Tough Mudder gained fame due in no small part to its electrically-charged obstacles -- such as Electroshock Therapy and Electric Eel -- in which participants brave being zapped by electric wires while wet or actually in water. The article on Today.com interviewed emergency room doctors, who saw a rash of Tough Mudder participants, most with injuries related to electric obstacles, following a Tough Mudder in Pennsylvania last spring. The doctors in the article state the obvious: Getting zapped by electricity can be dangerous.
For some obstacle racers, the article was the latest excuse to take to message boards and complain about TM's electric obstacles, with some calling them too dangerous, while other opponents dismiss them as little more than a gimmick.
