Tough Mudder Poconos

Picking your team is definitely key, with similar pace & athletic ability.  I think a team of four is most ideal.  Too many and you're trying keep the group together and too little and it isn't as fun because you'll need your teammates for help & motivation.

Distance wise, they say it's 10-12 miles for each event, but the one last weekend was close to a half marathon distance. 

The entire event from start to finish was extremely well organized, more so than many triathlons I've participated in.  They've got the details figured out, even down to shuttling people from the parking lot to your car. 

I was in the 4th wave, so our team didn't have any issues with waiting at for each obstacles.  I would suggest getting in the earlier waves to avoid overcrowding as I assume that happened in the later waves.  I think there were 11 total waves (600ppl per wave) for my race.

This event is not a walk in the park, but it was extremely fun and the team work required made it even more fun.

Here is a clip of all the obstacles for my race, which I assume will be very similar to the one coming up in a few weeks.

Congrats!  I'm jealous!  Have been thinking of doing one of these for awhile, but have the issue of finding a team.  

We had a team of eight, but half way through the race, we split up into 2 teams of four.  I took us about 4 hours to complete, but we hung around longer than normal at a few obstacles (quarter pipe & berlin wall) to help others out… and it was cool to watch people try to complete the obstacles.