Tough Mudder

manic111 · 8 May 2012 at 20:36

p4radox said:
I'm on the 10am start on the 12th.

And me! Bring it on!

p4radox · 8 May 2012 at 22:54

Awesome! What are your plans for clothing? Standard running attire or something outrageous?

nydryl · 8 May 2012 at 23:00

We're doing the Demon Run next weekend as a warm up for either doing Tough Mudder this year or next. It looks awesome!

Holliday · 9 May 2012 at 00:19

Me and my mates are in the 9am wave on the Saturday, can't wait!

manic111 · 12 May 2012 at 19:33

How did you guys get on? Absolutely loved it. Still pulling mud out of my eyes though. Think I saw you, Holliday - were you Mario or Luigi?

Freefaller · 12 May 2012 at 20:00

Belmit did it - I'm sure he'll post in here soon.

Holliday · 12 May 2012 at 20:48

manic111 said:
How did you guys get on? Absolutely loved it. Still pulling mud out of my eyes though. Think I saw you, Holliday - were you Mario or Luigi?

Mario chap, my mates were Luigi and Wario. First 3/4 bloody loved it, the Electric Eel was immense, only hit me once but it was literally like being punched in the back.

The last 1/4 I started getting bad leg cramps, which is strange since I'v pretty much never had cramps in my life, but jesus my calf looked like it was trying to eat itself, felt that way also. Managed to finish it though after they subdued a little, luckily the last electric wires didn't seem to do anything.

How did you find it mate?

manic111 · 12 May 2012 at 22:16

Awesome, so much fun. I've got the most bruised shins in the world, and my ass is still numb from the electric eel, but fantastic.

The last four or five obstacles, where there wasn't much running, I started to get pretty cold, but by then it was close enough to the end not to matter. Got absolutely wiped out on Everest though!

Looking forward to the photos going up - the Mud Mile was muddy, to say the least!

p4radox · 13 May 2012 at 13:09

I was in the 10am wave. Absolutely loved it, so so much fun. :cool:

The electric eel was definitely the most unpleasant obstacle. I think I got hit by it about 10 times, I was screaming like a little girl every time!

The quarter pipe was extremely difficult. The problem was that the crowds of people just kept pushing further forward until there was no room for a run-up at all.

Holliday - your Mario costumes were awesome. I was standing in front of you at the bag drop after the race.

Indigo · 23 May 2012 at 21:16

A mate has asked if I'd be up for doing this so I've been signed up to do the one in November. I'm training for two marathons this year (June 24th / October 7th) so the distance won't be a problem but the obstacles are a different thing completely!!!!

I'll be strong enough by then but it does seem mental.