ridgeline singletrack! I started to grin at this point but it didn't last long. Next was the infamous mile-long section of rocks. This is the most technical biking I've ever done. It was rough going but oddly toward the end of the day when I was really tired, I was biking over this technical stuff with more skill. After this was more technical downhill and climbing. So much unending climbing out there it seemed. A lot of hike-a-bike. I