Re: Getting prepared for a Tough Mudder event....
Im running one in May at Mt Snow VT. I train hard any how but have modified my training some, I am running more distance and also doing 1/2 to 3/4 mile sprints (or at least as fast as the treadmill can go) between sets whial lifting. I am also beating the crap out of the stair climber. I have dropped a little off the weights to focus more on the cardio. I am also doing a lot more body weight traning to get used to it. I am doing a lot of single and also 2 rope climbs, dips on a roman chair, push ups, pull ups, and pull ups and over into a dip. I try and get exhausted with cardio and then hit the weights back and forth to be used to mixing the two. In short I am having a ball with this type of training.
I have not ran one of these events and am very competitive, I want to go and win but after watching several of the past events it looks like there is no chance in that with the lines that develop at each obstacle. I have decided to run this first one to see how the flow is and then enter more to be competitive. I would like to try and get to enter the Ulitmate Mudder but see that only the 1st 100 of the first relay get timed and then you have to be in the top 5% of that. So I need to see what I am up against first and then go back to see how I can stack up.