You know the pose: a woman holds her drink or a pen in one hand, her other arm is crossed over her waist, tucked under her elbow.

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But the image in the mirror was unmistakably me not young, not good-looking, not anything in particular, a little slumped, heavy at the waist, pouchy under the eyes, not the sort of man that anyone would ever choose to be.

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Participants on a 10-to-12 mile Tough Mudder course wade through waist-deep mud, crawl under barbed wire, submerge themselves in ice water and jump through fire.

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