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Tough Muddier Ohio

  • Belly35
    Hurt foot, shoulder and knee... I can deal with pain it's the endurance that the concern...

    Time running out for me to scratch this one off the bucket list.

    anyone else going to participate in this event?

    Aug 16 17
    POWERLINE PARK
    69555 LEE ROAD
    ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OH 43950
  • Con_Alma
    "Mudder"

    It's 91% sold out so if you're going to do it you might want to get your starting time locked in.
  • salto
    Not far from here is this the Savage Run at Mad River Mountain.

    [video=youtube;kRDAw2XqH6o][/video]
  • BRF
    BRF knows that you are a tough mudder fucker………….MOFO!
  • Pick6
    I believe there is a Tough Mudder much closer in Mansfield in May.

    Not in shape right now, nor have the time to do it. I'll prob consider that one, especially since its basically my hometown and i'll know a decent amount of people participating.
  • JD413
    Pick6;1606958 wrote:I believe there is a Tough Mudder much closer in Mansfield in May.

    Not in shape right now, nor have the time to do it. I'll prob consider that one, especially since its basically my hometown and i'll know a decent amount of people participating.
    So, in less than a month you can be 'in shape'?
  • Pick6
    JD413;1606961 wrote:So, in less than a month you can be 'in shape'?
    I was talking about the one in St.C.
  • Con_Alma
    Pick6;1606958 wrote:I believe there is a Tough Mudder much closer in Mansfield in May.

    Not in shape right now, nor have the time to do it. I'll prob consider that one, especially since its basically my hometown and i'll know a decent amount of people participating.
    That is the Ohio Tough Mudder. It's the only one in Ohio. It's May 17 & 18.
  • Pick6
    Con_Alma;1606966 wrote:That is the Ohio Tough Mudder. It's the only one in Ohio. It's May 17 & 18.
    It is not the only one in Ohio. As Belly said, there is one August 16 and 17 in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Its referred to as the Ohio Valley/Pittsburgh Tough Mudder.
  • Con_Alma
    That's referred to as the Pittsburgh challenge. My appologies for it does have an Ohio start and finish location.

    http://toughmudder.com/events/find-an-event


  • Pick6
    Con_Alma;1606970 wrote:That's the Pittsburgh challenge.

    http://toughmudder.com/events/find-an-event
    I have no clue what the hell you are trying to argue, but the event is IN OHIO and IS a tough mudder event.
  • Con_Alma
    ????

    Im not trying to argue so I can see how you would not have a clue about what I was trying to argue.
  • ernest_t_bass
    How "in shape" (endurance) must one be? I hate rubs over 3 miles.
  • Sonofanump
    I don't like to run that far, I'll be doing the Warrior Dash at the end of May.
  • Con_Alma
    ernest_t_bass;1607050 wrote:How "in shape" (endurance) must one be? I hate rubs over 3 miles.
    My understanding is that the Mansfield Airport course is just slightly over 10 miles. If you can cover 10 miles while traversing through 20 some obstacles you can make it.
  • Belly35
    ernest_t_bass;1607050 wrote:How "in shape" (endurance) must one be? I hate rubs over 3 miles.
    hate running, with my hurt foot, bad knee running is a problem, upper body strength, low crawling, lifting, arm strength and strong back I'm good for the event ...long distance running is not my game ...
  • dlazz
    ernest_t_bass;1607050 wrote: I hate rubs over 3 miles.
    lol
  • ernest_t_bass
    dlazz;1607127 wrote:lol
    Oops
  • justincredible
    ernest_t_bass;1607050 wrote:How "in shape" (endurance) must one be? I hate rubs over 3 miles.
    I did the one in Virginia and finished without training at all. I was in absolutely terrible shape. It was at a ski resort, too, so it was a lot of trips up and then down the "mountain."
  • Zoltan
    You can finish one of these without being in great shape. They are not timed, and you can take as much rest as you want at the obstacles or wherever you want. I think they recommend you can run five straight miles to do one, but certainly not 10-12.

    I did one in Wisconsin and was in pretty good shape. It was a fun experience that I'm glad I did it.
  • salto
    justincredible;1607259 wrote:I did the one in Virginia and finished without training at all. I was in absolutely terrible shape. It was at a ski resort, too, so it was a lot of trips up and then down the "mountain."
    What was the distance and did you walk in between obstacles?
  • dlazz
    salto;1607406 wrote:What was the distance and did you walk in between obstacles?
    Shouldn't you be watching the Boston Marathon?
  • baseballstud24
    I ran the Savage Race last year..I finished..Did all the obstacles, but man was it rough. I hadn't ran since high school (I'm 28) and going up and down those ski slopes was killer. If you're in decent shape, you probably won't have a problem with this race. The obstacles required a lot of upper body strength and mental toughness..
  • Zoltan
    salto;1607406 wrote:What was the distance and did you walk in between obstacles?
    Usually about 0.5 to 1 miles. There are generally about 20 - 24 obstacles in 10-12 mile run. The difficulty of the obstacles was not a huge deal in my opinion because they ranged from pretty easy (climb a wall, crawl in mud, jump off a high platform into water, etc), to almost impossible (inclined monkey bars that are super slippery). 99% of people would fall off the monkey bars really quickly so there wasn't a ton of energy spent. I have decent upper body strength and could do 20+ pull ups, and had no chance on some of these because it was so slippery.

    You HAVE to be able to run hills or you are in big trouble. We had a really muscled up guy in our group and he was dying really quickly from the runs in between the obstacles. Expect it to be muddy enough to the point where you will be crawling up/down some of the hills because it's not possible to stay on your feet.
  • salto
    dlazz;1607408 wrote:Shouldn't you be watching the Boston Marathon?
    Marathons are boring........



























    until the last 10k.

    lol!