Tough mudder advice
fels123
Posts: 44
Hi everybody!
I've signed up for Tough Mudder up in Scotland in July and I'm absolutely terrified!
My exercising currently looks a bit like this:
Gym (10 minutes bike medium, 10 minutes elliptical faster, 10 minutes rower, some weight training focusing on quads) then swim (10 minute medium speed to warm up, 5x 2 lengths, 4x 3 lengths, 3x 4 lengths, 4x 3 lengths, 5x 2 lengths all fast with 20 second breaks between each and decreasing to 15seconds the 10 on the way down) - 3 or 4 times a week
Tennis (2 hours of coaching/mixed doubles) - once a week
Any suggestions for how to make this better? I have a knee injury (got it the day after I signed up...ridiculous luck) so am limited to low impact stuff for the next couple of weeks and then need to be fairly careful. I also have a chest infection so any chances of really hard core training are out for the time being!
Help on how to reintroduce running without re-injury would be especially appreciated! I was running on roads at a 10-10.5ish minute mile before for anything up to 10 miles, then 11ish minute miles above that before I got injured so pace work is pretty key.
Thanks for the help!
I've signed up for Tough Mudder up in Scotland in July and I'm absolutely terrified!
My exercising currently looks a bit like this:
Gym (10 minutes bike medium, 10 minutes elliptical faster, 10 minutes rower, some weight training focusing on quads) then swim (10 minute medium speed to warm up, 5x 2 lengths, 4x 3 lengths, 3x 4 lengths, 4x 3 lengths, 5x 2 lengths all fast with 20 second breaks between each and decreasing to 15seconds the 10 on the way down) - 3 or 4 times a week
Tennis (2 hours of coaching/mixed doubles) - once a week
Any suggestions for how to make this better? I have a knee injury (got it the day after I signed up...ridiculous luck) so am limited to low impact stuff for the next couple of weeks and then need to be fairly careful. I also have a chest infection so any chances of really hard core training are out for the time being!
Help on how to reintroduce running without re-injury would be especially appreciated! I was running on roads at a 10-10.5ish minute mile before for anything up to 10 miles, then 11ish minute miles above that before I got injured so pace work is pretty key.
Thanks for the help!
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