PHOTOS: Tough Mudder brings challenge to Atlanta

South Fulton County

PHOTOS: Tough Mudder brings challenge to Atlanta

Participants face challenging obstacles as the race returns to metro Atlanta.

Runners crawl through the Kiss Of Mud obstacle during the Tough Mudder race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

A runner crawls through the Kiss Of Mud obstacle during the Tough Mudder race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Tough Mudder Atlanta participants head out at the start of their race and obstacle course in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Runners make their way through the Kiss Of Mud obstacle during the Tough Mudder Atlanta race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Runners celebrate after making it through the Kiss Of Mud obstacle during the Tough Mudder race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Tough Mudder race participants get ready for the start of their race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Tough Mudder race participants help each other climb over a wall during the race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Tough Mudder race participants get ready for the start of their race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Runners crawl through the Kiss Of Mud obstacle during the Tough Mudder Atlanta race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Sean Corvelle gives instructions and a motivational speech before the runners head out on the Tough Mudder Atlanta race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

A Tough Mudder participant climbs over a wall during the race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Tough Mudder participants help each other climb over a wall during the race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

A Tough Mudder participant weaves his way around electrical wires as he moves through the Electric Eel obstacle in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Runners crawl through the Kiss Of Mud obstacle during the Tough Mudder Atlanta race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Runners emerge from a trough of ice water during the Tough Mudder race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

A runner makes it across the Funky Monkey obstacle during the Tough Mudder Atlanta race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Participants climb over the Mudderhorn obstacle during the Tough Mudder race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

A Tough Mudder race participant takes a fall while running through the electrical wires of the Electroshock Therapy obstacle in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Tough Mudder race participants try to decide if they are going to run through the electrical wires of the Electroshock Therapy obstacle in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

A runner is determined to make it through the electrical wires while making her way through the Electroshock Therapy obstacle during the Tough Mudder race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Runners crawl through the Kiss Of Mud obstacle during the Tough Mudder race in Fairburn on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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