Over a breezy weekend in Yorkshire, around 13,000 brave Mudders descended upon the usually peaceful Broughton Hall Estate in Yorkshire to take on the fourth UK Tough Mudder of 2013 – the military style obstacle course.

There is a lot of hype surrounding the Tough Mudder events, described as ‘probably the toughest event on the planet.’ So Sportsister’s Melanie Ryding braved the muddy, cold obstacle challenge to see if the claim really is...