Training run-up (!)for Tough Guy

[Deleted User]

Hey, I know there's lots of TG threads, but I couldn't find any that offered advice on training for this... Apart from lots of hilly runs, what are people doing? I've strung a rope out in the garden to climb on. Also entering the Rough'n'Tumble 10 16th Jan......

Any other ideas? No, I'm not going to have freezing baths ;-)

[Deleted User]

pray?

[Deleted User]

Ah, that old training session! "It's all in the mind, it's all in the mind..."

fat buddha

don't think you need to do any specific training for TG but just make sure you have endurance to run (ha!) 8 miles XC. you may want to look at doing some upper body work to help wth the obstacles in the Killing Fields as you will do some hand climbing but quite frankly with less than 8 weeks to go,you are unlikely to gain much from this apart from conditioning.........

get some fingerless gloves for the obstacles - makes a BIG difference.......

other than that - is all in the mind....especially the mud!

[Deleted User]

>>it's all in the mind

No it's fkn everywhere including the crack of your @rse!

fat buddha

anyway - Mr Vannen - is a bit formal innit?? need something more original to be a forum TG'er.........


don't forget TC - under the bellend as well.......

[Deleted User]

why are we doing this again?....the curry wasn't that good!

fat buddha

the beer was alright though - but not enough imho...........I shall bring a big case of beer this year.............

Daz

oh yeh i heard about that little walk in a muddy field. ill pop along and get back for breakfast (smoked kippers)

[Deleted User]

do they do all day breakfasts where you're staying Daz?

fat buddha

LOL

Iron Rose

I will find out what time my mate normally finishes as he reckons the same bird finishes at the same time as him each year and the communal showers are the best bit !!!

Apologies for the complete randomness of that statement, it is Friday !

Daz

comunal showers, luuuuuuurvely! thats only reason i entered

count, breakfast wont even have been cooked up by the time i get back, ill have to open the canteen myself ;O)

Daz

god ark at me bit full of myself today.
ill go and give myself 50 thrashes with some willow in battersea park. scare the ducks while im at it

fat buddha

you couldn't scare a pile of dog shite......

[Deleted User]

lol

I'm going to remeber that phrase...right off to the pool.

[Deleted User]

Is it possible to scare dog shite?

[Deleted User]

lol

Now I truly see the callibre of gentlemen I am to be pitted against ;-)

I don't mind a bit of mud on the bellend, y'know, that's a beauty treatment in some countries....

Well I ran thr Grim last week, so TG can't be much rougher, can it?

[Deleted User]

Nah.... TG is a doddle, just do some sprint training so you get a good start otherwise you end up spending so long queuing up for the obstacles that you freeze and won't have a bellend left to get mud under

RichardM

It's easy Mr V. If you've done the Grim then you are laughing. Tough Guy is much easier. Don't believe anyone that tells you any different.

marshallini

trades discription should have a word with "tough" guy.

[Deleted User]

<laughs a lot>

Now I know you guys/goys are having me on

fat buddha

TG is a stroll compared to Grim and Hellrunner...

(what the hell is a goy??)

Jj

A goy is a word coined by Jewish people for people who aren't Jewish. I'm not really sure of its relevance here.

'lo FB.

Richard....[stares in an 'ard sort of way into RichardM's eyes]

You better believe it...

fat buddha

hi Jj

am bored

Petal off doing her Ice Warrior selection weekend so thought I'd peek in

[Deleted User]

Um, I dunno about the whole Jewish thing, but I'm assuming a goy is like a guy but with/without a willy. Don't blame me, blame the stuff that comes from the organisers! BTW has anyone mangled the English language quite as much as the writers of the TG newsletters?!

[Deleted User]

Absolutely the most demanding thing I've ever done... I had the biggest grin on my face up until I did the underwater tunnel

fat buddha

..and then what happened???

[Deleted User]

As for training, there just simply aren't any hills steep enough round here! I did find the long rope I strung up in the garden gave me the confidence to make the rope traverses. As for the underwater sections, they should have been a doddle considering I've got a background in marathon kayaking and supposedly know what to expect when going into deep freezing water. Nope! The pain in the head is indescribable, worse than 10 instant headaches. The disorientation was much worse than what I'd experienced with kayaking... And this was on a (relatively) warm day.

[Deleted User]

What happened?! I stopped enjoying it! I didn't start smiling again 'til I hit the next big climing frame.

Were you there, FB?

fat buddha

ah I see.....

welcome to the wunnerful weird world of Mr Mouse........

the head pain is errrm, interesting - although I didn't seem to notice it as much this year compared to last.........


so, you entered again yet??