Tough Mudder
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Well I'll join in!! I'm not ready to do one yet but my sister's planted the idea in my head she wanted to register for one in the fall but she's also training for a marathon ! so I told her to concentrate on that and I will work on my training so I can be up to par for next year. Really looking forward to reading what you guys are doing to get ready and your experiences!0
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If anyone has any questions or needs tips, please feel free to ask. I love Tough Mudder. I do those and Spartans and I will tell you, Tough Mudder has the most amazing amount of camaraderie that I have ever seen.
In April I did Tough Mudder Austin and saw something that nearly made me cry. At the rope wall (Wall 10-12 ft tall with a rope to climb up), there was a heavy man struggling to get over the wall. It was obvious that he wasn't in great shape, but he was giving it his all. Basically everyone stopped what they were doing and stood there to cheer him on. Two people he didn't know got below him to help with his footing and another man got up to the top of the wall to help him up. As he neared the top, the hundred people standing there were yelling and screaming and cheering. Once he made it, the crowd went absolutely insane. It was a "movie-moment" and something that was completely inspiring. This event was the weekend after the Boston tragedy and the West, Texas explosion. I was feeling sad and down because of all of the tragedy in the world. Seeing this lifted my spirits and made me realize that there is still good in the world. We just have to find it. Tough Mudder is a great place to find this.
Good luck to you all!0 -
Thanks! I'm joining the group. I'm signed up for the Pittsburgh area TM in late August.
As far as training.... I'm currently doing Insanity (just on my 3rd day now). I also play 5 dek hockey games a week which gets me in pretty good shape. Aside from that, I've been doing some upperbody lifting... and I also go to a personal trainer once a week (I've been going for awhile, but now he's adjusting my workouts to be more of preparation for the Tough Mudder. He's done it before so he knows how to prepare.). I haven't had time to do too much running lately, but I've done a couple of 5ks so far this spring, so I think I'll be ok!
I'm hoping to incorporate a long-ish run every 7-10 days (per my trainer's recommendation). He recommended running maybe about 5 miles or so, but stopping every mile and incorporating something like push-ups or other body weight exercises. We'll see if I am able to fit that in!
Good luck to everyone!0 -
Thank you for all the input from the people that have done it already. I am not concerned about my time at all, I just wanted to finish. Personally I would love to see our team finish under 3 hours but that is a tough task. I am just looking forward to the challenge, the team work and doing this for a good cause. I am sickly amped for this and can’t wait. 2 months and counting for me!!!0
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I ran the Chicago TM on May 18th. I blogged a little about it if you care to check it out:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MG_Fit0 -
If anyone has any questions or needs tips, please feel free to ask. I love Tough Mudder. I do those and Spartans and I will tell you, Tough Mudder has the most amazing amount of camaraderie that I have ever seen.
In April I did Tough Mudder Austin and saw something that nearly made me cry. At the rope wall (Wall 10-12 ft tall with a rope to climb up), there was a heavy man struggling to get over the wall. It was obvious that he wasn't in great shape, but he was giving it his all. Basically everyone stopped what they were doing and stood there to cheer him on. Two people he didn't know got below him to help with his footing and another man got up to the top of the wall to help him up. As he neared the top, the hundred people standing there were yelling and screaming and cheering. Once he made it, the crowd went absolutely insane. It was a "movie-moment" and something that was completely inspiring. This event was the weekend after the Boston tragedy and the West, Texas explosion. I was feeling sad and down because of all of the tragedy in the world. Seeing this lifted my spirits and made me realize that there is still good in the world. We just have to find it. Tough Mudder is a great place to find this.
Good luck to you all!
This story just made me get all teary. Just..wow0 -
Thanks! I'm joining the group. I'm signed up for the Pittsburgh area TM in late August.
As far as training.... I'm currently doing Insanity (just on my 3rd day now). I also play 5 dek hockey games a week which gets me in pretty good shape. Aside from that, I've been doing some upperbody lifting... and I also go to a personal trainer once a week (I've been going for awhile, but now he's adjusting my workouts to be more of preparation for the Tough Mudder. He's done it before so he knows how to prepare.). I haven't had time to do too much running lately, but I've done a couple of 5ks so far this spring, so I think I'll be ok!
I'm hoping to incorporate a long-ish run every 7-10 days (per my trainer's recommendation). He recommended running maybe about 5 miles or so, but stopping every mile and incorporating something like push-ups or other body weight exercises. We'll see if I am able to fit that in!
Good luck to everyone!
Sounds great! I'm also cross training with running. Finishing up Insanity as I'm in week 8 now, then on to LMS
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For those of you that have done a Tough Mudder....what kind of shoes did you wear? I assume that once I use these shoes they are going to be completely ruined right?!? I have a pair of cross trainers but looking at trail running shoes, I just don't want to buy new ones to have them completely ruined...0
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For those of you that have done a Tough Mudder....what kind of shoes did you wear? I assume that once I use these shoes they are going to be completely ruined right?!? I have a pair of cross trainers but looking at trail running shoes, I just don't want to buy new ones to have them completely ruined...
I'm wondering the same thing...gonna copy your post over to the group in a new thread for suggestions as well.0 -
For those of you that have done a Tough Mudder....what kind of shoes did you wear? I assume that once I use these shoes they are going to be completely ruined right?!? I have a pair of cross trainers but looking at trail running shoes, I just don't want to buy new ones to have them completely ruined...
I'm wondering the same thing...gonna copy your post over to the group in a new thread for suggestions as well.
Yes, wear a pair of shoes that you don't mind throwing away. When I did TM a few years ago, they were collecting shoes at the end to clean up and send to third world countries.0 -
I didn't want to toss my shoes so I wore trail running shoes. They helped a lot, especially on the muddy surfaces where other people were sliding all over the place and I was walking across with impunity.0
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I didn't want to toss my shoes so I wore trail running shoes. They helped a lot, especially on the muddy surfaces where other people were sliding all over the place and I was walking across with impunity.
How do trail running shoes differ from regular running shoes or crosstrainers? I didn't even know they had specific trail running shoes - that's good to know!
I'm a complete noob with running shoes lol TIA0 -
I didn't want to toss my shoes so I wore trail running shoes. They helped a lot, especially on the muddy surfaces where other people were sliding all over the place and I was walking across with impunity.
How do trail running shoes differ from regular running shoes or crosstrainers? I didn't even know they had specific trail running shoes - that's good to know!
I'm a complete noob with running shoes lol TIA
Generally they have a thicker sole and tread, as well as a different tread design more for gripping and running on slippery/uneven surfaces. In other words, a Tough Mudder.
For example, http://www.columbia.com/The-Ravenous-|-Product-Spotlight/Pinnacle_Product-Ravenous,default,pg.html0 -
I didn't want to toss my shoes so I wore trail running shoes. They helped a lot, especially on the muddy surfaces where other people were sliding all over the place and I was walking across with impunity.
How do trail running shoes differ from regular running shoes or crosstrainers? I didn't even know they had specific trail running shoes - that's good to know!
I'm a complete noob with running shoes lol TIA
Generally they have a thicker sole and tread, as well as a different tread design more for gripping and running on slippery/uneven surfaces. In other words, a Tough Mudder.
For example, http://www.columbia.com/The-Ravenous-|-Product-Spotlight/Pinnacle_Product-Ravenous,default,pg.html
Seems legit thanks for the info! 0 -
I'm doing a TM in July at Lake Tahoe. My sister talked me into it after she ran one last September. I am so excited. My 13 y/o is counting down the time until he can run it with us.
Ditto my 13 y/o want to do it too. All my kids thinks its great (although my daughter is convinced I'm going to die) and are coming to cheer me on.
Luckily the 10k Zombie run I'm doing later in the month has a 5k junior run so he is doing that.0 -
If anyone has any questions or needs tips, please feel free to ask. I love Tough Mudder. I do those and Spartans and I will tell you, Tough Mudder has the most amazing amount of camaraderie that I have ever seen.
In April I did Tough Mudder Austin and saw something that nearly made me cry. At the rope wall (Wall 10-12 ft tall with a rope to climb up), there was a heavy man struggling to get over the wall. It was obvious that he wasn't in great shape, but he was giving it his all. Basically everyone stopped what they were doing and stood there to cheer him on. Two people he didn't know got below him to help with his footing and another man got up to the top of the wall to help him up. As he neared the top, the hundred people standing there were yelling and screaming and cheering. Once he made it, the crowd went absolutely insane. It was a "movie-moment" and something that was completely inspiring. This event was the weekend after the Boston tragedy and the West, Texas explosion. I was feeling sad and down because of all of the tragedy in the world. Seeing this lifted my spirits and made me realize that there is still good in the world. We just have to find it. Tough Mudder is a great place to find this.
Good luck to you all!
More than anything, it's stories like this that inspire me to register and try for the tough mudder, although I first need to try my abilities at the gladiator one with some friends to get a feel for it.
Thanks for the inspiring post! Truly an awesome story0 -
I wanted to do one this year, but right around when I was about to register I fell and hurt my ankle pretty badly. About 4 months later and I just recently was cleared to start SLOWLY running again. So there is no way I could do this year. But next year I am so excited to do it. Group joined. I'm excited. Everyone I know looks at me like I am some crazy idiot when I mention how much I want to do it. It will be nice to have a way to share my excitement and interest.0
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So, I know there was a Tough Mudder event this weekend. For those that did it, any advice to those who have one coming up?0
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So, I know there was a Tough Mudder event this weekend. For those that did it, any advice to those who have one coming up?
I did Tough Mudder Philadelphia on Sunday and the best piece of advice that I can give anyone is to do a gear check. Get the sneakers, shirt and pants that you intend to do the TM in. Then, put on all your gear and completely soak yourself - socks, shoes, everything. Then go for a 3 mile run. Seriously. If anything feels remotely uncomfortable, chuck it and try something else.
Otherwise, have fun and don't overthink the obstacles. Just do them, don't think about it, because thinking about getting shocked, or jumping into a bin of ice water or making a 15 foot jump doesn't make it any easier. Just know that you'll get through it. Yes, it will suck for a second. But then you'll feel like a champion once you're heading home with your beer and your orange headband. 0 -
My nephew just did one in PA this past weekend in 90+ degree heat. Sounded really interesting tho with the course they made. Good luck to you.0
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i've done two tough mudders. the first was in october in new jersey. the second was in may in nevada. both are very different. nj was very very flat. no hills. part of the race was on a competitive dirt bike course, but it wasn't the steep and long steady hills that the nevada one had.
i like TM and spartan races both for different reasons. i like the competitiveness of a spartan race, and i like the camaraderie of the tough mudders. yes, the TM's don't focus on your finishing time, and there is no timing chip.
TM's are different than spartans. the tm course is 12-14 miles long, and has about 20 obstacles. a spartan sprint race is only about 4 miles, and has 15 obstacles, a super spartan is 8-10 miles and about 20 obstacles, and a spartan beast is 12-14 miles and about 25 obstacles.0 -
I'm doing November in San Diego.0
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I did the Tough Mudder Boston which was actually in New Hampshire at the Gunstock Mountain Resort yesterday. The first quarter mile is straight up the mountain. After that it was relatively flat for about 6-7 miles. At about the 7.5 mile mark, the first of 3 mountain climbs began. Some parts were so steep that you had to get on all fours. Going up the mountain coupled with the 85-90 degree heat and high humidity made the last 4-5 miles absolutely brutal. It probably took me the same amount of time to do the last 4 miles then it did to do the first 8. My calves were cramping up a lot toward the end. I ended up coming in just under 3.5 hours.
I did the Tri-State Mudder in New Jersey last year which seemed like a cake walk compared to the one I did yesterday. I spoke to some of the people who do mudders all over the place and they said that the Mt. Snow one in Vermont is probably the hardest. So, looks like that is my next challenge!0 -
Hey, doing a TM or Spartan race is my goal for next year. I've only just started running and working out so i think next summer is a reasonable goal. I kinda have the mentality of training right now coz when i do do it, i am gonna friggin smash it!!
(Also plan on doing normal races once i finish C25K in about 2 weeks)
Anyway, would love some friends in 'training' to see what you guys do
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Hey, doing a TM or Spartan race is my goal for next year. I've only just started running and working out so i think next summer is a reasonable goal. I kinda have the mentality of training right now coz when i do do it, i am gonna friggin smash it!!
(Also plan on doing normal races once i finish C25K in about 2 weeks)
Anyway, would love some friends in 'training' to see what you guys do
get those normal races out of the way now. after a spartan or a tough mudder, 5ks and half marathons are just boring.
and i think that if you find a race for end of september/beginning of october, you could totally be ready for it in time.0 -
I did the Warrior Dash this weekend. I had completed the C25k in order to prep for it, plus the weights that I do just for exercise in general. I've gotta say, the hills (it took place at a ski place) were the worst part. I did hear a lot of women (and men) complaining about not having enough upper body strength for the walls and nets, so I would concentrate on that. The obstacles were pretty easy, minus the slippery mud. Some were a bit tougher for those of us that were vertically challenged. Most people in ours were walking a good majority because of all the big hills. Happy training! Be sure to get pictures...0
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Currently training for TM in August in Scotland. There's a group of us working with a trainer on a Thursday and also on the beach on a Sunday (using the sand dunes to run up with sand bags)0
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Hey, doing a TM or Spartan race is my goal for next year. I've only just started running and working out so i think next summer is a reasonable goal. I kinda have the mentality of training right now coz when i do do it, i am gonna friggin smash it!!
(Also plan on doing normal races once i finish C25K in about 2 weeks)
Anyway, would love some friends in 'training' to see what you guys do
get those normal races out of the way now. after a spartan or a tough mudder, 5ks and half marathons are just boring.
and i think that if you find a race for end of september/beginning of october, you could totally be ready for it in time.
This. Obstacle course events are the only ones I do. Running is boring for me unless I know that I will be swimming in ice or electrocuted at some point.0 -
I just did the Philly TM last weekend. The heat made it rough (it was in the low 90s), but I had a really fun time. It took us about 4.5 hours to finish, but one of the girls on my team hurt herself and had to stop halfway through.
The obstacles were really fun, and I at least attempted them all, even though there were some I couldn't complete (the monkey bars and rings were hard!).
My favorite ones were the climbing ones and anything with water or mud, since it was a chance to cool off. I'm totally sore today, but I want to do another one next year!0 -
Hey, doing a TM or Spartan race is my goal for next year. I've only just started running and working out so i think next summer is a reasonable goal. I kinda have the mentality of training right now coz when i do do it, i am gonna friggin smash it!!
(Also plan on doing normal races once i finish C25K in about 2 weeks)
Anyway, would love some friends in 'training' to see what you guys do
get those normal races out of the way now. after a spartan or a tough mudder, 5ks and half marathons are just boring.
and i think that if you find a race for end of september/beginning of october, you could totally be ready for it in time.
This. Obstacle course events are the only ones I do. Running is boring for me unless I know that I will be swimming in ice or electrocuted at some point.
Haha you guys are nuts! (i think we all are) i'll have a look and sign up for one! Bring it on! Thanks guys >.<0
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