Sometimes listening to music to drown out the groans of competitors is the only way to get through a Tough Mudder competition.

The annual obstacle course event at Northstar is this weekend. And Sol Republic headphones is one of the sponsors. The company designed a set of headphones specifically for Tahoe’s Tough Mudder.

“We’re very excited to be working with Tough Mudder,” Seth Combs, Sol Republic’s co-founder and CMO, told Lake Tahoe News. “Every great challenge demands intense preparation, and we want to bring superior sound to every Mudder’s ears as they compete in this event and train for the next. We partnered with Tough Mudder because it’s an intense racing challenge that pushes athletes to their limits and we hope to inspire everyone with great sound.”

Lake Tahoe News teamed up with Sol Republic to give away a pair of headphones. Darla Sadler, a subscriber to LTN, is the lucky winner.

“Some people from my boot camp are doing the Tough Mudder this weekend. I’ve never done it. And I’m pretty sure I don’t want to as I do not want to get electrocuted and I don’t want to drown in 4 inches of muddy water,” Sadler said. Still, the headphones are bound to come in handy at boot camp and elsewhere.

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