Tough Mudder!

Well, first, I am jealous of your July date. We did it in Nov 2011 in New Jersey. If I know the Tough Mudder people though, they will still find a way to make some obstacles almost unbearable, even with the warmer weather in NY in July.

For training, it really depends on what your strengths/weaknesses are at this point since you only have aout 7 months to train. Personally, I did training for a half marathon distance (although most will tell you that it's not necessary train in running because a combination of stops/obstacles make it so you don't run that far all at once.) However, I was quite happy with my running training when they took us running in circles in the woods just to make the course longer. The event requires A LOT of upperbody strength. I'm not saying to neglect your lower body with lifting/training, but make sure you go all in with upperbody. This really is an event that you need all over fitness. The beer at the end is the best tasting beer you will ever have, but most couldn't stop shaking long enough to drink it all!

That being said, it was a fantastic event. It was just super crazy. You find yourself doing things that you never thought you would do and a year later you are still thinking "I can't believe I did that." It was a lot of fun. Be open to meeting new people on your route. The only other suggestion I would make is try to go with a team at the same level as you. The majority of my team were faster than me and I spent a lot of the time trying to not hold them back... although I did rock the water obstacles and finally got a change to catch my breath waiting for them.

I have not yet done a Tough Mudder but I did a Spartan Race this past summer. This was loads of fun! And, it motivated me to keep up my running!

There is a tentative Tough Mudder scheduled for my area next summer (Montreal, Quebec). I have pre-registerd. And I have again signed up for the local Spartan Race.

Have fun!

It's fun. It's not very though, or I should say, it's only as tough as you make it. My boyfriend and I signed up for one at the last minute last Summer, and we just showed up without doing any special training. As long as you can run 3-4 miles at a time, do pushups and pullups, and crawl / climb over things, you're pretty straight. It was a great time. There were people of all ability levels, and almost everyone was walking some of the course after the first 4 miles. It was at a ski resort, so the hills were a bit much-- and I am a hill / trail runner.

The obstacles were sooooo fun! The freezing water is way worse than it looks, but everything else is pretty benign. I didn't get the shocks too bad, but my boyfriend got a big one that threw him to the ground. Lol. The whole atmosphere it a blast. We're doing one in February, and I'm thinking it's going to be a little colder this time.

i'm so excited I am doing the race in April any words of advise for getting through the course?

I'm doing the Mt Snow, Vt in August. My first one! Have downloaded the bootcamp training info on the website but also have started doing pull ups and more strength training and trying to run for longer, incorporating hills.

Just did one a few weeks ago here in FL and it was awesome. I would say focus on the running and pull ups as that makes up the majority of the day. I wore a running arm pouch to carry some gels and it worked out great. If you have any specific questions feel free to send me a message.

A few of them rotate. If you take is slow and just use momentum from swinging rather than trying to muscle your was across, they are not difficult.

Sweet!!

Of course, my last time was in the summer, this next time is in February, I am thinking frozen hands might make the difference between easy and impossible on monkey bars. Lol. Into the water I go.