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GorillaNJ
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Here is a video of the race course from 2011... Looks pretty crazy to me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aP90aKowP8
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Those videos always psych me out. EEK!0
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Those videos always psych me out. EEK!
Actually all the uphill running has me worried the most! LOL Good thing I have until June to find a hill to run instead of the flat trail i run now.0 -
Oh god...how much uphill running we talking?! The WD I did in September was like 85% up the mountain...I was so exhausted from climbing straight up that I would get to the obstacles and my limbs didn't work lol
I'm not going to watch these just yet...maybe a few months down the roadlol0 -
Oh good, hills!!!
2 months before the race, I'll post my [modified] marathon training schedule. There's hill training and speed interval training (more to train your heart to accept bursts of speed and/or high intensity bursts). I think that'll be helpful here
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I've been cranking the incline on the treadmill up to 10 just to get used to it, don't run but I trudge uphill as best I can with short bursts of running.0
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I've been cranking the incline on the treadmill up to 10 just to get used to it, don't run but I trudge uphill as best I can with short bursts of running.
I'm also thinking we need to do them with weighted back packs or sand bags... Squats and walking lunges with 25lbs sandbags maybe?0 -
I'm buying a weight vest for my xmas gift to myself lol
True Goku training!0 -
what the **** did I get myself into.
hey goku, what weight vest?0 -
Goku better not show up for the race with spikey blond hair...0
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I've been cranking the incline on the treadmill up to 10 just to get used to it, don't run but I trudge uphill as best I can with short bursts of running.
I'm also thinking we need to do them with weighted back packs or sand bags... Squats and walking lunges with 25lbs sandbags maybe?
I like the way you think. I was thinking of a weight vest too. Hobie trains with one. Spend a few months practicing with extra weight on you and come race day it'll feel easy. Like swinging two bats in the on deck circle.0 -
I've been cranking the incline on the treadmill up to 10 just to get used to it, don't run but I trudge uphill as best I can with short bursts of running.
I'm also thinking we need to do them with weighted back packs or sand bags... Squats and walking lunges with 25lbs sandbags maybe?
I like the way you think. I was thinking of a weight vest too. Hobie trains with one. Spend a few months practicing with extra weight on you and come race day it'll feel easy. Like swinging two bats in the on deck circle.
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Unfortunately I already have extra awesome Im carrying when I run! LOL0
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Goku better not show up for the race with spikey blond hair...
Goku will show up with a blue/green mohawk lol0 -
Those videos always psych me out. EEK!
Actually all the uphill running has me worried the most! LOL Good thing I have until June to find a hill to run instead of the flat trail i run now.
I already try to find the hilliest places to run because I like to do the Baltimore half which is hilly as ****. Unfortunately, my best hill run is a trail and that is a no go for nights.0 -
Unfortunately I already have extra weight Im carrying when I run! LOL
Ha...same here!0 -
THIS LOOKS SO COOOOOOOLLLL!!!!
I have to go to a playground and work on my monkey bar skills.
A bucket full of rocks??!?!!? I will be training for that in Van Cortlandt Park
Honestly, the most intimidating part is the ice bit.
OH MY GOD I AM SO ****ING HYPEDDDD
Watching this video just made me want this more.0 -
I'm going to pee in my bed a little everyday before I go to the gym because FAAAAAWWWWWWWWKKKKKKK that's fantastic and I can't wait to carry you all up the hill!
Except Eric because he's got a bad case of crabs0 -
i did this race last year, and it was incredibly hard. it is known as one of the hardest spartan sprint races, because it is on a ski slope. the uphills are hard, and the down hills are no joke either.0
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I've been totally terrified about ths, imagining horrible scenarios of climbing rope and walls and jumping over huge vats of fire. Watching this made me feel better. I grew up in similar terrain so the rocks and hills don't bother e. I'm super short so the vaulting over boards is gonna be difficult but not impossible. Since I am so short I climb things on a regular basis to reach things. The monkey bars is the only thing I'm positive I can't do. But I can if I keep working on my upper body strength (bench presses and OHP's are helping) and keep trying to do pullups and chinups.
*sigh of relief*0 -
I've been totally terrified about ths, imagining horrible scenarios of climbing rope and walls and jumping over huge vats of fire. Watching this made me feel better. I grew up in similar terrain so the rocks and hills don't bother e. I'm super short so the vaulting over boards is gonna be difficult but not impossible. Since I am so short I climb things on a regular basis to reach things. The monkey bars is the only thing I'm positive I can't do. But I can if I keep working on my upper body strength (bench presses and OHP's are helping) and keep trying to do pullups and chinups.
*sigh of relief*
remember, you do this with a team. i've never done a race where i've seen someone struggling by themselves to do an obstacle.0
