24 Hour Endurance Race - Toughest Mudder

World's Toughest Mudder is a 24 hour race designed to determine the toughest male and female on the planet.

Over 150,000 people completed a Tough Mudder course in 2011, with the top 5% of finishers qualifying for the series finale World's Toughest Mudder event.

800 qualifiers gathered on December 17th in New Jersey to take on the challenge, where they were given 24 hours to complete as many laps of a grueling 8 mile, 40 obstacle Tough Mudder course as possible.

Tough Mudder events are hardcore 10-12 mile obstacle courses designed by British Special Forces to test your all around strength, stamina, mental grit, and camaraderie. With the most innovative courses, half a million inspiring participants, and more than $2 million dollars raised for the Wounded Warrior Project, Tough Mudder is the premier adventure challenge series in the world.

For more information, visit www.toughmudder.com
westysays...

I would say something like the tour de France would be miles harder in terms of general physical requirements and overall strain it puts on the body.

this looks like good fun if its the sort of thing you enjoy though.

garmachisays...

>> ^westy:

I would say something like the tour de France would be miles harder in terms of general physical requirements and overall strain it puts on the body.
this looks like good fun if its the sort of thing you enjoy though.


The TDF requires that you pedal for hours and hours and hours...

The Tough Mudder requires that you run, and jump, and climb, and crawl, and strain, and struggle, and freeze, and overheat, and breathe, and hold your breath, and take electric shocks, and smash your ribs against hard surfaces, and scrape your elbows, and scrape your knees, and eat sand, and overcome your fear of heights and overcome your fear of tight places, and overcome your fear of fear and... and... and...

(Yes, speaking from experience.)

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LordOderussays...

I would love to do one of these events, but unfortunately I can't swim and thus have a pretty substantial fear of water. I would not be able to jump off a tower into the water, even if it was only like 5 feet deep or something where my head would still be above the surface.

westysays...

>> ^garmachi:

>> ^westy:
I would say something like the tour de France would be miles harder in terms of general physical requirements and overall strain it puts on the body.
this looks like good fun if its the sort of thing you enjoy though.

The TDF requires that you pedal for hours and hours and hours...
The Tough Mudder requires that you run, and jump, and climb, and crawl, and strain, and struggle, and freeze, and overheat, and breathe, and hold your breath, and take electric shocks, and smash your ribs against hard surfaces, and scrape your elbows, and scrape your knees, and eat sand, and overcome your fear of heights and overcome your fear of tight places, and overcome your fear of fear and... and... and...
(Yes, speaking from experience.)


yah its a different sort of sport and in the end if you are doing something against other people you are going to be pushed to your limmit.

I was just getting at the aspect of overall physical drain if you had a strong man event that lasted 2 months then it would be in the same catagory as the TDR , in the end riders in the TDR have to pace themselfs to do the full race if you had a TDR that lasted one day then they would pace themselfs to that, same with this strong man event i guess part of the skill is knowing your energy recources and using them properly.

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