All,

First of all, thank you for all your donations and support through the training, the day and the aftermath. I know I speak for all of us when I say that was the hardest thing we’ve ever done in our lives.

On the Tough Guy official page they announced that water temperatures reached  minus 10 and when the wind picked up in the afternoon, one hypothermic victim collapsed every minute. Out of the 5,034 that entered only 3,650 finished.

Everyone in the Darwin team finished. Here are the results;

Ed Chase                        02:07:32   Pos. 172
Jimi Kivit                        02:16:03   Pos. 335
Dan Butler                     02:25:26   Pos. 541
Daniel Mulholland       02:30:12   Pos. 621
Michael Belzko             02:45:00   Pos. 1169
Ronald Kleinmoedig    02:45:27   Pos. 1294
Duncan Donald            02:45:40   Pos. 1291
Max Severijns               03:06:17   Pos. 1743
Yoran Bosveld              03:15:01   Pos. 2181
Derk Rijntjes                 03:36:29   Pos. 2656

NOTE: Matt Bausor lost his tag but finished the same time as Duncan.

So far, we've raised over £5,500 for Great Ormond Street Hospital which is fantastic. The page will remain open for a few more months (it’s just how they do it) so there’s still time to contribute if you want to.

Thank you once more to everyone for their generosity and also know that your money helped to knock poor Mike Belzko out through one of the electric shocks, I got hypothermia and Derk’s wife said she would divorce him if he ever lies to her again about a so-called ‘fun run’.

Link to Darwin pictures - http://s1359.beta.photobucket.com/user/EmilyAyling/library/Tough%20Guy%202013?evt=email_share

Link to a key Tough Guy article - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2269110/Tough-Guy-race-2013-Thousands-competitors-burned-bruised-zapped.html

Original Message:

The team will be going through this horrendous ordeal in the hopes of raising funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Your donations are very much appreciated and every penny counts, so please give what you can and cheer these brave volunteers on to the finish line (hopefully in one piece)!