At first you're a fool for jumping into a mud pit, and then suddenly you're not cool if you didn't jump in.

That makes sense. I have a friend who is unwilling (at least right now) to do the Tough Mudder, but he did a Warrior Dash this summer and said it was "easy."

Don't get me wrong, I'd like to do a TM at some point... =)

>> ^garmachi:

>> ^carneval:
I've been thinking about doing one in VT next year, if other athletic pursuits don't interfere.
It seems like a pretty cool thing; though coming from the viewpoint of a traditional runner it's hard not to see it as a bit gimmicky (ike I said, I'd still like to do it)...
Not as gimmicky as this, though: http://runforyourlives.com/

On the surface, it DOES seem a bit gimmicky to me as well. The zombie one looks fun, and there seems to be a rash of these things popping up all over the place just this year. I wonder if it's really a new trend, or "blue car syndrome..." Either way, everyone I've talked to who's done it says that it's incredibly challenging and not for the faint of heart.
We ran a Warrior Dash (3 mile version of the Tough Mudder) earlier this year and were a bit disappointed - it was fun, don't get me wrong, but it felt like a frat party which happened to have a mud pit and some joggers. I forget who said it, but the summed up the difference as "you can do the Warrior Dash with a hangover, but to do the Tough Mudder you have to sign a Death Waiver first."

>> ^carneval:

I've been thinking about doing one in VT next year, if other athletic pursuits don't interfere.
It seems like a pretty cool thing; though coming from the viewpoint of a traditional runner it's hard not to see it as a bit gimmicky (ike I said, I'd still like to do it)...
Not as gimmicky as this, though: http://runforyourlives.com/


On the surface, it DOES seem a bit gimmicky to me as well. The zombie one looks fun, and there seems to be a rash of these things popping up all over the place just this year. I wonder if it's really a new trend, or "blue car syndrome..." Either way, everyone I've talked to who's done it says that it's incredibly challenging and not for the faint of heart.

We ran a Warrior Dash (3 mile version of the Tough Mudder) earlier this year and were a bit disappointed - it was fun, don't get me wrong, but it felt like a frat party which happened to have a mud pit and some joggers. I forget who said it, but the summed up the difference as "you can do the Warrior Dash with a hangover, but to do the Tough Mudder you have to sign a Death Waiver first."

At the old farm of my grandparents, they had a wooden plank over a mud pit as a shitter. The famous "Donnerbalken" or "long drop" as some Aussie friends of mine call it. Used it once during a cold ass winter, just to know what it feels like. Freezing your balls off trying to squeeze one out: seriously uncool.

That said, I quite liked the khazis on French camping grounds: standard sanitary buildings, but instead of a toilet, there's a line of holes for you to squat over. Like shitting in the woods, but with companions. We had the most hilarious discussions with folks trying not to drop ass first into their own shit.

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It's not fake. That's a B40, Vietnamese knockoff of a Russian RPG2.
You can do that and throw grenades and shoot rifles in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. There are tons of videos on youtube with that same mud pit.

I just think it's sad that it's become a tourist attraction.

i have gone to maountain bike trails before, and they are massive rutted mud pits in perfectly good forest, and im suprized, that even how popular this place is, it still manages to be somewhat nice to the forest, it jumps over the bushes, not through them!