Possible Events: Tough Mudder

About Tough Mudder
Tough Mudder is a 7 1/2 - 12 mile run with obstacles incorporated throughout.  The obstacles are meant to get you uncomfortably dirty, uncomfortably wet, uncomfortably hot, and uncomfortable period.  It was started in 2010 by a Harvard grad who had the idea while in Harvard Business School.

Linked Charities
Tough Mudder is a for profit event.  It has a partnership with the Wounded Warrior Project. 

Training Needs
Tough Mudder provides a training guide on their website. A quick look at the training guide to me makes it read like "Get in good shape", aka do some endurance running as well as upper body work, preferably body weight exercises.  If I choose Mt. Snow in Vermont, I would advise myself to practice running on large hills.

Possible Tough Mudders for Me to Participate In
Pennsylvania, April 21st and 22nd
New England, May 5th & 6th
Washington DC, May 12th and 13th
New Jersey, October 27th and 28th

About One Per Twelve

What Does the title "One Per Twelve" stand for?
One Per Twelve is a very simple and not overly creative name.  The objective of this site / 2012, is for myself to compete in One Charity Race / Event in each of the twelve months of the year.  The plan is to compete in 12 different types of Charity Races in which I will link a different Charity for donations to.  I currently am focusing on charities that I have a link to.  For instance, my Aunt Lee past away from Breast Cancer in the 1980s.  I plan on participating in Susan G Koman 3 Day Walk to donate to the charity in honor of her.

Objective
The main objective of this site is to generate a minimum of 1,000$ per cause. 

About Me
I am currently a 28 year old IT Architect working at GE Capital in Danbury, Ct.  I am originally from Shelton, CT and have since migrated a lengthy distance south... all the way to Norwalk, CT.  In 2005 I graduated with an Electrical and Computer Engineering Degree at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. In 2009 I graduated from New York University with an MBA. 

As for my physical aptitude, I would consider myself to be in good shape, however I've done absolutely none of these events before. Thus in order to do some of the events / races I plan to for this cause, I will need to undergo a massive rehall to my current work out scheme. 

Why One Per Twelve?
I've talked about wanting to run a Marathon in my lifetime multiple times and never have done anything to move towards that objective.  Then one day I watched an episode of Bert the Conquerer in which he competed in Tough Mudder. I had heard of it before through my girlfriend, but seeing it made me truly think it was cool, and that I wanted to participate in it.  In addition as an avid Sports blog reader / former blog writer, I have seen what Matt Ufford of KSK has raised in the past for the Fight Gone Bad, and have always been interested in doing that event.  Throw in a few more desires and here we are, the idea of doing 12 different events in a calendar year. In addition, I will turn 30 in January of 2013 and thought if not now, when? 

How Can I Donate?
Currently you can't.  Eventually the side bar will provide donation information in addition to a page dedicated to providing donation links.  But I need to figure out what I'm doing and when.