Swamp crossings, a spiderweb net, barbed-wire crawls, tunnels, hurdles, a climbing frame, and mud, mud and more mud - that is what competitors faced, at the annual Loaded Tough Guy & Gal Challenge on Saturday.
New Zealand's original mud-run series hosts events across the North Island.
This year marked the 13th year that the Tough Guy & Gal Challenge has been running.
Hundreds of Bay locals braved the cold and the mud to prove their toughness.
Murray Fleming started the event in 2003, at Off Road NZ in Rotorua.