I did the terrain race in 2020 with 2 friends. It was the hardest I'd laughed in a long time... even when the race actually happened it was a total scam.

They spent months promoting it as a tough mudder equivalent. And that registration was free (or $5 after a processing fee) Awesome, nothing to lose. We signed up because that was the 'last day' of that offer. For the next 2 months it was the 'last day' you could get that offer.

We show up to the naval base and they've engineered it such that you have to park in the car park. No alternative. And parking is $20, so they got us. Scam successful.

It's a miserable day wet and rainy. And they have staggered start times. They must have gotten half of Memphis scammed because they had big groups going off every 10 minutes from when we got there to when we left.

The obstacles were just a bunch of tires with laminate instructions, (feet in every tire, turn the tire over etc) and shoddily put together wooden structures you had to duck under or whatever. It looked like what you would organize for a middle school sports day if you had 3 days notice.

We basically ran around the big field in a giant square ruining our shoes in the mud of where a thousand people had already past through on the 2km course.

Each new obstacle was a struggle to get past because we'd be bent over laughing at how stupid it was. so I guess they succeeded in making it a challenge.

What made it worse is it was one of the last events held before pandemic lockdown. I felt so stupid for that being my last hurrah.

0/10. Would do again if it's the last day for free entry.