Join #TeamBrainResearchUK and take on the UK’s toughest obstacle course to help fund life-changing neurological research.
Inspired by the British Special forces, Tough Mudder is all about trying something that will challenge you and working together to achieve something amazing.
Choose from a Kids, 5k, 15k, or Endurance event, and tackle an adrenaline-pumping course featuring muddy trails, electric shocks, and some truly thrilling heights! Learn more about the event on the Tough Mudder website
We want to give you the best possible experience so that you have a day to remember, whilst helping to raise funds for vital brain research to help people living with neurological conditions live better, longer.
You’ll also get a finishers t-shirt, headband, and medal from the Tough Mudder team once you’ve completed the course!
Let us know – you’ll get the same support as our charity place participants, even if you’ve purchased your own place!
Registration fee: £30
Fundraising target: £300
No! While Tough Mudder is all about pushing yourself, you will not be expected to do anything that you’re uncomfortable with. If you can’t swim, for example, we definitely don’t want you attempting a water obstacle.
A Tough Mudder course is interspersed with military-style obstacles. Most courses are set up so that you can run one mile and then face an obstacle, then run another half mile and face another, and so on. That said, it’s definitely not a race, and you are welcome to run, jog, or even walk the course – you don’t have to be an ultra-marathon runner to take part!
While Tough Mudder do have competitive, endurance focused options for those that would like the extra challenge, the majority of their events are not timed, and non-competitive. Tough Mudder pride themselves on being friendly, encouraging, and all about the experience.
Of course! Lots of people take on a Tough Mudder by themselves - there are even solo-runner waves.
5K: Ages 14+ (with parental permission)
15K: Ages 16+ (with parental permission)
Infinity: 18+
World’s Toughest Mudder: 18+
Any participants under the age of 18 taking part in the Kids event, Tough Mudder 5K, and Tough Mudder 15K will need to be accompanied on course by a chaperone who is 18+ years old.
For any questions or queries, please email events@brainresearchuk.org.uk or call us on 020 7404 9982.
