TOUGH MUDDER!!!

Dang... did you guys see this?
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/12/0...ring-tough-mudder-event-was-company-negligent

 

Dam that's sucks

 

it was only a matter of time until it happened. while lose of life is always a sad thing... the risk of it is always present in events such as TM

 

Hence the waiver....

If the rescue diver isn't right there, dressed in diving shit, pretty sure 4 min is damn good time to get a diver in the water in full gear. IMHO

 

agreed. curious if any of the friends entered the water to attempt a rescue...

 

Curious if the person that jumped in the water looked before jumping and admitted to jumping on top of the guy.

 

Have any of you guys heard of the GoRuck challenges? I am planning on doing a few of them starting in the summer time. They are a lot smaller than the TM or Spartan races. Usually a 30 person limit.

 

Never done one but Ive read a lot about them. 12+ hours of PT and hazing... No thanks.

If you use instagram search the hashtag #goruck and you will see a bunch of firsthand photos of the challenge.


I also follow a dude on their that does the spartan death race. No thanks to that as well...haha

 

nice! wonder if theres something like this near me.

 

www.toughmudder.com
Click events
Look to see which one is closest to you
Sign up
Run the course and drink a crappy beer
Crawl home and take some drugs and alcohol to feel less pain
Repeat

 

It's been a little quiet in here lately. I am assuming that everybody is practicing their beer drinking abilities for the next TM event you will be joining in on. There are a few of us signed up for the Portland, OR TM in August. If anybody wants to join the team, contact JoeTacoma02.

 

Still no TM for me. Just spartan races. I like a challenge

 

So why are you still doing spartan and not upgrading to TM?

 

you mean downgrade?!

The Dallas TM is always the same day as a local event (zombie run 5k) that I help organize so I can never go.

I will be doing my first Triathlon event this year. Its just the sprint distance though so it shouldn't be too bad

 

Just signed up for the spartan beast in South Carolina. October 25th. This will be my first one. Got a group of about 7 guys I work with on a team. Can't wait!

 

hell yea man! Good luck. Work on upper body strength for the obstacles and leg work for the run. Im not sure if there are any hills around there but the Spartan race series loves to find and utilize hills/mountains.

 

This. TM is fun to do with a team and the obstacles are different, but it's an easy race overall. The savage race is a really good race with comparable large scale obstacles at a fraction of the cost. It's also shorter but distance doesn't mean shit when you are with a team and waiting for slowies.

First beast or first race ever? I've done several sprints, and a super and they aren't for the weak willed, especially my super. Beast is a challenge I have yet to take on but can't wait till I can.

 

The beast I did in dallas last year was hands down the hardest thing Ive ever done. It was suppose to be 12 miles but they made it 15 miles at the last minute. It was so cold they had to cut out a swimming portion and added on 3 miles.... Im going again this year and its my goal to smash my time from last year.

 

What shoes do you guys use for these types of races?

I have running shoes but they don't have a ton of traction. And I also have hiking/trail shoes that have traction but are heavy as hell. Not sure which ones to use. Any suggestions?