This super-fit octogenarian lady not only competes in, but completes Tough Mudder course - one of the most grueling endurance events in the world. Mildred Wilson, 82, has triumphed in two Tough Mudder runs so far and is planning more in the future. Tough Mudder is an endurance race filled with punishing obstacles such as a giant ice bath, a mile of mud, tightropes suspended over water, and a 15-foot-high ladder with huge gaps between the rungs.

Mildred, a former vending machine company worker from Sikeston, Missouri, USA, said: “My son is into tough mudding, and I went as his pit crew a couple of times. “He asked me if I wanted to do one of the local ones and I said, ‘sure'."

After getting clearance from her doctor, Mildred began training at her local YMCA and in 2019, and completed the course for the first time, shortly after her 80th birthday. With the return of course this year after a COVID hiatus, Mildred was ready to conquer it again.