rachel on 2/12/2010 at 21:55
Oh I eat my share, dontcha worry 'bout that :cheeky:
Renzatic on 2/12/2010 at 23:35
BINGE AND PURGE! BINGE AND PURGE! That's what the holidays are all about. Course I don't have to do that this year, considering I got sick during Thanksgiving, and my family ate all the leftovers while I was convalescing. All I got was orange juice and halfhearted sympathy. The bastards. :mad:
Also why the hell would anyone want to do an obstacle course in the winter? That's stupid. Everyone knows you save this stuff for the summer, so you can watch more people pass out from heat stroke.
SubJeff on 2/12/2010 at 23:46
Mmmmk, we'll do it in winter you do the summer one Renz. When it's called Nettle Warrior for good reason and you have to do part of the course twice.
Renzatic on 3/12/2010 at 00:56
At least I'll be warm.
rachel on 3/12/2010 at 14:42
As far as I'm concerned Summer is best spent poolside sipping mojitos :cool:
Tocky on 4/12/2010 at 04:43
As opposed to hypothermia? Claw me up a bit, hell, you are going to get bruised slipping off wet logs and burned from an electric fence double what would stun a bull anyway right? If you are not allowed kneepads or elbowpads then you will get some scabs on the Viet tunnels and tires. Cold water man, ugh. Not to mention blisters and the fact I will gnaw my way through anything in my way should I get the tunnel with a blocked exit. Claustrophobia would blind me. Nothing personal.
It should be a playground once you get your legs under you. They try to take those first you have noticed. That's what weeds out the unfit and clears the field for the later obstacles. Start with a mile a day run for a week then up it a half mile every week thereafter to train. Endurance is key so pace yourself and make it steady with no excited bursts which drain particularly during the actual course. Also use your arms on the ropes rather than struggling with tricky balance which will drain energy. After you get your legs and lungs it will be fun.
I kid myself I could do this now with no training but I would kill myself. Train. It's like basic military training where incremental steps all add up and within a few months you are superman. Run. Some situps and pushups wouldn't hurt but you need the lungs and legs most.
rachel on 13/12/2010 at 21:41
Managed 5 km this morning, one week to the event.
I'm starting to think I can make it alive. :sly:
rachel on 20/12/2010 at 11:05
Well that was fun :) 9km down and up the Montjuic hill, crossing mud ponds, wire traps, haystacks and stuff. Finished in 56 minutes, which makes me pretty happy as my objective was to finish within an hour. :)
Very fun, and as a sample for TG, learned pretty useful stuff regarding what I should work on...
So, next year, repeat. Then 2012 :cool:
:thumb:
CCCToad on 21/12/2010 at 02:04
That looks awesome, we need something like that here!
Fafhrd on 21/12/2010 at 06:28
My town just started doing a (
http://gomudrun.com/) Halloween Mud Run this year (I don't think it's nearly as hard core as Tough Guy or even Buff Epic. No barb wire, just mud pits, tunnels and hay bales. And the obstacle courses are all in the park, not the mountain trails).
I didn't participate, but I think I'll try to get myself in shape for the 10k next year.
[edit]Went over the old thread and found Starr's (
http://www.warriordash.com/index.php) Warrior Dash. The SoCal one is in Lake Elsinore in April. It's only three miles, I could probably get in good enough shape for that by April.
