World's Toughest Mudder - a finer thing? Perhaps.

Hey guys. Some of you will think this is one of the dumbest things in life, and some will agree that it's a finer thing in life - it all depends on how you look at it. Dumb: 24 hours through cold, wet mud with little glory and the risk of hypothermia and injury. Finer: 24 hours of running through mud with a couple of good friends and acting like a kid again with the added jolt of pushing yourself to the limit.

Check it out: World

Anyway, I'm running this tomorrow and I am getting very amped up!!! I have all my gear and attire packed up. I head to the park at 4pm today to set up my tent, then the gun goes off at 10am on Saturday. Can't wait!!!

So what do you guys think? Insanely stupid, or profound in a very nebulous (some may say twisted :)) way?!?

And here's a good video of last year's race to see what it's like: 2011 WTM

Shoot, one of my other hobbies is digging in the dirt for fun. I also have a couple of metal detectors. Amateur treasure hunter, sounds like a good title. LOL.

Finer things are the things that make you a well rounded and happy human being.

Jeff

P.S. No I am not 60 to 80yo and wear plaid socks, bright shorts and suspenders (for my socks). Next year I am thinking about getting back into Scuba Diving. It’s all good, have fun and live your life.

Well, I would not do it but seems like some is going to a worthy cause.

Hey man, I hope you take first place. Very impressive, and yeah, a finer thing for sure. :gl:

Congratulations!! Just finishing a regular tough mudder can be excruciating, much less one that drags on for 24 hours. I just completed my first one in Kentucky with a couple of friends in 45 degree weather with winds gusting up to 18 mph. At about a mile into it we were greeted with the 'arctic enema'. THAT was a rude awakening and a harbinger of things to come.

I'm 39. My friends are 52 and 43 and all of us had to overcome physical sickness, injuries, and family issues to be able to show up that day. One of the greatest enjoyments of the day was watching kids in their early twenties dropping out with hypothermia and/or injury(not that I enjoy other people being hurt) while us older 'farts' kept on trucking. No, we didn't set any speed records. We just followed Joe Dirt's example by "keepin' on keepin' on". "Life's a garden. Dig it.".

My knees are still healing up from our race on Oct. 20th, so it's probably just as well I didn't qualify(I guess I didn't. After submitting my time, I never heard another word) for the WTM.

Our next biggest braggin' right, second to finishing, was the fact that Kentucky's Saturday run was commented on by others who've run other TMs as being one of the hardest they'd ever done.

Piece of advice......keep.....on.....movin...and don't let your core temp drop. Stay away from the emergency heat tents, if you can, as they'll force you to depend on external heat instead of generating your own. I stole this advice from mustachemantraining.com
Here's a link to a couple of pics from it: brightroom Inc. Congratulations Cory - Tough Mudder- Kentucky Day 1

Hey guys, thanks for all the well wishes - and as you can tell, I survived!!! We made a couple of strategic/logistical mistakes which probably cost us a lap, but even so, we managed four laps which I am thrilled with. That put us in 278th position out of about 1300 participants. So I must say, I am happy with how we did, even if I am paying for it big time today.

Costabro, that is awesome that you did so well! Congrats! They are amazingly fun, and quite addicting once you get into them! One of our strategic mistakes was to walk our third lap. We had one guy on our team who hit the running wall early, so we wound up zombie trekking through our third lap as the sun was going down - not a good combination. That dropped my core temp, and I had to rest for a while afterwards.

But hey, it was an experience!! I had a ton of fun, and I learned a lot. So next time I think we can do much better.

I can do that,in my dreams:)

Tough Mudder #2 this past weekend in Topeka, KS. Knees......shot......bruised......

Truly endurance athletes, a lot like special forces stuff...only shorter timeframe. Hypothermia is one of the toughest obstacles that I have ever encountered, looks like a lot of fun. Let us know how you do!