Imperian Meet / Reunion - Half Tough Mudder May 2017 / Philadelphia
Juran
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Imperian Meet / Reunion - Half Tough Mudder May 2017 / Philadelphia
@Ultrix and I have made plans to complete the half Tough Mudder run over the weekend of May 19-21, 2017 outside of beautiful Philadelphia, Pennyslvania (https://toughmudder.com/events/2017-philly-half). This team event is 5 miles long with 14 obstacle courses along the path. Instead of recruiting 'real people that we actually know', we thought it would be far more fun to turn it into an Imperian meet up / reunion tour for anyone interested in training to go.
We would ideally be looking for 3-4 people to join us, which would give us a team of 5-6 in total. We're eight months away from the race, so if you're interested you should still have plenty of time to train.
Pros:
@Ultrix and I have made plans to complete the half Tough Mudder run over the weekend of May 19-21, 2017 outside of beautiful Philadelphia, Pennyslvania (https://toughmudder.com/events/2017-philly-half). This team event is 5 miles long with 14 obstacle courses along the path. Instead of recruiting 'real people that we actually know', we thought it would be far more fun to turn it into an Imperian meet up / reunion tour for anyone interested in training to go.
We would ideally be looking for 3-4 people to join us, which would give us a team of 5-6 in total. We're eight months away from the race, so if you're interested you should still have plenty of time to train.
Pros:
- You get to run through mud and climb over stuff.
- You would get to hang out with Juran and Ultrix.
- We would have plenty of time for dinner, talking, and other such things when not racing
- You would probably miss at least one shardfall while the race is going on.
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FEAR NOT. We're eight months out. That is PLENTY of time to train. (Also, we're not going for any world records here. Our goal is simply that everyone finishes the course. Finishing totally counts as a win!)
So to help motivate people along, I wanted to post a few links that might help you all get started with training.
Step 1: If you don't already run, you should start running. You'll need a cardio base for this, even if we're only doing the half version. My recommendation is the Couch-to-5k program (C25K: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml), which is meant for beginners and will get you moving to a 5k in 9 weeks. TOTALLY DOABLE, PEOPLE! See below:
Step 2: If you already have a decent cardio base, then it's just a matter of getting the strength training needed for the obstacles. I personally haven't figured out all the details of step 2 yet as this is the part I have to work on the most, but this guide has a pretty good summary of what you should aim to do for your training and how you can achieve that with bodyweight exercises.
If you're interested and need help with training, feel free to PM/message @Ultrix or @Juran and we'd be happy to help the best we can.