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Post by WhutScreenName on Sept 8, 2014 17:08:40 GMT
On Saturday, I completed Tough Mudder for a 2nd time. I had a blast, although it was tough! Unlike the first time I ran (2 years ago with a team), this time I had no team and the builders were very effective at using the terrain to make the course particularly difficult. Tough Mudder is worldwide, and money raised supports the Wounded Warrior project. For me, running it is my way of pushing myself beyond limits I thought I could endure, building comradery with other participants, and contributing to a cause near to me. I'm curious to see if others participate in things like this, or maybe even Tough Mudder? What are your reasons/experiences etc...? |
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Post by the light works on Sept 10, 2014 16:36:36 GMT
On Saturday, I completed Tough Mudder for a 2nd time. I had a blast, although it was tough! Unlike the first time I ran (2 years ago with a team), this time I had no team and the builders were very effective at using the terrain to make the course particularly difficult. Tough Mudder is worldwide, and money raised supports the Wounded Warrior project. For me, running it is my way of pushing myself beyond limits I thought I could endure, building comradery with other participants, and contributing to a cause near to me. I'm curious to see if others participate in things like this, or maybe even Tough Mudder? What are your reasons/experiences etc...? I've never been an endurance racing type. I can walk all day, when I was biking, I could do pretty well, I can fight a 12 hour multialarm fire - but I am not a runner. 100 yards is about my maximum running distance. |
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Post by WhutScreenName on Sept 10, 2014 17:27:07 GMT
I used to be a sprinter, given my current fitness level I can't say I still am. I ran Cross Country in high school to help build endurance for the 400m dash, but never considered myself an endurance runner. Still, challenges like Tough Mudder are more about mental endurance than physical. I ended up walking a lot of this course, but since it's not really a race anyway, it didn't matter what my time was, it's all about completing it.
And I tell you what, the 'free' beer at the end sure tastes extra good when you've earned it.
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Post by kharnynb on Sept 10, 2014 19:03:53 GMT
I'm a sprinter, not a long range runner, i can walk all day though, same for cycling, which i do at least 15km a day.
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 21, 2014 8:14:52 GMT
I occasionally Drive a sprinter?.....  Merc Sprinter Van. |
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Post by the light works on Sept 21, 2014 15:17:26 GMT
I occasionally Drive a sprinter?..... Merc Sprinter Van. here, they are also sold with Dodge and Freightliner badging. - with corresponding interior trim and price tags, of course. a Mercedes Sprinter will cost significantly more than a Dodge Sprinter. |
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 22, 2014 9:03:02 GMT
I occasionally Drive a sprinter?..... Merc Sprinter Van. here, they are also sold with Dodge and Freightliner badging. - with corresponding interior trim and price tags, of course. a Mercedes Sprinter will cost significantly more than a Dodge Sprinter. How?.. How can another company buy Merc vans, rebadge them, and sell them cheaper than Merc?... This is off topic, so make it simple or should we take this elsewhere?... |
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Post by wvengineer on Sept 22, 2014 13:00:16 GMT
I don't do much running myself due to a knee, but I help out at several local events with the ham radio club. A week ago was the Washington DC Ragnar Relay Race. This is a 200 mile overnight relay race from Rocky Gap park outside of Cumberland MD to downtown Washington DC. Several of the relay exchange points are in isolated parts of the Allegheny mountains where their is no cell service. That is where the radio club come into play because radio is the only way to get messages in and out quickly.
I wasn't involved in it, but we also just had the Savageman Triathalon out at Deep Creek Lake. That is considered one of the top 10 hardest triathlons in the world! The radio club acts as spotters along the bike course in case of trouble, again because you can't get cell signals out there.
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Post by the light works on Sept 22, 2014 13:22:36 GMT
here, they are also sold with Dodge and Freightliner badging. - with corresponding interior trim and price tags, of course. a Mercedes Sprinter will cost significantly more than a Dodge Sprinter. How?.. How can another company buy Merc vans, rebadge them, and sell them cheaper than Merc?... This is off topic, so make it simple or should we take this elsewhere?... in short: Mercedes manufactures the motor, Dodge manufactures the chassis, and Freightliner manufactures the bodywork. then they each slap their own personal trim packages on and their own personal price tags. alternate response: Dodge doesn't buy the Mercedes badges.  |
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 23, 2014 8:27:18 GMT
I used to do, back in my youth, endurance hiking....
I can walk the legs of a Mule.... it isnt that hard?..
My personal best was 50 miles in one, thats three hours walking ten mins rest etc.
The ten mins are required food intake, I can drink on the move, eating more than boiled sweets whilst walking upsets my stomach?....
After the 50 mile, I NEEDED a day or two to recover.
I have also managed the Pennine way, long distance two week walk, 300 plus miles, from Scotland down to below Manchester, I have done that walk twice.
After that, it takes a day or two to STOP walking....
One the 50 mile trip, I was carrying a 30lb (approx) pack, this was Mountain work, couple of thousand-foot-ascents along the route, I needed some emergency gear with me, I dont like having to rely on Mountain Rescue if it all goes wrong?....
Plus the ignominy of being rescued by my own team.... I was peak park ranger and mountain rescue at that time.... I would never have lived it down?....
I have never tried any time beating stuff... I can hold with the pressure of having to beat someone else.
I just went for the experience.....
I wish I could do that now?... I am lucky if I could walk 500 yds without having to stop for a rest these days....
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Post by kharnynb on Sept 23, 2014 9:05:51 GMT
I've done a few week long treks in the Pyrenees mountains when younger.
I could do the walking still, it's the sleeping in tents that would kill my back after two days....
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Post by WhutScreenName on Sept 23, 2014 13:26:48 GMT
I find walking/jogging/running to be very therapeutic. to train for Tough Mudder I ran in the morning, and have continued it even though I've done the event. I'll get up about 5:30 and go run a few miles. Sometimes I listen to music, others I just like the nothingness of my own thoughts.
I can say that, while I've had days I got up and really didn't feel like heading out to run, I've never once gotten done with a run and felt that it was a bad choice. I've enjoyed many benefits from running, and if I can keep myself in shape, I'll be that much better when I run TM again in the future. And odds are very good that I will run it again... maybe even a couple of them next year.
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Post by OziRiS on Sept 23, 2014 21:12:34 GMT
I've never been a distance runner either. Always been a sprinter. I guess it's down to my favorite sports as a kid always being the quick dash, stop, do it again type of stuff. Like football. I played outside linebacker for 6 years. I've been told by a physical therapist that getting into those kinds of sports at a young age and sticking with them through your teens and early 20's will give you compact muscles that are great for explosive movements, but pure crap when it comes to distance/endurance. Apparently it's extremely difficult to train yourself for it once you've compacted your muscles that much. My longest continuous run ever was about 5 miles and my thighs and calves were killing me for days after. I HATE long runs! I've adopted a saying from a Ranger friend of mine I met in Iraq: I don't run unless somebody's chasin' me!  |
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Post by the light works on Sept 23, 2014 22:43:36 GMT
I think my longest run in competition was the 200 yard dash.
I've adopted a different slogan: I don't run.
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 24, 2014 6:08:43 GMT
I will miss a bus if it means running... I just cant?....
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Post by WhutScreenName on Sept 24, 2014 16:20:54 GMT
in competition the longest I ran was an 800M, but I only did that once... For never having run it before, I did pretty well, even though I had nothing left for the last 200 as I didn't know how to pace myself properly for it. I typically ran the 200M and 400M in school. LOVED the 400m. I did run Cross Country, which was a 5K, but I wouldn't really consider my run as 'competitive'... it was simply to build endurance for when the Track season came and I ran the 400...
Now days, I say I run, but it's more of a jog... not even a fast jog, but I do feel great afterwards!
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Post by the light works on Sept 24, 2014 16:25:32 GMT
I can move pretty fast if I have to, but it goes over from a sprint to endurance running at about 10 yards.
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 25, 2014 6:20:18 GMT
I can move pretty fast if I have to, but it goes over from a sprint to endurance running at about 10 yards. Where 20 yds is actually endurance?... I know that feeling....... |
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Post by the light works on Sept 25, 2014 14:07:59 GMT
I can move pretty fast if I have to, but it goes over from a sprint to endurance running at about 10 yards. Where 20 yds is actually endurance?... I know that feeling....... but on the other hand, the drift creek falls trail is about a 2.5 mile round trip from the place people slip and break their ankles. and its uphill on the return leg. www.portlandhikersfieldguide.org/wiki/Drift_Creek_Falls_Hikethe only time I really had trouble with it was the time my insole blew out as soon as I stepped into the trail. (well that and when poorly trained people try to carry the stokes instead of letting the wheel carry the weight.) |
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 26, 2014 8:18:36 GMT
Your What did what?..
You have pneumatic insoles in shoes?....
My Walking boots have thick one inch deep soles with grip-a-wet-toad treads... I am well versed in hill walking, I know simple works best, and footwear should be HARD, SOLID, and other words that mean will come back maybe scratched but otherwise good to go for at least a thousand miles more than you expected.
Mountain Rescue... I have rescued people in Pumps, Flip-Flops, Trainers, and actual high heels from mountain trails.. all with foot injuries.
Is this a bi-cyclist reference?... if not, please explain?...
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