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azzenco posted:Share the headlight info with the rest of us Unfortunately I know nothing of headlamps, but I'm doing the same GoRuck challenge in September.
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| # ? May 18, 2012 03:01 |
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Just got back from the ROC race in Del Mar, Pretty fun. Ran it without shoes since they said "dirt" but I guess dirt on the west coast is different from the east coast since it was basically asphalt with dirt on it. Right foot is pretty messed up, Had a thing of blood on my heel and some stuff on the balls of my foot also. I took my gopro so I'll throw a video up later along with cool pics of my injury in my log.
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| # ? May 19, 2012 23:37 |
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Did the GA Warrior Dash yesterday and had a blast.
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| # ? May 20, 2012 20:30 |
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You don't need a super headlamp or anything. It's mostly safety related because you will be running down streets in the middle of the night and it's nice for cars to be able to see people. I got a lovely 10 dollar camping headlamp from target that has 3 LEDs and I couldn't even tell it was on half the time. Just make sure what you get it water resistant.
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| # ? May 20, 2012 22:21 |
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Just registered for the Long Pong, PA Warrior Dash, let's see how I do!
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| # ? May 21, 2012 02:05 |
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xwonderboyx posted:You don't need a super headlamp or anything. Yes I do  As long as any of them will work I'm going to geek out and get an awesome one.
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| # ? May 22, 2012 01:35 |
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Just did the Spartan Sprint in Ottawa. They had a completely lack of signage and directions prior to the race, and the amount of waiting in line was a bit absurd (especially when I got to the front and found out I didnt need to wait in that line... despite being told to go there earlier..), but outside of that it was a total blast. 20 burpees for missing the spear thing were brutal though. Least favorite part of the race - Im doing it again tomorrow so the focus is going to be on not missing the drat throw.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 23:32 |
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I'm eyeing a trip to Minneapolis at the end of the month. I was searching for a half marathon but I saw that Warrior Dash will be there same weekend I'm going. The only spots left are on the last wave for each day. Is anyone planning on doing this one?
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| # ? Jun 3, 2012 06:33 |
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Jordan7hm posted:...the focus is going to be on not missing the drat throw. Didn't miss the throw, did miss the rope climb. Still had to do burpees, but at least they were earlier in the race. If anyone is on the fence about doing the sprints or the warrior dash or whatever, don't be. Just do them, you'll have an absurd amount of fun. Pretty sure as long as you're even remotely in shape you'll be able to complete that distance.
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| # ? Jun 3, 2012 21:50 |
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Jordan7hm posted:as long as you're even remotely in shape you'll be able to complete that distance. It's possible to walk the Warrior Dash as it's only a 5K. I jogged the first half mile and walked the rest due to being an out of shape bastard. I finished in 52 minutes but I was lifting weights for 4 months prior but did absolutely no cardio prior to that. I want to say that sucking rear end in the Warrior Dash is what made me get off my rear end and start running but I don't think it was. Mainly just not wanting to die young. In goruck news, I think my backpack is coming from the goruck challenge 5 months ahead of time. I got a shipping notice email for a 5lb package but I thought they gave it to you the day of the event? When did you get your backpack xwonderboyx? I'm excited as hell 
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| # ? Jun 3, 2012 23:56 |
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Did my second warrior dash this past saturday. It was VERY hilly, so my time was terrible. Despite a fair amount of rain the days before, it wasn't muddy at all. It took me 45 minutes to complete it, but I was still top 25% overall, so not too bad for being a pretty poor runner. I also strongly recommend giving these a try for anyone who is on the fence.
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azzenco posted:It's possible to walk the Warrior Dash as it's only a 5K. I jogged the first half mile and walked the rest due to being an out of shape bastard. I finished in 52 minutes but I was lifting weights for 4 months prior but did absolutely no cardio prior to that. I got mine about 2 weeks before my first event and I just wore it everywhere with a full load to get used to the weight and trained with it a few times. I'll post a picture of it later. It's all faded and cool looking because of the hell I put it through on a weekly basis. I also signed up for Trek: Atlanta and Scavenger: Atlanta. Gonna be awesome. edit:  Well worth the  x 30
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So this is a picture of one of the obstacles from this local race I'm attending:  What is the best way to get across this? Right side up like the guy in the picture or upside down pulling with your hands, keeping your legs crossed above the rope?
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| # ? Jun 6, 2012 03:00 |
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I've tried both on those types of obstacles and personally I've been able to go faster hanging from the bottom, but if you go from the top, you need to hang one leg down to act as a counterbalance so you don't fall off.
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| # ? Jun 6, 2012 03:41 |
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Hang off the bottom and it's not even close. You'll expend way less energy since you don't have to worry about balance.
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| # ? Jun 6, 2012 05:25 |
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Walk on it standing upright like a boss. Looserope walkin. Just kidding. Hanging is better. You won't rub your nuts.
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| # ? Jun 6, 2012 10:43 |
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The worst part of those obstacles is the slow as hell person directly in front of you that doesn't fall off until 75% of the way through.
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| # ? Jun 6, 2012 13:48 |
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Going to the Vancouver Tough Mudder in a couple weeks and excited beyond belief. I need to buy some gloves and I'm set. But what is everyone's experience with the electricity wires? My buddy suggests we take safety glasses for that one obstacle since dangling powered wires could conceivably land in your eye. What do you guys think?
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reflex posted:Going to the Vancouver Tough Mudder in a couple weeks and excited beyond belief. I need to buy some gloves and I'm set. But what is everyone's experience with the electricity wires? I run TM with gloves, but I take them off for the monkey bars. Those can get slippery and you'll have better grip with your hands. You don't need safetly goggles, but I guess if you really wanted to be safe you could wear knee and elbow pads and a cup and a helmet and just not show up because you're afraid of the outdoors.
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reflex posted:Going to the Vancouver Tough Mudder in a couple weeks and excited beyond belief. I need to buy some gloves and I'm set. But what is everyone's experience with the electricity wires? I ran through the wires with my forearms up to direct the wires away from my face. As for the gloves, I wear mine through the whole race. Buy gloves that are meant to work even when wet and you'll have no problems. I've done 4 obstacle courses with gloves and have never lost grip on anything.
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| # ? Jun 6, 2012 14:07 |
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reflex posted:Going to the Vancouver Tough Mudder in a couple weeks and excited beyond belief. I need to buy some gloves and I'm set. But what is everyone's experience with the electricity wires? I've been using a set of these gloves http://www.amazon.com/Carhartt-Pro-.../ref=pd_sbs_a_2 The rubber is pretty sticky and really helps with the bars. As rockcity said, just run with forearms up, head down through the wires.
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| # ? Jun 6, 2012 17:05 |
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About how long before the Tough Mudder is one usually given their start time? I'm doing the Colorado TM on Saturday, and I still haven't been informed of my start time. Is this typical?
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| # ? Jun 6, 2012 18:36 |
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telarium4 posted:About how long before the Tough Mudder is one usually given their start time? You should have picked a start time when you registered.
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| # ? Jun 7, 2012 00:23 |
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xwonderboyx posted:You should have picked a start time when you registered. I figured it out. It's on the website.
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| # ? Jun 7, 2012 02:38 |
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Just signed up for "Run For Your Lives" in September. Anyone have any good info from last year?
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| # ? Jun 7, 2012 12:48 |
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After seeing a few people post about these races on Facebook, I've officially become obsessed with conquering one of these. I think I'm going to do Tough Mudder in September up in Tahoe. The extra elevation should make it even more miserable. I just sent an email out to my hockey team. It would be awesome if we all did it together. Really looking forward to this.
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| # ? Jun 8, 2012 22:43 |
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I just signed up for the Spartan Beast in Killington Vermont this September. I'm slowly getting back into shape. So far just running, but my last few runs have been pretty good distance, considering I was starting from essentially nothing (1.7 miles, 3.6 miles, 1.5 miles, 5.6 miles, 1.8 miles (overdid it with the previous one...), 3 miles, 3 miles, and 4 miles today.) Going to have to start working in some pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups, weight training, and whatever else the gently caress I'll need to be able to do that poo poo.
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| # ? Jun 9, 2012 02:25 |
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DrBouvenstein posted:I just signed up for the Spartan Beast in Killington Vermont this September. One workout you can do to help get used to running + arm work is to do push up while running. Just pick a random run day and pump out 10 good push up every 5 min during the run.
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BexGu posted:One workout you can do to help get used to running + arm work is to do push up while running. Just pick a random run day and pump out 10 good push up every 5 min during the run. Seconded. I do this pretty regularly.
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| # ? Jun 11, 2012 17:47 |
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BexGu posted:One workout you can do to help get used to running + arm work is to do push up while running. Just pick a random run day and pump out 10 good push up every 5 min during the run. Ugh, I'm going to have to find better places to run...push-ups on concrete or asphalt sounds unappealing... I mean...I don't want to have to drive somewhere just to run, but I'm in, essentially, a suburb...I have a bike path about a mile from me, actually, but it's the worst spot in the path. If I go one way, it's only about a mile before it "merges" with a sidewalk for a mile or two, and the other way goes about a half-mile before it starts to loop around athletic fields at the college for almost a mile, then it too merges with a sidewalk. So I'd have a mile of no grass, then at most a mile and a half of grass. I guess since it's summer I can attempt to get away with working out at the high school track that's practically across the street from me...
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DrBouvenstein posted:Ugh, I'm going to have to find better places to run...push-ups on concrete or asphalt sounds unappealing... If you're worried about pushups on asphalt or concrete get some gloves. Or HTFU and do it. Chicks dig tough hands and tough hands can help on obstacles. If it's an issue of traffic, I don't have a solution.
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| # ? Jun 11, 2012 18:09 |
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xwonderboyx posted:Or HTFU and do it. Seriously, if you're turned away by doing pushups on concrete, you might want to rethink obstacle course racing.
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| # ? Jun 11, 2012 18:41 |
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Just signed up for Tough Mudder NorCal Diablo Grande on Sep 30! Got a bunch of dudes/girl on my hockey team to join up too. Really looking forward to it!
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| # ? Jun 11, 2012 20:23 |
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DrBouvenstein posted:Ugh, I'm going to have to find better places to run...push-ups on concrete or asphalt sounds unappealing... You get used to it real quick. (And honestly, its not going to be the worst thing to deal with during a race) Now if its a issue of traffic (bikes, people, etc), yeah, that can suck. Just make sure there is no one behind you when you drop to the ground. Now, if you really want to turn heads, you go out running with Mr Log. 
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Just signed up for Tough Mudder NorCal Diablo Grande on Sep 30! Got a bunch of dudes/girl on my hockey team to join up too. Really looking forward to it! I like to picture the Red Wings running Tough Mudder when I read your posts. I would gladly pay to fly home for that. BexGu posted:You get used to it real quick. (And honestly, its not going to be the worst thing to deal with during a race) Now if its a issue of traffic (bikes, people, etc), yeah, that can suck. Just make sure there is no one behind you when you drop to the ground. It's great for a snack, it fits on your back, it's log, log, log!
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JiimyPopAli posted:Just signed up for "Run For Your Lives" in September. Anyone have any good info from last year? I did the very first one (MD) - get there very early, hopefully they've got the parking situation down better for you guys. As for the race itself, the obstacles are easy (I had a harder time with the ones in the Warrior Dash I did last month) and are more about "do this pretty trivial thing while dodging zombies" - see the first obstacle for an example. You don't really have to train for it, but if you want to "survive" focus on sprinting.
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| # ? Jun 11, 2012 21:25 |
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rockcity posted:I like to picture the Red Wings running Tough Mudder when I read your posts. I would gladly pay to fly home for that. Datsyuk can cheat though since he can just float through it all.
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| # ? Jun 11, 2012 22:04 |
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Just signed up for Tough Mudder NorCal Diablo Grande on Sep 30! Got a bunch of dudes/girl on my hockey team to join up too. Really looking forward to it! I may be doing this one too if my buddy doesn't bitch out.
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:I think I'm going to do Tough Mudder in September up in Tahoe. The extra elevation should make it even more miserable. I just did the TM @ Beaver Creek [Colorado] on Saturday, solo. The extra elevation made it a bit of a challenge - but I had been training in elevation by trail running ~4 miles, 4 times a week for a couple months - plus biking and some other stuff. Having been my first time, a few observations/tips: -It is totally possible to go solo - but I think I'll join a team next time because frankly, I got a bit bored. You're running 1, perhaps 2 miles between some obstacles and I just felt like it would have been cool to run and shoot the poo poo with buddies. Sadly, most of my friends aren't in shape. The only thing I truly couldn't do by myself were the 'Berlin Walls' - primarily because I can't do a muscle-up. -I wore compression pants as well as gloves. I'm glad I did. I felt like some of the obstacles, like crawling under barbed-wire, should have been muddy, but were dry, and thus dirt with small rocks. The pants saved my knees a bit - and the gloves gave me good grip. I got the $5 gloves at Home Depot, the rubber dipped cotton or whatever. -The ice bath is hilariously cold. This poor girl next to me was wearing virtually nothing and I basically jumped in, dunked, and dragged her out. Ice bath got the adrenaline flowing and it was just the boost I needed to keep going. Pretty awesome. -We had 3 "electrified" events. -My upper body strength was definitely lacking. I could not complete the rings or the monkey bars - fell in the water both times. I think I will up my lifting, next time. I basically replaced months of lifting with months of cardio. Those were the only two obstacles I could not "complete". -COTD: There was a ~500 ft. steep climb appropriately called the "Death March". The dude next to me says, "where's the alternate route for those who don't want to do this obstacle". -Interestingly, there were a lot more people bitching than I thought there would be. On a couple parts I was bitching to myself because I was bored (see: joining a team next year) - but most people who bitched seemed to dislike the altitude and climbing. We're not even a quarter mile in and some guy next to me had to take a couple breaks. I stuck with him initially for support, but it was pretty clear he wasn't going to make it to mile 1. He didn't make it to mile 1 and he bitched the whole way. I gave him the HTFU spiel to no avail. -Well-organized event. Plenty of water stations with bananas and other stuff. You don't need to bring a Camelbak. In fact, I would discourage it as it would get in the way of some of the crawling events. -Some poster a while back made the assertion that the Tough Mudder really isn't all that tough. I would agree. Sure, you need some mental grit and some endurance -- but I didn't find anything impossible to do. Lots of support and camaraderie - which helps. I'm glad I did it - more to prove to myself that I could do it than anything else. I might do a flatter TM just to see the difference.
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telarium4 posted:
Seriously, TM look a lot harder then they really are. All you need to do is be careful, take your time, and just keep moving forward. There are a ton of people that will gladly help you along the way. Tough Mudder on slopes do suck through....
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