Anyone do Tough Mudder, Tough Guy, Total Warrier, etc?

BugglyB

Wondered if anyone has any experience of these sorts of events and can convince me once and for all that I'm mad and its a bad idea

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It's a great idea!

I was signed up for the Spartan Sprint but due to hospital treatment leaving me unable to exercise for a month I can't do it - however I want to do the Spartan Trifecta next year.

I have a few friends who've done obstacle courses and they loved them go on - do it!

HBS x

Daxx

They are brilliant. Hard work but the atmosphere is amazing, everyone gets people through. I would recommend not doing it alone though and doing it with someone.

If you want to try a shorter version first there is 'x-runner' and also 'pretty muddy (race for life version).

*Beki*

There's also the Zest Challenge which is a "women-friendly" obstacle race. 5k or 10k options - a bunch of my friends did it this year and loved it! So much so they've persuaded me to join in next year

http://www.zest.co.uk/general/sign-up-for-the-zest-challenge-2013-with-alpro/4852.html

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They're all women-friendly

HBS x

BugglyB

Thanks guys. I think I'll probably just go for one of the 'longer' 10k ones straight off the bat. Looking at the websites and peoples blogs I think I'd enjoy Total Warrior (enjoy fell running, lake district etc) - the atmosphere looks amazing.

My problem is I only have two friends who would want do it with me, one is off due to injury (she broke her back!) the other is off travelling next year. Everyone else I have asked thinks its insane.

There are a couple of guys at work who do Tough Guy but they are super fit cross fit types, and I dont know them that well, and don't like to mix work and pleasure.

Might post on a more local forum and see if anyones up for it...but would obviously prefer to do it with people I know and trust not to leave me in the mud.

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I know someone that did a Spartan Sprint on her own - lots of people stopped to help her over walls and things

HBS x

Kapoww

A few of my friends went to Tough Mudder and throughly enjoyed it!

pink_princess

I really want to do total warrior, any upper body training tips?

elsien

Brother and SIL did 10 k total warrior on Shap a couple of weeks back. They're quite fit but 2 of the team apart from the odd gym session were exercise free zones! They all had a great time, although one of them did go round a lot of the obstacles. They all said you need to do it in a group rather than as an individual to get the most out of it.
Having looked at the courses, bro said he didn't see the point of the longer run, as the obstacles were all the same but with a bit of road running thrown in.
As a spectator (child sitting:D) the atmosphere was great. But the weather was dry. On a cold rainy day I can imagine the spectators decamping at speed.
It took bro (as a half marathon runner) 2 1/2 hours, because of having to go at the speed of the slowest person. He still loved it. Even though he was beaten by SIL who'd done no training.
And there were some quite unfit looking people who made it round. Just took longer.

uberalles

Did the Tough Guy challenge alone 6 years back and thoroughly enjoyed it.

The idea of doing it with friends is good but you will find within a while of doing the course that one of you might be holding the other back and you will soon be running alone.

To enjoy it I'd suggest you have a degree of fitness or it'll be a chore from almost the start. Also ensure your upper body can hold your weight, do pull ups etc.

I did the course in January when I knew it would be freezing in the water but knew I'd prefer that than crawling over hard ground in July.

Took me just over 2.5 hours and I was fairly fit, the last 20 minutes of running between obstacles was no longer fun.

Good luck, you'll be proud of yourself once you've completed it.