taylorboosh
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anyone doing/done this.. mates pestering me to enter with him and it sounds stupidly hard.. 11k run with obsticle courses thrown in???
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Nath
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Is that the same as Tough Mudder? One of my mates is doing that and it looks a joke 
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taylorboosh
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http://mhsurvival.co.uk/page1.asp
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Nath
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Yeah looks similar. Absolutely crazy. Maybe one day 
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taylorboosh
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well i did say i was going to get fit/go to the gym... i bet its torture. id struggle to run 1k outside atm but can do 3 or so in the gym no probs atm.. havent really exercised in an age
have i got no chance
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Nath
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Good to have something to aim for though, as opposed to just wanting to get fit in general. Gives you a deadline.
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taylorboosh
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its like 9 months so i need to be able to do an extra k a month... pretty big ask tbh whilst also gaining the strength to do the obsticles..
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Nath
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250m a week. Not that much really. I'm doing a marathon in April and am raising money on the side. Gives me extra motivation.
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Ben J
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This is where its at....
http://www.toughguy.co.uk/
The winter one looks brutal.
[Edited on 06-01-2012 by Ben J]
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taylorboosh
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mate who wants to do it has a niece who has had
heart transplant
kidney transplant
lukeamia
and now
her transplanted kidney is failling
it will most likely be to raise money for her a nice hol or something
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taylorboosh
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benj im dont really want to die mate... kid on the way and that
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Ben J
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quote:
Originally posted by john-d
benj im dont really want to die mate... kid on the way and that
Wouldn't be a good idea tbh mate.
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Nath
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http://toughmudder.co.uk/
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taylorboosh
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they look cool but i cant swim so dont fancy plunging into icey water
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Nath
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No, same 
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Cavey
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I did the Nottingham survival of the fittest last year with no training at all, it wasn't that hard. - took 1:30, but could of taken 15 mins or so off that if I didn't have to wait at obstacles. Also went with a few mates, and they were slow so I ditched them with 2k left and sprinted home.
Was wet when we did it as well which made the obstacles deadly, couldn't get any grip on them, the 8 foot wall was impossible without a leg up.
Also, you might be able to find the video of it on 4od as it was shown just before Christmas
Saying that, it was nice to catch your breath at the obstacles.
Looking at possibly the Edinburgh one this year and making a weekend of it.
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Ben J
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quote:
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they look cool but i cant swim so dont fancy plunging into icey water
I can swim. Water wouldn't bother me. I just can't run 12 miles never mind with obstacles
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taylorboosh
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cavey that has really reasured me, i take it your quite fit to sprint 2k mind
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Cavey
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I'm a postman, so got fairly good cardiovascular, I honestly thought i'd be screwed on it, but didn't have to stop while jogging, was just at the obstacles
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Cavey
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http://www.channel4.com/programmes/triathlon/episode-guide/series-2/episode-17 - That's the show of the race from this year  - Doesnt show a couple of the obstacles, but you get the jist
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taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by Cavey
I'm a postman, so got fairly good cardiovascular, I honestly thought i'd be screwed on it, but didn't have to stop while jogging, was just at the obstacles
see i could probaly job 11k with obstacle breaks after some training.. how hard are the obsatcles
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Cavey
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First was haybales, easy
Second was "parkour" zone, climb a 7ft(ish) wall, balance beam then monkey bars (which should be fairly easy, but pretty much impossible in the wet)
Third was the assault course bit, wasnt too bad, until we had to crawl under netting, which would of been ok, but they put fucking rocks at the bottom, so hurt like hell!
Fourth was crossing the river, waist deep, fucking freezing, but the cold probably helped with stopping any aches
Fifth I think was swimming across the river at the wider bit
Sixth was er...another mini assault course bit
Seventh was another a bouncy castle kinda assault course thing... friction burns from that
Eighth was another "parkour" zone thing in a skatepark, which isn't shown on the video I put above
Ninth - Up and down a few steps at the Forest ground, we walked them pretty much as it got a bit busy
Then a 2k run home to the 8ft wall!
Think the Nottingham one was 12km as it's pretty flat
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taylorboosh
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the river bit i take it every one is given a life jacket?
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Cavey
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Swimming across it, yeah
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taylorboosh
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ahh thats fine... i wont drown then
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