Get Up And Do Something: Tough Mudder, Spartan Races See Increase In Women Participants Pushing To Build Strength, Test Limits

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Tough Mudder, Spartan Races See Increase In Women Participants Pushing To Build Strength, Test Limits Dec 11th 2012, 11:18 When Lauren Mundell and her friends planned a girls weekend in Mount Snow, Vt., last May, they chose to spend part of it watching one of the most intense endurance challenges on the market: Tough Mudder, a 10-12 mile course that involves diving into ice cold water, crawling through mud and running through bursts of fire. "Some of the girls were single, and there's obviously a really good male-to-female ratio for that," said Mundell, 39, a mother of two who lives in Long Island, works in public relations and is in a relationship. For a small fee, the women were able to hang out in one of the event's nearby spectating tents where they drank beer and danced to live music. "Of course, we were like, 'We could do this. Look at all these girls who are doing it."

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