Anyone done a Tough Mudder?

BigMonka

For anyone who has done one, just how hard are the obstacles? Was it fun?
I’m looking to do the Yorkshire one at the end of July but don’t yet know anyone who has done one.

octatonic

Nope, but I have friends who are mad for them.
Whenever they talk about them I mention this:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11707974/1000-runners-infected-with-norovirus-at-muddy-obstacle-course-race-in-France.html

BigMonka

octatonic said:

Nope, but I have friends who are mad for them.
Whenever they talk about them I mention this:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11707974/1000-runners-infected-with-norovirus-at-muddy-obstacle-course-race-in-France.html

Lol, is that the hidden final obstacle?!

octatonic

If people want to have a gruelling physical experience and eat some shit why can't they visit a mistress like any normal person?

BeardyAndy

To be honest if i'd wanted to crawl on my belly through shit, swim through freezing water and run through flames i'd have joined the Marines!

iseverynamegone

My wife has done a few, looked a piece  of piss to be honest . If it wasn’t for my perforated eardrum I would have joined her.

BigMonka

BeardyAndy said:

To be honest if i'd wanted to crawl on my belly through shit, swim through freezing water and run through flames i'd have joined the Marines!

How about because one takes 90min and the other takes at least 5years! 

BigMonka

iseverynamegone said:

My wife has done a few, looked a piece  of piss to be honest . If it wasn’t for my perforated eardrum I would have joined her.

Really? Is it just he marketing that makes it sound scary/hard?

iseverynamegone

In all seriousness the wife coped easily with them. She runs slow but steady and knocks out the odd half marathon a year. The obstacles she said were easy and she isn’t tall , I’d say go for it what is the worst that can happen you can pick up Norovirus anywhere. 

octatonic

BigMonka said:

iseverynamegone said:

My wife has done a few, looked a piece  of piss to be honest . If it wasn’t for my perforated eardrum I would have joined her.

Really? Is it just he marketing that makes it sound scary/hard?

If you can run 3-5 miles without stopping them you should be fine.

BeardyAndy

If you want a tough running race then check these guys out https://whitestarrunning.co.uk/ 

Like @octatonic says, if you can run a comfortable 5k you can run a tough mudder.

mcsdan

I know many that have done these and despite being able to run 5-10km they have very little upper body strength. They cope well with the obstacles. Just take your time and it'll be fine. Any you can't do just walk around.

ewal

Vastly over-priced and likely to be full of office staff out rolling about in the mud in the name of team building. No thanks.

steven70

Bear in mind, I think you have too crawl through pipes and stuff, which is not happy if you don't like confined spaces. 

steven70

ewal said:

Vastly over-priced and likely to be full of office staff out rolling about in the mud in the name of team building. No thanks.

I always thought white collar duelling would be an interesting team building exercise.
...or Russian Roulette...reckon I should be in marketing.

munckee

steven70 said:

ewal said:

Vastly over-priced and likely to be full of office staff out rolling about in the mud in the name of team building. No thanks.

I always thought white collar duelling would be an interesting team building exercise.
...or Russian Roulette...reckon I should be in marketing.

Two people in a pit, new weapons thrown in sporadically.  Doesn't need to be white collar, illegal immigrants, prisoners.  Would be a PPV hit.

Wazmeister

I did one earlier, and Im fairly certain it was last night's curry...

Cirrus

Re; that French one, I note the article says 30 people complained of suffering from Norovirus *On the Day*.

Ummm… They didn't catch norovirus 20 minutes earlier. They already had it, brought it to the race, someone had the runs or threw up in the water, then thousands of people lunged head-first into that same water, gasping in mouthfuls of it.

Anyways. I did a tough mudder about 3 years ago. It wasn't too bad. Did some running beforehand but nothing serious, and was surprised how non-fatal it felt to do. The toughest part of the obstacles were the walls - I have the upper body strength of a walker's crisp.

King85

Cirrus said:

Re; that French one, I note the article says 30 people complained of suffering from Norovirus *On the Day*.

Ummm… They didn't catch norovirus 20 minutes earlier. They already had it, brought it to the race, someone had the runs or threw up in the water, then thousands of people lunged head-first into that same water, gasping in mouthfuls of it.

What an image

ToneControl

I think these races appeal to a niche market for psychological reasons, some people like to suffer a bit. Our neighbour does them, and he revels in the discomfort.

merlin

..... and have some sadistic twat shouting at me the whole time? I'd feel like I was in my own private nightmare version of "Whiplash".