Warrior dash or Tough Mudder

cakelady69
cakelady69 Posts: 228
in Fitness and Exercise
Would love to hear about your experience with either of these races. I'm focusing on doing one in the Spring/ Summer next year with a group of friends. No one has done it before though.
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  • Mceastes
    Mceastes Posts: 303 Member
    They're a lot of fun, especially if you do it with a group of friends. Personally, I think the Warrior Dash is the easier of the two so maybe that's a good one to start with. Have fun gettin' dirty!!
  • Dyana82
    Dyana82 Posts: 12
    I just signed up for Warrior Dash in 2013. I'm a little freaked out cuz I'm over weight and out of shape. I've never been, but a group of my friends have gone the last 2 years and loved it!!
  • eshettel
    eshettel Posts: 6
    I am also signed up for the Warrior Dash next summer! A group of friends and I are all training for it together and trying to get into shape :-)

    One of the guys who is heading up our team did it this summer, and it was kind of the kick off of his weight loss. He was able to complete it. It sounds like there was a (non-dangerous) fire pit to leap over, mud, running... it was apparently a blast!!
  • rowbseat13
    rowbseat13 Posts: 147 Member
    I'm doing the Warrior Dash in a little less than 2 months. I absolutely, positively cannot wait. I've been counting down the days since I signed up a few months ago. I know that doesn't really answer your question, but every time I see the words "Warrior Dash," I get excited and have to chime in.

    If it helps, I've heard from friends and others who have participated that as long as you're moderately in shape, it shouldn't be a problem. You can also skip any of the obstacles if you just can't manage to do them -- but I'm sure you could manage them all, just by looking at your profile pic. :) I'm kind of nervous about the rope wall, but I've been working on and will continue to work on my upper arm and core strength.
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    I'm doing the Warrior Dash in a little less than 2 months. I absolutely, positively cannot wait. I've been counting down the days since I signed up a few months ago. I know that doesn't really answer your question, but every time I see the words "Warrior Dash," I get excited and have to chime in.

    If it helps, I've heard from friends and others who have participated that as long as you're moderately in shape, it shouldn't be a problem. You can also skip any of the obstacles if you just can't manage to do them -- but I'm sure you could manage them all, just by looking at your profile pic. :) I'm kind of nervous about the rope wall, but I've been working on and will continue to work on my upper arm and core strength.

    Where? I'm doing the warrior dash for the first time in NH on sept 15th
  • rowbseat13
    rowbseat13 Posts: 147 Member
    Where? I'm doing the warrior dash for the first time in NH on sept 15th

    Warrior, AL (Hah!) on October 6th
  • StarvingDiva
    StarvingDiva Posts: 1,107 Member
    I'm doing the Warrior Dash in a little less than 2 months. I absolutely, positively cannot wait. I've been counting down the days since I signed up a few months ago. I know that doesn't really answer your question, but every time I see the words "Warrior Dash," I get excited and have to chime in.

    If it helps, I've heard from friends and others who have participated that as long as you're moderately in shape, it shouldn't be a problem. You can also skip any of the obstacles if you just can't manage to do them -- but I'm sure you could manage them all, just by looking at your profile pic. :) I'm kind of nervous about the rope wall, but I've been working on and will continue to work on my upper arm and core strength.

    Where? I'm doing the warrior dash for the first time in NH on sept 15th

    My cousin wants to do this is it weird that I'm afraid to try this? I'm doing P90x but signing up for the Warrior Dash frightens the panties off of me.
  • pstansel74
    pstansel74 Posts: 130 Member
    Doing Warrior Dash Sept 22nd in CT. Tough Mudder is a LOT longer. I started training (read losing weight!) June 2nd and its been good motivation for me knowing it is coming. Last weekend I ran 5k for the first time, 2nd time today. So I'm getting there.
  • cakelady69
    cakelady69 Posts: 228
    I just signed up for Warrior Dash in 2013. I'm a little freaked out cuz I'm over weight and out of shape. I've never been, but a group of my friends have gone the last 2 years and loved it!!

    I understand, I'm overweight too. But I workout a ton already and I have been working on my running. So I think I'm gonna be more than ready for it next year.


    Thanks for replying everyone.
  • cakelady69
    cakelady69 Posts: 228
    Doing Warrior Dash Sept 22nd in CT. Tough Mudder is a LOT longer. I started training (read losing weight!) June 2nd and its been good motivation for me knowing it is coming. Last weekend I ran 5k for the first time, 2nd time today. So I'm getting there.

    Great job! I'm sure you'll have a blast. 2 5k's in a row. WOW
  • pstansel74
    pstansel74 Posts: 130 Member
    By that I mean I went to the high school track and ran one ;) Although next weekend I do have an actual 5k next weekend, the Rhythym Race in East Hartford.
  • cakelady69
    cakelady69 Posts: 228
    By that I mean I went to the high school track and ran one ;) Although next weekend I do have an actual 5k next weekend, the Rhythym Race in East Hartford.

    You still ran that far! That's great no matter what! Good luck next week!
  • Mceastes
    Mceastes Posts: 303 Member
    If you are working out regularly, you'll be fine for the Warrior Dash. One of my friends that did it with me was overweight, but she works out and she did fine. You can walk when you get winded and you can skip an obstacle if you just can't do it. Compared to other mud runs I've done, I didn't think the obstacles were too difficult. And the fire you leap over at the end is literally 6 inches off the ground. They really make don't make it too hard, just challenging enough to keep it interesting. It's a lot of fun cheering each other on and getting dirty.
  • cakelady69
    cakelady69 Posts: 228
    Mceastes-that's what I figured. I do work out 6 days a week. So I think I will be okay. I'm not going to do it till next year and by then I should be down a sizable amount of weight.
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    Yeah, not only am I doing the warrior dash next month, but the very next day I'm doing the Halfway to St. Pats 5k. You get a kilt and at the end you get a beer to having during the Celtic festival. I must be insane. I have 2 other friends doing both with me too. Should be fun, or bad, probably both.
  • pstansel74
    pstansel74 Posts: 130 Member
    Yeah, not only am I doing the warrior dash next month, but the very next day I'm doing the Halfway to St. Pats 5k. You get a kilt and at the end you get a beer to having during the Celtic festival. I must be insane. I have 2 other friends doing both with me too. Should be fun, or bad, probably both.

    Man, making me want to drive up tp get a kilt!
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    Yeah, not only am I doing the warrior dash next month, but the very next day I'm doing the Halfway to St. Pats 5k. You get a kilt and at the end you get a beer to having during the Celtic festival. I must be insane. I have 2 other friends doing both with me too. Should be fun, or bad, probably both.

    Man, making me want to drive up tp get a kilt!

    http://www.millenniumrunning.com/Pages/HALFWAYTOSTPADDYS5K.aspx
  • artbkward
    artbkward Posts: 238 Member
    I did the Warrior Dash in June. It really wasn't that hard, running the hilly terrain was harder than any of the obstacles. It's about 3 miles long so if you can run that far and climb a ladder you will probably be fine. You can go around any obstacle you don't want to do.

    I haven't done a Tough Mudder, but I have friends that did. It's a half marathon plus obstacles, real obstacles not the easy Warrior Dash ones. They jumped off a cliff into water and were electrocuted several times. It's hardcore.

    My friend told me that at the end of mile 3 in the TM, they put up a sign reading "Warrior Dash Finish", at that point you still have ten miles to run.
  • tsboulanger
    tsboulanger Posts: 58 Member
    Just finished the Warrior Dash Saturday in Indiana... lots of fun and very muddy! My body still hurts today! The obstacles are not real hard... you just use all muscles groups. You do not run the full 5k due to people waiting at the obstacles and some paths were slick...plus some people just walked when they wanted too. The hills were probably the hardest... so train going up and down steep hills if your course has them... we had a hell's hill! :) I saw all sizes and ages doing this race... you can do it! Its alot of fun!
  • drgndancer
    drgndancer Posts: 426 Member
    Yeah, not only am I doing the warrior dash next month, but the very next day I'm doing the Halfway to St. Pats 5k. You get a kilt and at the end you get a beer to having during the Celtic festival. I must be insane. I have 2 other friends doing both with me too. Should be fun, or bad, probably both.

    Man, making me want to drive up tp get a kilt!

    http://www.millenniumrunning.com/Pages/HALFWAYTOSTPADDYS5K.aspx
    I ran the Chief Maloney Memorial 5.8 miler that Millennium put together in literally two weeks this spring. I've been meaning to sign up for one of their other races. The Maloney Memorial was incredibly well organized and put together given the time frame, I'd love to see what they can do with a race they actually had time to plan. I'm doing the Whole Foods 5k in Cambridge the weekend after this one, but it looks like fun. I wonder if I can convince the wife to do a back to back weekend 5k Fest.
  • mehaffeymk
    mehaffeymk Posts: 154 Member
    i did the warrior dash before i started losing weight or exercising or anything. i went with a group of friends and didn't train ahead of time. that was for sure a mistake, but not a big one. i just walked most of it, lol. but the obstacles were fun! i loved climbing over the walls, i was really proud when i completed it! and crawling through the mud was fun at the end, and then of course a free beer :) and get a turkey leg!! they are delicious!
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    I did the Warrior Dash in June. It really wasn't that hard, running the hilly terrain was harder than any of the obstacles. It's about 3 miles long so if you can run that far and climb a ladder you will probably be fine. You can go around any obstacle you don't want to do.

    I haven't done a Tough Mudder, but I have friends that did. It's a half marathon plus obstacles, real obstacles not the easy Warrior Dash ones. They jumped off a cliff into water and were electrocuted several times. It's hardcore.

    My friend told me that at the end of mile 3 in the TM, they put up a sign reading "Warrior Dash Finish", at that point you still have ten miles to run.

    Wow, they don't shock you but electrocute you? That's Hardcore. I don't think I would like to die in the middle of a run. :wink:
  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
    i haven't done tough mudder but i did rugged maniac (same as warrior dash). let me tell you it's a challenge but it's crazy FUN! imo the running part is the least of your worries. the obstacles are challenging (at least they were for me). lots of upper body strength because you do a lot of climbing and crawling and pulling. i'm not saying this to scare you but personally i would do warrior dash before tough mudder. for one tough mudder is a longer run and second the obstacles are more challenging. overall tough mudder is more hard core. warrior dash is the way to start/go. just remember the hardest part is signing up.
    I just signed up for Warrior Dash in 2013. I'm a little freaked out cuz I'm over weight and out of shape. I've never been, but a group of my friends have gone the last 2 years and loved it!!

    I understand, I'm overweight too. But I workout a ton already and I have been working on my running. So I think I'm gonna be more than ready for it next year.


    Thanks for replying everyone.
  • artbkward
    artbkward Posts: 238 Member

    Wow, they don't shock you but electrocute you? That's Hardcore. I don't think I would like to die in the middle of a run. :wink:

    Really?

    Ok, so during the race you're wet and you're forced to make contact with live wires thus sending electric current through your body. Happy?
  • crazy_indeed
    crazy_indeed Posts: 138 Member
    I have not done the Warrior Dash. I am doing the Tough Mudder in September. The Rugged Manaic is an awesome mud run!!
  • rlmadrid
    rlmadrid Posts: 694 Member
    I'm supposed to do a Tough Mudder in about a year. Hopefully that'll be enough time to train for it!
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    here are the links to my warrior dash and spartan sprint blogs:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/allabtlm?month=201205

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/allabtlm?month=201203

    My tough mudder is in 4 weeks.
  • LesliePierceRN
    LesliePierceRN Posts: 860 Member
    I did my first Warrior Dash in Charlotte NC last May and then two weeks later did another in Logan OH.. they were awesome!! I trained all winter, and was well prepared, I placed top 24% in my age group (and I'm at the outskirts of that age group, at 39, so I beat the pants of lots and lots of gals much younger than I).. but most people that run a Warrior Dash have never ran one nor trained for it.. It's lots of fun, I swear, the first one I did was one of the best days of my life! Be prepared to PARTAY!
  • CoronerKris
    CoronerKris Posts: 57 Member
    I did the warrior dash for the first time two days ago.....it was a blast! For us it was a lot of uphill in the beginning so people who sprinted off the start line were winded quite quickly but I honestly thought it was so much fun. Obstacles aren't too bad, mostly crawling under barbed wire, through mud pits and a few walls that you have to climb up but its definitely doable. I'm hooked now and want to do tough mudder or one of the spartan races next. Good luck and im sure youll have a blast! =)
  • Josee76
    Josee76 Posts: 533 Member
    I did Warrior Dash in Ontario on July 21st.... it was a lot of fun. My only suggestion to all of you if you plan to be a bit competitive is to RUN HILLS, that was the only brutal part and run them in the HEAT because it was hot out and that was my only struggle.

    I am taking on Tough Mudder on Sunday, I will keep you posted! ;)

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