Tough Mudder Arizona

We hosted several friends for Arizona's Tough Mudder. I just had to make Tough Mudder cookies, even though there is absolutely no connection between this crazy tough guy obstacle course and cookies. I tried to use their logo as inspiration,

a man running through fire. I used a really thick royal icing for the orange fire. The green was too thin and the little cacti look like they are melting. This icing is so challenging I keep coming back for more. I liked the way the Saguaro Cacti came out. I had some prickly pear cacti cookies cut out, they made me so mad I ate them while I was decorating. My piping handwriting is up to speed with my regular handwriting. Maybe I should take calligraphy classes to make my cookies prettier. The team names were Bruised Cattle and Super Freaks. Everyone did great. I sort of felt left out limping alongside them all, but even in better shape I don't think I could deal with all the mud or cold water.

Here is another picture of a cookie:

That is one Ugly T, but this is the only closeup. I really really need to work on my cookie handwriting...

Here's a picture of Angie towards the end of the event

And here is Scott and the bruised cattle team at the finish