TR vs the future

taniwharugby

4.3km run, 36.13mins. Dont quite understand it as I really feel like I am flying along (especially the 1st and on the downhill sections) yet the times say otherwise! At about 1 km I hit the climb, which goes from 20m above sea level to 225m in a little over a km, pace on that section is very slow!
 
Kilometre Time Change Avg Pace
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<div>1 7:15 -- 7'15"/km</div>
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<div>2 20:03 + 5:33 (-77%) 12'48"/km</div>
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<div>3 28:15 - 4:36 (35%) 8'12"/km</div>
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<div>4 *Fastest 34:13 - 2:14 (27%) 5'58"/km</div>
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taniwharugby

Yep, lost the drive for road running, so did a workout yesterday afternoon.
 
Deep Squats, sumo pulls, ez bar curls, bb rolls...most of the body pretty sore today!
 
Weight seems to have stabilised at 93kg (6kg higher than I was 10 months ago) but not too worried

NTA

I'm never lifting weights again. Back into road running as soon as this disc settles down

Paekakboyz

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I'm never lifting weights again. Back into road running as soon as this disc settles down
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Whoa whoa whoa!! That's crazy talk bro! You just need to settle that disc down and you'll be right - surely a bit of weight training will help strengthen your back!? (hijack over :yes: )

taniwharugby

surely running isnt that great for your back??
 
I just get bored road running compared to trail running, plus as most of the run I do is 100km limit with some corners, I like ot be able to hear the traffic which means no sounds.

taniwharugby

weighted jump squats, press ups, o/hdb press, seated military press, good mornings, mountain climbers > x 5
 
Abs still sore from Sunday

JK

Over 2 months and no update? That can't be right... 
Tell us all about that tough mudder mate!

taniwharugby

haha, yeah Istill been doing a bit of running, workouts etc...have had some shit go down at work, which has left me less than motivated!
 
Tough mudder was awesome!
 
18.5km of swampy muddy uneven terrain along with 18 obstacles, ranging from a 20ft swim in ice water (ice-blocks were probably about a foot thick) a mud crawl under some electrofied live-wires, which TBH was farken scary!
 
I am sure there must be some science behind the allowable limit for the majority of people for an electric shock, as the pulse we got hit with was mean! My mates who did the Brisbane one last year, said it was harder than that one (the electrical pulse and the overall event)
 
Was maybe 60ft of very muddy-clay to commando crawl along, got a few tingles when I first got in there, then a decent one a few more feet in, then a huge one in the middle. I blacked out for a very brief moment, with my face in the mud, 2 of my team mates had the same experience. Another mate, as he went in was in an awkward posiiton, got hit and collapsed on his shoulder and dislocated it...as we were all through, some other dude has a seizure...the 3 St Johns people didnt seem too phased once my team mates were able to get him clear (while his team mates stood and watched) and got him sorted.
 
Were a bunch of other fun obstacles, but the next best one was climbing up a huge tower and bombing into a 4m deep pool of muddy water, where my mate who dislocated his shoulder (who carried on running with us doing obstacles he could) dislocated his shoulder again as he hit the water (we did try to convince him not to...) and also lost his Go-Pro, although they did a sweep once everyone had been through the man-made water hole and found it.
 
A few climbing obstacles and more muddy creeks and more running before the finish, which came to the last obstcale, which was another electrical one, and given what we'd seen at the 1st one, a few had talked themselves out of doing the final one, although in the end only 1 mate and dislocated mate skipped it.
 
I got hit with a decent bolt mid-way through then again right at the end, not sure where (on my body) it hit me, but my left calf cramped up big-time and I hit the deck. First time I have ever experienced cramp and man it was painful!
 
But we all completed the course, 2 hours 45 mins, including the 10 mins we were stopped after my mates dislocation to be strapped and waiting to see if the seizure dude was ok.
 
Was awesome though, will def do again next year, although will still enter electrical obstacles with cautiously as these ones are the only ones you really have no control over how you make it through. Was funny standing watching other teams going through and some people get through with barely any hits, others you hear the electricity crack and then they fall face first into the mud as all thier muscles contract, and then get hit as they try to get up...
 
Cramped calf is a bit tight today, but for the most part, body feel pretty good, a bit tight in places but no worse than after a hard out workout.
 
Here is me getting nailed in this clip...

This is a clip of other folk going through

Wairau

Awesome post, sorry I can't like it twice.
BTW, cramp: I have often experienced bad cramp like that on long runs, to the point where both straightening or bending the leg hurts. It usually goes away after a short rest.

JK

Mean as mate!
 
 How long did it take start to finish?

taniwharugby

2.35 if we take out the 10 mins we stopped for injuries.
 
But there is no official timing of the event, they promote it more as a team event about camaraderie as opposed to a race.
 
They had a dude off Shortland Street doing the pre-race warm up and then Brooke Howard-Smith at the start, thought both fellas did a great job geeing the crowd up! 
 
Think there was 6000 people through yesterday and supposed to be another 3,000 today

JK

Was wondering if it actually feels like 18km given so many obstacles to break things up?
 
Had a mate do it by himself and was around 2hrs40. Did it dressed as ultimate warrior and said that Brooke Howard-Smith had him crowd surfing pre event as part of some team building malarkey.

taniwharugby

It is the longest I have ever run, but yeah it is broken up with the obstacles, and TBH, the ice bath (Arctic Enaema) a few of the hills and the walls were the only ones that were physically demanding, everything else was pretty simple, except the electrical ones... We obviously were slowed by my mate with his arm in a sling, so coulda skimmed some time off and we did stop at most of the hydration stations for a couple of minutes too. 
 
So you could really push yourself if you wanted too, we did the first km in just over 5mins, but it was probably the flattest part of the course. 
 
Leaving early was an advantage (had rained about an hour prior) that added to the challenge so that helped with the mud, cooler air at 0820, the 1st picture with the trenches, I saw another pic of that and the clay had basically been moulded/worn so you didnt need to climb. We were slipping alot as we ran in the mud, later start would have meant it woulda dried a bit, and then trying to run up that wall with an inch of clay on your shoes...heard there were plenty of injured ankles due to slippery surfaces and some holes in the swamp land.
 
TBH, I doubt I'd enjoy it anywhere near as much by myself, IMO doing it with mates is what makes it.

taniwharugby

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<div> Was maybe 60ft of very muddy-clay to commando crawl along, got a few tingles when I first got in there, then a decent one a few more feet in, then a huge one in the middle. I blacked out for a very brief moment, with my face in the mud, 2 of my team mates had the same experience. Another mate, as he went in was in an awkward posiiton, got hit and collapsed on his shoulder and dislocated it...as we were all through, some other dude has a seizure...the 3 St Johns people didnt seem too phased once my team mates were able to get him clear (while his team mates stood and watched) and got him sorted.
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Was a bit on Campbell Live last night...never let actual facts get in the way of a story though! I had to sign up to add a comment!
 
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Mr Haden was knocked unconscious, nobody noticed, nobody turned off the electrical current, and nobody was there to pull him to safety. 
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<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.3news.co.nz/Is-the-Tough-Mudder-obstacle-course-safe-enough/tabid/817/articleID/343202/Default.aspx'>http://www.3news.co.nz/Is-the-Tough-Mudder-obstacle-course-safe-enough/tabid/817/articleID/343202/Default.aspx</a>

taniwharugby

Haha, I had to make a comment on it, and someone even questioned if it was the same dude my friends helped as my version differs from the article....haha, you don't forget something like that!

taniwharugby

Time to ressurect this...
 
OK, had a pretty sucky last 8 or so months, was told in Feb I was going to be made redundant, which didnt happen until June...picked up some short term work in mid-July and then found a permanent job at the end of August.
 
During the course of my redundancy I also applied for the NZ Police, and did the physical and mental testing in early July, which I passed with ease...the timing of the police process coupled with taking longer to find work than I anticipated, has meant the police is on the back-burner, possibly permanently...however a by-product of the whole situation and added stress in the last 8 months is my weight has slowly crept back out and last night I weighed in at 97kg...
 
I have been running at least 1 time a week, and working out at least twice a week, but my eating has gone to the pack, and I can see it all on my waist, which is a shame cos I reckon my shoulders, arms etc are probably in as good a shape as they have been for many years.
 
The extra weight has affected my running times too, my ave mins/km is almost 1 minute slower than what it was 4 or 5 months back
 
So as of tomorrow, gonna get my eating back on track, which by and large is portion size and to cut out the sugary shit! 
 
Goal to get back to 90kg by the years end!

taniwharugby

94.9kg this morning....good workout yesterday: legs, arms
 
Day before thrashed out 300+ med-ball squat thrusts, just for a bit of cardio.

taniwharugby

Only 1 run this week, had a short and sweet workout yesterday before I went to the league and then TR Jnr & I went for a 21km bike ride today, very low intensity with TR Jnr walking up some hills and wanting drinks breaks, but still 21km and I did a few short sprints to give a bit of extra to it.
 
Initial burst of weight loss all but disintergrated now at 94.7, so need to pull finger!

taniwharugby

Single run, couple of good workouts in the heat plus a bit of touch a few times this week with TR Jnr...94.4kg, slow going after a good start.
 
Will run twice this week.

taniwharugby

Played my first game of netbal today in a work thing against our 'big brother' and given I barely watched any netball, it was interesting...good fun, good hard 45 mins in the heat, only problem is I have a slight strain in my left calf/achilles, hopefully it'll settle in the next day or so.

The Silver Fern

TR vs the future