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Man whistler tm in two weeks. Hope I can finish it...
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| # ? Jun 12, 2012 04:06 |
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| # ? May 18, 2013 08:48 |
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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'm only signed up because my friend, in the middle of the Bay to Breakers, asked if we were doing it and I agreed. After we had both signed up I reminded him that we've got Muddy Buddy the next day in San Jose - and each of us has a different partner we're going to be holding back. It gets better, though, because I developed a hernia last Thursday so today I scheduled my surgery for Monday June 18. Which means I can start training again in just under 5 weeks. This is probably not the smartest thing I've ever done, but it will be amusing in retrospect.
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| # ? Jun 12, 2012 05:12 |
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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. I need to find me a good log. Right now I have my old navy seabag filled with random junk around the house and it weighs about 45 lbs.
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| # ? Jun 12, 2012 12:12 |
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VROOM VROOM posted: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. Thanks for the info! I've signed up to be a zombie in wave 1, so I have to get there pretty early. I'll take your advice and get there earlier still. Being stressed over parking (for anything) sucks. 
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| # ? Jun 12, 2012 16:23 |
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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) Yeah, that's true...and part of it is traffic, yeah. My usual course doesn't have a lot of spots to "pull over" at, I'd be in the way of bikers/runners/walkers/cars. But I can just find a better route, or use the drat bike/running path. Last night I did actually go to the high school track, mostly because I couldn't get my drat running app to find a GPS signal, and I wanted to at least get some idea of how far I was running before stopping to do push ups, lunges, etc... And what the deal with that log? Just to have some extra weight to run with, or do you also do exercises with it?
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| # ? Jun 12, 2012 16:57 |
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DrBouvenstein posted:
Running with a weight (log, sandbag, etc) was a event I found was common across multiple races. If its a timed event, you can really gain some time on people who are not used to running with something on their shoulders. Carrying in front of you just throws off a runners stride. But more importantly its running while carrying a big awkward weight. The drat thing bounces while running (that why I wrapped it in a towel, the log will shred your neck/shoulder if you leave the bark on), I have to constantly move it from one shoulder to another working out my arms and shoulders, and helps getting used to the mentality of just keep moving forward.
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| # ? Jun 12, 2012 20:05 |
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BexGu posted:Running with a weight (log, sandbag, etc) was a event I found was common across multiple races. If its a timed event, you can really gain some time on people who are not used to running with something on their shoulders. Carrying in front of you just throws off a runners stride. I thought about getting a sandbag for similar training. One of the local races here in Orlando has had one in it for both of their races. Tough Mudder we had a log carry, but you had to trudge through waist deep water carrying it at ours, which I can't really simulate easily.
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| # ? Jun 12, 2012 20:17 |
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telarium4 posted: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. What was your time, if you don't mind me asking? I did it a couple times saturday and I'm still trying to get a feel for what average times were. Also did you notice they skipped the river crossing and underwater barrels stuff? It was listed on the course map, and it was there last year. I kept looking for it because it was my least favorite obstacle by far last year, but it never came. With the river crossing gone, I think either the ice water or the awful crawl across the snow under the electrical wires was the worst.
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| # ? Jun 12, 2012 21:22 |
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Smile posted:What was your time, if you don't mind me asking? I did it a couple times saturday and I'm still trying to get a feel for what average times were. 3h30m. I'm very curious about the average time, as well. I stopped and bullshitted with my parents at Spruce Saddle for a little bit, so I wasn't really in a hurry. River crossing and underwater stuff wasn't there because snowpack was too light and water levels were super low. I think my least favorite activity was the log carry. It somewhat tweaked my back - which made the rest of the course a bit less ideal. Crawling on dirt/rocks/snow got old after the 4th-or-so time. Slamming 6 obstacles at the end also got a bit demoralizing. Edit: Did you also notice that goddamn white truck with Texas license plates? That thing *three times* basically ran me off the road while I was running. And I saw it an additional two times. telarium4 fucked around with this message at Jun 12, 2012 around 22:14 |
| # ? Jun 12, 2012 22:05 |
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quote:The weather in Whistler Olympic Park is currently WINTER CONDITIONS. It will seem like summer weather in Whistler Village, but once you ascend into the Whistler Olympic Park, the temperature will drop drastically! 10°C, windy and raining. Bring it the gently caress on.
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| # ? Jun 15, 2012 17:14 |
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Whoa...how did I only just now find out that the Spartan Death Race (I guess held last weekend according to their site (well, it seems like it hasn't been updated...it says it will be on June 15th and registration is still open) was actually started just a couple hours south of me?!  That town had some massive flooding last summer with Hurricane Irene...I wonder how much the course got affected? Of course, in the theme of the Death Race, having washed out trails and poo poo just adds to it.
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| # ? Jun 19, 2012 19:13 |
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DrBouvenstein posted:Whoa...how did I only just now find out that the Spartan Death Race (I guess held last weekend according to their site (well, it seems like it hasn't been updated...it says it will be on June 15th and registration is still open) was actually started just a couple hours south of me?! I knew some people participating. Most finished between 55 and 60 hours or so. The winner did it in like 53 hours I think. The main theme this year was betrayal and the organizers kept telling people they were DQ'd or didn't make a time checkpoint so they were out. Turns out, they were just loving with them and if you said gently caress it and kept going I guess you passed that part of the challenge. Also, lots of misinformation to the people spectating so there were lots of conflicting reports floating around on facebook and twitter.
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| # ? Jun 19, 2012 20:32 |
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Did the Warrior Dash this weekend in Channahon and I'm hooked. 99.5% positive that I'll sign up for the one outside of Des Moines next month. (I only get paid once a month, so there's a chance that spots could fill up before then... but I'm probably worrying for nothing.) Any other goons attending? Thinking about Run For Your Life this fall in St. Louis. As long as I find a place to crash, I'm in.
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| # ? Jun 21, 2012 04:22 |
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Group of friends and I are signed up for the tough mudder in October 20th, Kentucky. Anyone else gonna be there? I'm a skinny rear end dude but working on cardio and upper-body. I figure the walls and poo poo, I'm light enough for someone to push / pull me up them. 
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| # ? Jun 21, 2012 05:06 |
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Lobsterboy posted:Group of friends and I are signed up for the tough mudder in October 20th, Kentucky. Anyone else gonna be there? Just keep running, and like posted earlier, do a running workout where you do 10 push every 5 min or so. Getting used to running, stopping, upper body event, running again really helps. Also practice running outside in the heat. It make a difference, this poo poo doesn't get easier if your over heating the whole time. http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...qU_graphic.html
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| # ? Jun 22, 2012 13:12 |
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I did the TX coast Mudder back in January.Smile posted:I think either the ice water or the awful crawl across the snow under the electrical wires was the worst. Ahh yes. The Arctic Enema and the Electric Eel. I have never been that cold in my life. (Arctic Enema) My breath was literally shocked away from me. It was crazy, but the electric eel is by far the worst event there. Low crawling under wires while sitting in an ice bath and getting zapped repeatedly because the guy in front of you stops moving and starts panicking...yeah. Hardest obstacle for me was the half pipe that you had to run up. I can't remember what it was called. The Ascent or Pike's Peak or something. I tried five times and couldn't get up. It was the last obstacle before electroshock therapy and the finish line and sadly...I skipped it. The monkey bars were right before the bobbing under the barrels and that was right before the electric ell. I was pretty tired when I got to the monkey bars so I grabbed onto the first one and looked at all the spectators and said "Nope!" then just kinda hopped into the water and they started to playfully boo me. Pretty good time. It was much more fun than the RFYL 5K. The course was cool but we were told repeatedly don't push or hit the zombies. Some of them were a little overzealous, and rough with the girl that ran with me. The parking situation was a disaster too. We were in the car for two hours waiting to make it to the parking lot. craziness. BTW: I'm 225 pounds of chewed bubble gum. You do not need to be in peak or excellent physical condition to do a Tough Mudder. Just get an early wave time and get to the front. Lines suck. e: Here's some pictures from TM and RFYL. Zombie Spiderman chasing me. http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/...owe2/0005-1.jpg Can't remember the name of this obstacle, but I chickened out on doing a backflip. http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/...06-043-018f.jpg The mando TM Headband shot http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/...06-011-002f.jpg And yes...we did this at the end. http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/...196322503_n.jpg Buff Tannen fucked around with this message at Jun 23, 2012 around 20:04 |
| # ? Jun 23, 2012 19:57 |
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just did tough mudder whistler/vancover. Arctic enema was cold, but the hole they chopped in the the frozen lake was colder I think. Lots of snow and mud but luckily it didn't rain. I don't think I could have handled that. Apparently there was a bear on the course but I didn't see it.  
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| # ? Jun 24, 2012 19:37 |
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 That's a kick in the nuts (if they've returned).
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| # ? Jun 24, 2012 20:08 |
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manwhostaresatgoats posted:just did tough mudder whistler/vancover. Arctic enema was cold, but the hole they chopped in the the frozen lake was colder I think. Lots of snow and mud but luckily it didn't rain. I don't think I could have handled that. Apparently there was a bear on the course but I didn't see it. This is everything I figured a Canadian tough mudder would be.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2012 02:21 |
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I looked through all the Vancouver pics they put on Facebook. GodDAMN that looked cold. So glad I'm doing mine in California...
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| # ? Jun 25, 2012 17:23 |
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Tough Mudder Vancouver was awesome and the jump in the lake was my favorite part. I was refreshing to a whole new level. It was hilarious at the last water station though: "3km left! You're almost done!" 3km being let's run straight up the ski jump. I had to use my hands the last bit it was so steep. gently caress that was a great event.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2012 19:11 |
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Today's Amazon Local deal is for entry into the Super Spartan down in Miami for half price. The downside is it's not until next February. Another one to the list for this fall/winter. I wish it was the Spartan Beast, but this one will do.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2012 19:38 |
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I've got tough mudder vermont in less than three weeks and I am nervous as poo poo. Thanks for the advice on the gloves.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2012 21:24 |
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reflex posted:Tough Mudder Vancouver was awesome and the jump in the lake was my favorite part. I was refreshing to a whole new level. I saw more guys go down in the mud after the death march then anywhere else on the course. It seemed like they'd get their feet stuck deep in there and then try to pull them out as get wicked leg cramps. At least 5 guys. One guy was just sitting in the middle of the muck trying to eat an energy gel. They planned the placement of that hill section perfectly. Punch to the gut that was.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2012 22:40 |
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manwhostaresatgoats posted:I saw more guys go down in the mud after the death march then anywhere else on the course. It seemed like they'd get their feet stuck deep in there and then try to pull them out as get wicked leg cramps. At least 5 guys. One guy was just sitting in the middle of the muck trying to eat an energy gel. What heat were you? Were these people reasonably fit? I was Saturday 1115 and the only injuries I saw was the odd sprained ankle and one guy who ran the thing shirtless but ended up shivering in a thermal blanket halfway up the ski hill. I thought I would see way more injuries and serious ones too. Hell, one guy was literally taking a mud path after the ski hill (completely submerged to head).
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| # ? Jun 25, 2012 23:59 |
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Beach posted:I've got tough mudder vermont in less than three weeks and I am nervous as poo poo. Thanks for the advice on the gloves. Just follow the Muscle Man mentor program and you'll be fine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq3cTcHt-9I
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| # ? Jun 26, 2012 02:21 |
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reflex posted:What heat were you? Were these people reasonably fit? I was Saturday 1115 and the only injuries I saw was the odd sprained ankle and one guy who ran the thing shirtless but ended up shivering in a thermal blanket halfway up the ski hill. 10:15 Saturday. I don't think those guys were pulled off the course or anything. They were just cramping badly enough they couldn't get up for a while. I think they mostly ran up the ski hill and blew out their legs. My wife was at the electric eel and she did see one guy that somehow popped his kneecap out in that thing but that must have been a pre existing thing because that wasn't really physically strenuous.
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| # ? Jun 26, 2012 02:30 |
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BexGu posted:Just follow the Muscle Man mentor program and you'll be fine. Lesson 1: Be Calm Lesson 2: Stay Cool Lesson 3: Never Quit Love it. Thanks man.
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| # ? Jun 26, 2012 03:35 |
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reflex posted:What heat were you? Were these people reasonably fit? I was Saturday 1115 and the only injuries I saw was the odd sprained ankle and one guy who ran the thing shirtless but ended up shivering in a thermal blanket halfway up the ski hill. I didn't see a ton of injuries on the course, maybe about a dozen through the whole thing (most appeared to be sprained ankles or pulled muscles), but I saw quite a bit of people at the medical tent after we finished, so there had to have been a lot that I didn't see.
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| # ? Jun 26, 2012 03:41 |
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rockcity posted:I didn't see a ton of injuries on the course, maybe about a dozen through the whole thing (most appeared to be sprained ankles or pulled muscles), but I saw quite a bit of people at the medical tent after we finished, so there had to have been a lot that I didn't see. This actually leads to a good discussion topic: the best way to avoid injuries. Personally I've always felt the highest risk of injury was going to happen while running down a hill. Jamming a knee, rolling a ankle, going too fast and not seeing a hole in the ground, tripping/slipping on something on the way down, it was all there. I basically lost to a marine I was racing at the Run Amuck last weekend because he was willing to take the down hills a ton faster then I was. As long as you secure your grip/footing before moving I've never figured any of the climbing to be that dangerous.
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| # ? Jun 26, 2012 16:22 |
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BexGu posted:This actually leads to a good discussion topic: the best way to avoid injuries. I think going through the mud is the most dangerous. You can't see tree roots/holes. I almost rolled my ankle countless times. Tread lightly.
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| # ? Jun 26, 2012 16:54 |
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drat it Metro Dash, just refund the money already. So far the DC Metro Dash has been canceled twice, I really want to know what is happening with this company.
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| # ? Jun 28, 2012 19:08 |
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BexGu posted:drat it Metro Dash, just refund the money already. I had a race cancelled on me last weekend too, my group was pretty bummed. It was a fairly small company putting it on and I'm pretty sure they just didn't get enough participants because it was already rescheduled once. Supposedly they are refunding our team's money AND giving us free entry for when they finally do get it re-organized.
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| # ? Jun 28, 2012 19:24 |
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Did my first event this weekend: Goruck Challenge in Charlotte. Definitely still sore 36 hours later, but so worth it. I'm glad I ended up going with the GR1 as the pack. Anyone else eyeing the GR Trek in DC in the fall?
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| # ? Jul 2, 2012 00:35 |
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rocket lad posted:Did my first event this weekend: Goruck Challenge in Charlotte. Definitely still sore 36 hours later, but so worth it. I'm glad I ended up going with the GR1 as the pack. Glad you made it! Lots of pictures were posted to the FB group. I'll be doing trek in Atlanta in November. I'll be in DC for work at the first of December and there's a challenge going on I'm gonna shadow. Basically instead of doing the challenge I'm going to follow along and drink beer/take pictures and video and have a good time. I have a gopro I'm going to put on random challengers' heads for maximum video effectiveness.
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| # ? Jul 2, 2012 02:00 |
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Sweet, that should be awesome. I just signed up for the Warrior Dash in VA at the end of September. ...something tells me these events are addictive.
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| # ? Jul 5, 2012 18:39 |
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I plan on signing up for the Warrior Dash coming up in the next couple months in Michigan. I've searched around the internet for a coupon code or something, and the best I could find was $5 off, but $55 bucks as opposed to $60 is still a little steep for me. Does anyone know of any coupon codes for the run, or where I could go to find some?
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| # ? Jul 6, 2012 12:50 |
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Are you sure there's even room left? When I checked the Mt Morris one months ago it was almost full already. I think you're not going to find many better coupon codes for these. The demand for WD is through the roof and I'm sure they're expensive as hell to put on. There's not much incentive for the organizers to discount it.
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| # ? Jul 6, 2012 13:38 |
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If anyone is interested, I mapped out the SoCal #2 TM on gmaps, so you can check out the elevation changes and stuff like that. Not 100% accurate but should be close enough. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5546821 You can match it up with the course map on the website, but you'll have to flip it. http://toughmudder.com/wp-content/u...e-Map-06.07.pdf I'm in the 10:40 wave for Saturday, my first TM.
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| # ? Jul 6, 2012 17:34 |
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| # ? May 18, 2013 08:48 |
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Show up a little late, look for a bib in the trash or something and just join a wave. If you're really brave forget the bib and just kind of slide in with a big group and run with them. Worst case scenario you get kicked out but your race will be way more interesting in an attempt to avoid suspicion. These events are so huge they don't really have the time or staff to check everyone.
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