Tough Mudder April 9, 2011 Bear Mtn Pa

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

We're a bunch of badasses doing Tough Mudder's Allentown, PA event on April 9, 2011. The longer you wait to sign up, the more expensive it gets.

Join here. We're in the 12pm start time, on Saturday April 9.

You can search for the team in the 6-10 category.
Team name: Fania Mudding Co.
Team password: roofs

Go here to sign up: http://toughmudder.com/events/pennsylvania/

Also, for anyone who'd like to sign up, there is a discount coupon. From now until Monday 11/29/10, if you put "TMBearCreek" into the coupon box when you purchase your pass, you get $20 off bringing the total to $100 (before fees).

What is Tough Mudder you ask?

http://toughmudder.com/

Tough Mudder is not your average lame-ass mud run or spirit-crushing ‘endurance’ road race. It’s Ironman meets Burning Man, and it is coming to a city near you. Our 7-12 mile obstacle courses are designed by British Special Forces to test all around strength, stamina, mental grit, and camaraderie. Forget finish times. Simply completing a Tough Mudder is a badge of honor. All Tough Mudder sponsorship proceeds go to the Wounded Warrior Project.
WARNING: A Tough Mudder is 3-4 times longer and much tougher than a typical mud run such as Warrior Dash. Only those in reasonable physical condition should enter

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[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Got this from Tough Mudder HQ today

Mudders: There are only 1,300 spots left for our Pennsylvania event, and prices are going up on Friday. We anticipate being sold out in about a week. Team Captains, there will be no exceptions once all the spots are gone they are done, so be sure your all the members of your team sign up asap.

[LTb1ow]

Still openings Nick? I am debating doing it.


FML... signed up anyway, I loath cardio.

[KirkEvil]

Im getting ready to go to the Monmouth vs Princeton basketball game, but I will be signing up tonight when I get home. GO TEAM!

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Obviously still openings, but hurry up ladies!

We have a decent team going now so it should be a good time. As it gets closer we'll name a place to have breakfast and meet and great before the event since we have ot be there early anyway.

[LTb1ow]

How many people is there so far Nick?

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

7 on the roster as of this exact moment. Plus Kirk.

That's not including 1 local friend, 1994lt1, and teds89iroc and crew that are supposed to sign up that I reminded today.

A few others said they might but I don't have high hopes for.

We have one girl and a possibility of another if her friend doesn't start her own team.

[LTb1ow]

Ah feck, now I am gonna be losing to a girl as well as mr kenya himself. Damnit.

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Ah feck, now I am gonna be losing to a girl as well as mr kenya himself. Damnit.

If the other girl joins, you can get your ass kicked by a 27 year old girl who's engaged :lol:

[LTb1ow]

I fear getting stuck in drainage pipe.

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

There were some people your size that managed last time. Plus you can wuss out, I mean opt out, of any obstacle.

[KirkEvil]

I fear getting stuck in drainage pipe.

Cheese eating surrender monkey...


Im signed up, and working on a few local friends to do it. should be a great time!

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Im signed up, and working on a few local friends to do it. should be a great time!

Since I'm the captain I get emails of when you all sign up and how you answer the questions. I had no idea you were "extreme" haha

Question 6: What type of Tough Mudder are you?
Answer 6: Extreme Sports - Adrenaline

:lol:


And yeah it's a great time, the more the merrier.

[KirkEvil]

Since I'm the captain I get emails of when you all sign up and how you answer the questions. I had no idea you were "extreme" haha

Question 6: What type of Tough Mudder are you?
Answer 6: Extreme Sports - Adrenaline

:lol:


And yeah it's a great time, the more the merrier.

There was no "Engineer" in the list so I decided to be extreme :lol:

[LTb1ow]

Yea and there was no, " I life weights and hate cardio" option either. Tell em to fix that.

[CHRIS67]

I'll be watching from the bar. They make awesome irsh car bombs there. :nod:

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

All you lazy bastards are screwed if you wanted to join us. Saturday is now officially sold out.

[WildBillyT]

Yea and there was no, " I life weights and hate cardio" option either. Tell em to fix that.

LOL. Some friends at work tried to get me to sign up. I told them if there's an option for "run 1/4 mile with a tractor tire on your back" I'd be game. Till then, I figure my knees take enough abuse.

[KirkEvil]

Hey Nick did you change anything in the team info? I just got charged an extra $59.95 on top of the entrance fee I paid, which was paid in full when I signed up early in December...

The extra charge went through from the Active company, but they have all the same info on the charge as the tough mudder

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

I have not changed a single thing. The only thing I could think of would be if you did the option where you pay less but have to raise the set amount of money for the charity.

I would call up Active. I haven't been charged again for anything, neither has any of the rest of the team as far as I know.

[KirkEvil]

I didnt opt for the fundraiser, so idk why I got charged more. I'll give them a call tomorrow

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Sent a message to people with Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=190047931009803

Anyone game for that? More info here. Philly April 2-3. Various start times

http://toughmudder.com/goruck-challenge/

[KirkEvil]

Hey Nick are you training or anything for this?

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Yes and no. I was hardcore for the first 2 weeks of January, then I got mad sick and have been sitting on my ass bored out of my mind. I'm still sick but hitting the gym again this week because I'm going crazy.

If you give me your email I can send you my workout spreadsheet I made - it includes everything except my running, which I just do a lot of. I will say cardio is probably the biggest aspect of the race - some strength helped at certain events with crawling and stuff but overall endurance is far more important. Smash-like strength is not necessary anywhere on the course


Also there's another one officially being announced for Tri-State at Englishtown again in November coming shortly.

[LTb1ow]

I just ate two cheeseburgers, you mad?:lol:

[KirkEvil]

Yes and no. I was hardcore for the first 2 weeks of January, then I got mad sick and have been sitting on my ass bored out of my mind. I'm still sick but hitting the gym again this week because I'm going crazy.

If you give me your email I can send you my workout spreadsheet I made - it includes everything except my running, which I just do a lot of. I will say cardio is probably the biggest aspect of the race - some strength helped at certain events with crawling and stuff but overall endurance is far more important. Smash-like strength is not necessary anywhere on the course


Also there's another one officially being announced for Tri-State at Englishtown again in November coming shortly.

Workout spreadsheet? :lol:

I was just wondering what kind of shape you guys were going to be in if we're moving as a group.

I just ate two cheeseburgers, you mad?:lol:

He mad.

[LTb1ow]

Pretty sure you are a good to go mr. kenya, just try to make it more than a mile before your old body falls apart.

Gonna do a 5k tmmr, pending snow.

[KirkEvil]

Pretty sure you are a good to go mr. kenya, just try to make it more than a mile before your old body falls apart.

Gonna do a 5k tmmr, pending snow.

Thats a fancy stationary bicycle if it tells you how many imaginary meters you've gone.

[LTb1ow]

Thats a fancy stationary bicycle if it tells you how many imaginary meters you've gone.

Nah I bring my TI89 and it converts it all for me while I run. :nod:

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Nah, it'll just mean you'll be dead earlier

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Workout spreadsheet? :lol:

I was just wondering what kind of shape you guys were going to be in if we're moving as a group.


Yeah it's set up for the different days and divided so you can write down the reps/weights you do for each. I print it out and take it with me to the gym. I'm a business major, I need things organized and in spreadsheet form :lol:

We have sort of a mix but all of us played sports until College and still do stuff. Myself and 3 others are the same ones who did the Etown one last year, we are pretty close. No idea what shape the girl is in I haven't seen her in like 6 months. We have an Army ROTC kid but he tends to talk big so not sure about him either.

What I do is just cover the time/distance thing with my hoodie and just run for a long time lol. I have asthma so my lung capacity sucks, but I was talking to someone else who had it and ran a lot, and they suggested asking my doctor about using the inhaler to open up my lungs to normal person capacity for when I exercise. I usually aim for a 6.5 mph pace for an hour or so. I'm going to start trying to do more of a mix of speeds since that's what happened at the last TM.

[KirkEvil]

How long did it take you to finish the Etown one? I think thats was 12 miles compared to the 9 in this one....

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

How long did it take you to finish the Etown one? I think thats was 12 miles compared to the 9 in this one....

2 hrs 57 min but walking the last 3 miles because one of us had recently quit smoking. Our goal for this race is 2 hours - it's shorter but involves 30% grades, and we want to push more. It was also our first endurance thing of any kind so we had no idea what to expect. Not to mention no matter what shape you are in, you can't do things like crawl through mud at 6 mph to maintain a steady pace

[KirkEvil]

Do the obstacles get backed up with people or is there always a steady pace with room to pass people?

[sweetbmxrider]

Someone should wear a GoPro chesty!

[LTb1ow]

Someone should come take sweet pics with their sweet photo gear!!

Sounds good pal. :nod:

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Do the obstacles get backed up with people or is there always a steady pace with room to pass people?

The only one that was backed up and you couldn't pass last time was the jumping into the lake one, and the monkey bars.

The cliffhanger there was a crowd but we flew by them up the side.

Someone should wear a GoPro chesty!

My buddy Dave is thinking of getting one, but I think you should come to get action shots :nod:

[sweetbmxrider]

If the pals wanna car pool, I'll ride up with them.

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Less than 50 days! And we're now girl-less except for Matt - our original girl now has grad school stuff on the same day as TM

[sweetbmxrider]

Well I was gunna go to take pics but **** that!

[KirkEvil]

Hey Nick, do you have a link to the cross training shoes you were talking about?

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

http://www.footlocker.com/product/model:153449/sku:344522/adidas-kanadia-tr-3-mens/?cm=TnDdMensAdidas

First one that came up when I googled. Adidas Kanadia TR3 is the style. Comfy as hell, dry quick, amazing traction.

[KirkEvil]

Looking at the list of teams and start times and by far, the best team name there...

"The Couch Pulls Out, But We Dont"

[sweetbmxrider]

:rofl:

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Some people get the team names or slogans printed on their shirts, so you'll get a good laugh while walking around the pits and running the course too

"Here for beer" is one that you'll see a lot.

[LTb1ow]

Yea, fml.

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

3 days, 18hours, 14 min until showtime

[sweetbmxrider]

15 bucks to watch you fools? GTFO

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

15 bucks to watch you fools? GTFO

We already have people coming from Penn State, Bryant (Rhode Island), and Seton Hall to watch that haven't complained :wink:

[LTb1ow]

15 bucks to watch you fools? GTFO

Its too early for you anyway, don't lie. :lol:

[sweetbmxrider]

I was going to crash at kirk's without puking black death but this is pretty lame.

[LTb1ow]

T minus 24 hrs til D day..

oddly looking forward to swimming tmmr.

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

The pictures on facebook show everything bigger and badder than Tri-State last year, looking forward to it

[LTb1ow]

If I get stuck in one of those tubes Nick.. I am not gonna be pleased.

[KirkEvil]

Thats a a little tube pal. you gonna get stuck!

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

See y'all at 9:30 tomorrow at the course. Matt, I sent you a list of stuff to make sure you have for tomorrow on FB

[The_Bishop]

Good luck, Nick!

[KirkEvil]

We are leaving here around 7, so should be getting there around 9:15

[KirkEvil]

Do they run shuttles from the parking locations? The closest parking lot for our start time is 4 miles away from bear mountain creek...

[WildBillyT]

Good luck guys!

[sweetbmxrider]

Do they run shuttles from the parking locations? The closest parking lot for our start time is 4 miles away from bear mountain creek...

Tough Mudder pal, toughen up.

[BigAls87Z28]

Good luck to Team Pal.

[thunder]

good luck ladies

[LTb1ow]

I am alive, thank god its done

[The_Bishop]

Hahaha - How you feeling?

[LTb1ow]

Disappointed, they promised a nine mile race, we only got twelve.

[KirkEvil]

It was definitely an experience, haha....damn Jamaican people and their peer pressure!

[LTb1ow]

It was definitely an experience, haha....damn Jamaican people and their peer pressure!

hahaha yes... damn pals... my shins are still bleeding.. :rofl:

[KirkEvil]

hahaha yes... damn pals... my shins are still bleeding.. :rofl:

Same, I dug the mud and rocks out of my arms and legs and now everything is back to fresh wounds :rofl:

[LTb1ow]

No pics of us on facebook. Lame. :(

But, we got a new, actual map of what we had to do...
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/215262_10150152533483752_500173751_6741822_4428817 _n.jpg

[CHRIS67]

So how did you guys do?

[LTb1ow]

We all finished..

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

We all finished..

Anthony dropped out finally, around mile 8 or so

[LTb1ow]

Anthony dropped out finally, around mile 8 or so

Ahh ok, that was right after the run through the woods right?

Pretty much where my quads said nope, no more, and I faceplanted. :rofl:

Are you guys def doing the Etown one?

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Ahh ok, that was right after the run through the woods right?

Pretty much where my quads said nope, no more, and I faceplanted. :rofl:

Are you guys def doing the Etown one?

Yeah we had to stop in the woods for 30 min or so so he could sit down, I went ahead to bring back some first aid/food/water. He went around the mud mile, and I think monkey bars, then dropped out.

Yes. Me, Kyle, Dave, and some other people who didn't do this one already signed up.

We're signing up for the Goruck Challenge in NYC on Sept 10 too

[LTb1ow]

Ok, my dad wants to do it with me I think, gonna make me look bad.. :lol:

Same team name and what not?

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Yes, same team name and password - anyone's welcome to join. Make sure you sign up right, since there's a $30 transfer fee if you want to join the team if you sign up individually.

[LTb1ow]

Alright, guess I will try and stay with you this time. 8-)

Friggen sprinter Kirk... :rofl:

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Haha I caught back up to you guys after I hurled, then waited for Anthony + crew the rest of the and regretted it. Kirk made it look like he was out for a stroll haha

[sweetbmxrider]

Stalker puke

[LTb1ow]

Stalker puke

Went into the race thinking Nick is gonna be flying, turns out had to worry much more about Kirk. :rofl:

[sweetbmxrider]

That's the JSFBOA sleeper for ya!!!

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Went into the race thinking Nick is gonna be flying, turns out had to worry much more about Kirk. :rofl:

Haha I told you I'd suck since I'd barely been to the gym since I'd been sick

[KirkEvil]

friggen lt1 guys are slow with and without cars :rofl: Not sure if I want to freeze my ass off in November yet...

[LTb1ow]

friggen lt1 guys are slow with and without cars :rofl: Not sure if I want to freeze my ass off in November yet...

hey now, I went into it with the goal of finishing it... so, w00tz for me.

Slow and steady... :lol:

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

friggen lt1 guys are slow with and without cars :rofl: Not sure if I want to freeze my ass off in November yet...

The sad part is that I was in better shape than the Kevin did who is in ROTC and always blabs about that stuff, without going to the gym in 5 months.

Honestly if you wore cold gear and kept moving it wasn't bad. You dry out quick and stayed warm enough. Encourages you to move quicker

[LTb1ow]

The sad part is that I was in better shape than the Kevin did who is in ROTC and always blabs about that stuff, without going to the gym in 5 months.

Honestly if you wore cold gear and kept moving it wasn't bad. You dry out quick and stayed warm enough. Encourages you to move quicker

Ya, that last rope net bridge thing killed me... long wait and in the lack of sun.. got cooold.

Free styling zebras made it interesting though.

[KirkEvil]

bahaha zebra people ftw

[LTb1ow]

For the poor souls who are not aware.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/208359_10150215002272790_121520047789_8392127_1349 134_n.jpg

Nick, and who ever is doing the Jersey one... can we do outlandish costumes?

[KirkEvil]

Perfect costume for you.....pretty much how you looked around the 8 mile mark :rofl:

http://s1.hubimg.com/u/767776_f520.jpg

[LTb1ow]

AHahhahahahaha yea.... if my Dad signs up with me, he will make me go running... and I won't do a heavy workout the day before.

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

That's one thing we always forget about. I'm totally down for outlandish costumes as long as they go over my underamor so I don't freeze my skinny ass off

[KirkEvil]

Not many pics of me since I lost my numbers at mile 1, but I photobombed kohler's :rofl:

http://images20.brightroom.com/0/79504/841/79504-841-009f.jpg

[sweetbmxrider]

Look at the commitment in your leap vs kohlers hesitated walk :lol:

[KirkEvil]

I wish there was a picture of pal with the wimpy log he picked out to carry:rofl: So much for all that weight training...

[LTb1ow]

I should have just abandoned walking and dragged myself up the hills with my arms...