Her son also christened her with a nickname: Muddy Mildred. “I doubt he would be in favor of me doing a Tough Mudder without him - and doing one with him is what makes it special.” “Danny was right with me,” she told SWNS. Tough Mudder / SWNS Wilson always runs the race with her son, Danny (right, in a red and blue jacket). Tough Mudder / SWNS Wilson braved a number of torturous obstacles. Wilson, 83, said anyone - regardless of their age - should run the race. Wilson, who walks 2 miles most days and plays pickleball three to four times a week, always runs the course alongside her 48-year-old son, Danny.
It’s kind of an honor and everyone makes me feel special,” she continued.
“I didn’t really know I was the oldest to do a Tough Mudder until this year. “Last year when asked if I would do another, my answer was, ‘At my age, I don’t plan that far ahead, but if I am still here and able, I definitely will,'” she told SWNS. Seemingly torturous obstacles - like a giant ice bath, a 60-foot watery trench under a steel fence, a dash through 10,000 volts of electricity and a 12-foot wooden ladder with giant rungs named the “Ladder to Hell” - didn’t stop Wilson from participating in the competition once again. Mildred Wilson of Missouri is the oldest person to complete in the endurance 5K - and she ran her third race on May 1, according to SWNS. Tough Mudder competitors in Scotland contract E. Mildred Wilson is one ‘Tough Mudder’ at 82 Subway survivor crushes ‘gauntlet’ after 2018 double amputation