Tough mudder

[bashbarnard]

So im doing the tough mudder this year. four weeks today to be correct. Anyone else into this stuff? thought id give it a try. how hard can it be right??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUwXTfWxCTM

i will be honest i may have been a tad ambitious. i am an ex smoker. i used exercise as an escape from wanting a fag. im still no where near as fit as id like to be for this tough.

[ash23]

I was going to do it this year but the other guys wimped out so im giving it a miss. it looks a epic thing to do even if it does kill you lol

[bashbarnard]

That was my theory behind it. If your going to do something may as well over do it

[Toms306]

Dirt and effort....I'm definitely not in! Good luck if you do do it.

[DavidA]

That was my theory behind it. If your going to do something may as well over do it

I have a habit of doing that, I'm signed up for a half iron distance triathlon at the end of August...so far I've run 8km and ridden about 40km. Once. I've got to be able to ride 85 and run 21...

[bashbarnard]

My apprentice kindly pointed out at my hieght of fitness I was able to run 15 km. This is 20 km plus obstacles. I get my first beer this year at the end though. Encouragement if I saw it

[Dum-Dum]

I'm trying to push towards one of these and a half ironman but I've done f*ck all since FCS due to the heat and just being lazy.

Trying to push myself to do an olympic distance triathlon before the end of the summer.

Just keep pushing yourself in training, if you can run the distance you'll do the obstacles.

[DavidA]

My 8k run this week was the furthest I've gone since August last year, so it's amazing what the body can do.

Just focus on that beer !

[bashbarnard]

See id like to do a triathlon because I cycle a lot and distance on a bike is easy for me. Running I find ok. But swimming. Well I sort of start sinking after a short distance

[DavidA]

Try a sprint tri, 400m in a pool is only 16 lengths so about 10 minutes swimming.

[bashbarnard]

Didnt even know they exsisted

[DavidA]

Have a look at http://www.britishtriathlon.org/events/ see if you can find something local and have a go.

[Dum-Dum]

My 8k run this week was the furthest I've gone since August last year, so it's amazing what the body can do.

Just focus on that beer !

Yeah, the first time I tried to run 10K i did alright on the first half (usually run 5k) but the second half I still ran 70% of and got home in under an hour, was well proud of myself, want to get up to running the whole of that distance.

See id like to do a triathlon because I cycle a lot and distance on a bike is easy for me. Running I find ok. But swimming. Well I sort of start sinking after a short distance

I'm similar mate although my run is probably my weekness on a short distance. I was slow onthe swim but made a load of places back up on the bike before loosing half of them on the run.

Try a sprint tri, 400m in a pool is only 16 lengths so about 10 minutes swimming.

Yep, thats what I did for my first Tri. Did a sprint triathlon, 300m pool swim, 22k bike and a 5k run and finished in under 1hr 24m
9:20 in the pool, 2:40 in the first transition (failed at putting socks on), 44:33 on the bike, 1:40 in the second transition and 25:37 on the run

I felt like I could of pushed harder in places and got close on the 1hr 20m mark

They also do super sprint triathlons that are about half the above distances