TOUGH MUDDER!!!

One of the main reasons I like running Tough Mudder races.

 

my teams going for the Nor Cal event in the fall who else is going to Northstar?

 

Anyone running the Tough Mudder - Northeast #2 at Mount Snow in a couple weeks?

I've got a team of 16 people signed up and ready to go. We got team shirts made up and everything.

 

Dick, you had to post that up 2 days before I run?!?! Ignorance is bliss!!

And that obstacle looks pretty hellish... We run late, hopefully the ice is melted so we're only in 35 degree water

 

Id take that one over the one we did. We had to crawl though a pit covered with barbwire, filled with water and ice. Had the same board in the middle so you had to go under. It was a complete shock to your system. Good luck and have a blast!

 

Yikes... It's supposed to be 85 and sunny for the event so at least I'll warm up quick on the other side!

Thanks for the tip on jumping close to the board. Makes sense but I can't say I would have thought if it day of in middle of getting my ass kicked. I'll be doing as little thinking as possible!

I see you didn't wear gloves, do you wish you had or was it not that bad? I wasn't going to wear any but my team keeps trying to convince me otherwise.

 

i guess they changed the name of that obstacle... used to be called the Chernobyl Jacuzzi

 

good point.

anyways... that one did suck a lot of ass for sure

didn't make it better that the outside temperature for my event was 35*

juliana (the chick that won world's toughest mudder last year) and i are working on getting a team of our co-workers together to do the vegas event in october.

 

It's supposed to be 85 and sunny tomorrow for ours

 

That's what I should have done, a shorter mud run as an introduction. Tomorrow is going to be a shit show for me. I've never run a 10 mile race, I've never done an adventure race or any race with obstacles for that matter. Same can be said for my team also. We're just hoping to survive. We're all in pretty good overall physical condition but I have a feeling we're underprepared for some of the obstacles.

 

We finished! Started with 16, ended with 15 so only one drop out. It was a hell of an event. The toughest part was the terrain, the obstacles weren't bad at all in my opinion. They really use the mountain to their advantage!

On another note, I will say that the Tough Mudder staff was incredibly unprepared in the medical response department. A participant keeled over and one of the members from my team and another participant performed CPR for 8 minutes! The first responders on an ATV had only a basic First Aid kit (no AED) and had no idea what do to (they showed up at about 6 minutes in). At this point, the guy had not been breathing for quite a while. At 8 minutes, another first aid UTV showed up with an AED. They were able to jump start his heart and the guy came through and even knew where he was. I heard he was air lifted and was doing ok. In short, the Tough Mudder staff did not seem to be even close to prepared for this type of event and if it weren't for the participants on the course, the guy would have died for sure.

Otherwise, it was fun and we all had a great time! Most of us are already talking about doing it again next year.

 

just found out my fire academy is going to be doing tough mudder/ hero rush type things, woot!