The team headed out to Woodhill Forest on Saturday in great spirits, pumped for the Tough Guy and Gal Challenge – a 6km run through mud, and lots of it!Once we had our bibs attached, we headed to the start line and with the Black Eyed Peas “Let’s get it started” playing, we got into the mood vowing to stick together. Five minutes later, we lost each other and much of the race was carried out in pairs. Our first encounter of mud was almost immediate – we could hear the screams ahead signalling th...

Rebecca O'Hagan (Team Leader of contact centre recruitment in Auckland) has just signed up a Madison team to help SPCA Auckland fundraise through the Tough Guy and Gal Challenge on the 7th of July 2012. What made you interested in putting a team together for the Tough Guy and Gal Challenge?I’m signed up to the SPCA and receive their regular newsletters.  When I saw this event – SAS style, tackling swamp crossings, climbing the spiders web net, crawling under barb wire – I thought it sounded...