Stone Life June July 2014 | Page 42

TOUGH MUDDER FOR MACMILLAN Team Lift2befit take on Tough ed by Personal Trainer, Marian Toth, a team of local fitness enthusiasts are set to take on one of the most gruelling and toughest events on the planet, Tough Mudder, to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Collectively known as Team Lift2befit, the group consists of Marian Toth, Zuzana Tothova, David Bradbury, Christopher Cobden, Simon Richards, Peter Rushton, Emma Jay, Abbi Broad, Mike Cerven and Donna Birks. Tough Mudder events consist of a hardcore 10 to 12 mile obstacle course full of challenges designed to test all-round strength, stamina, mental grit and camaraderie. With the most innovative obstacles and over 1 million participants globally to date, Tough Mudder is the ultimate obstacle course series in the world. L 42 June/July 2014 On 13th July, Team Lift2befit will be heading to Boughton House in Northamptonshire to take part in Tough Mudder's main Midlands event. Home to thousands of acres of the UK’s thickest woodlands, Boughton House's log obstacles are some of the world’s most brutal. This course features tonnes of natural water and miles of muddy farmland. With obstacles including electro shock therapy, arctic enema, underwater tunnels, the mud mile, trench warfare, nine foot high wooden walls, five meter high hay stacks, high ropes, monkey bars, cage crawls, fire jumping, log hurdles and ultimate leaps of faith, Tough Mudder will push Team Lift2befit to their limits and beyond. The relatively new group, headed up by Marian, largely credit the 27 year old who hails from Slovakia for this new found or rekindled love of exercise and a fit and healthy lifestyle. Speaking to Stone and Eccleshall Life its obvious Marian certainly practices what he preaches as a personal trainer with an infectious enthusiasm for his passion. After moving to the UK over eight years ago to pursue his ambition of becoming a professional fitness instructor, Marian is now living the dream and encouraging as many other people as possible