Have shoes with great traction – The better the traction you have on your shoes, the easier it will be to crawl up mud slick hills. They will help you to get foot hold when nothing else will.
Wear compression shorts under other clothes or shorts. They may help to keep mud out of places it doesn’t need to be.You will need them and what you are wearing may get ripped. Besides nothing was worse than the large woman with ripped spandex.
Waterproof pack – Some type of waterproof pack may come in handy to carry a few things that you may need along the course. You will need this because you will not have a dry or clean spot on you.
Bandanna – this may be a great thing to put in your waterproof pack. You can use it to clean your face off and wipe mud out of your eyes when needed, especially at water stations.
Water – There wasn’t enough water stations along the course for my liking. However a friend that came with me had a CamelBak which was awkward in tight spaces and the mouthpiece was covered with mud.
Camera – A Go Pro may work but the better advice is to have a spectator come with you to take pictures.
Arrive early – even though you signed up for a specific time, you can arrive early and get a head start. Even if you don’t you have time to look around and join in the festivities.
Be careful of the face paint – If you opt for face paint, don’t put it on your face or around your eyes, you will sweat and it will bleed into your eyes.
Don’t breathe! – At least at the beginning when you run through the start line, they set off orange smoke. Hold your breath through here for a few seconds, otherwise you will be spitting and coughing from it.
Pull ups – You will have to pull yourself over a LOT of walls, so practice your pull ups. It will help especially when you and everyone else is tired.
Dips – along with Pull ups, you will be letting yourself down from these walls and will need to do it gently, instead of slamming into the wall like I did.
Running is the next important thing to practice. You will be ‘running’ a long distance. Most of it will be some form of walking but the more you can run that distance, the more you will have the endurance needed to finish.
Also exercise your balance. You will have a number of treacherous mud covered slopes to traverse and the better you can keep your balance, the better it will be for you and those around you.
Grip – strengthening your grip can help also because you will be climbing over walls and along monkey bars or rings.
Prepping for the ARCTIC ENEMA – I’m sorry to say, there is no preparing for it, just do it. Nothing will prepare you for that. Just hold your breath; Jump in; and move fast! (Guys, give ‘certain areas’ time to warm up before running again)
Teams – yes teams are more fun and can help each other out along the way. You will only move as fast as the slowest person on your team. You may become separated from your team. But you can go it alone. There are many racers along the course who will help you out and get you to the finish.
Above all have fun! Enjoy yourself, you will never be so dirty, so tired and so covered with mud, but you will have so much fun.

Have you ran the Tough Mudder (or similar race)? What are your suggestions for running it?