Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Anybody do this at Kettering today? Or doing it tomorrow? I did it today, what a buzz!
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fred7
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Registered: 17th May 04
Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire
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How did you get on? A bloke at work is doing it for chairty but with a messed up hip.
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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It was awesome. The running was really hard, the only that I think you need to train for, and I didn't get running trainers like suggested, if I do it again I'd get running shoes for sure
And the electric shocks were so painful, your whole body just spasms!
I certainly wouldn't wanna do it with a messed up hip lol
Videos for anyone interested http://youtu.be/dmPDWPsXIKI
[Edited on 05-05-2013 by Graham88]
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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How long did it take you in total?
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
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what do you win?
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sc0ott
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Registered: 16th Feb 09
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Could be doing this in august
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c4rsa-sport
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Registered: 6th Apr 05
Location: halesowen - birmingham
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I did this yesterday, and was glad i finally did it, been saying id do it for a while, well worth it.
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Dom
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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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Looked decent enough until electrocution came into play  What's the entrance fee for something like this? And how long is the course?
Gary - According to the youtube video, he did it in 3 and a half hours.
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JonnyJ
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Registered: 23rd Sep 05
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That would be a great event to coat yourself in Ultra Ever Dry and freak the fuck out of people
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sc0ott
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Registered: 16th Feb 09
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If you joined as a team how did you pay for this? Online or registration office?
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sc0ott
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Never mind. every team member pays online individually.
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Jamie Walby
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Electric shock??? Haha that's brutal
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Paul_J
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this is brilliant Graham! Really gives a feeling of what it's actually like to do! The tough mudder people should commission your vid and put it on their site,
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Graham88
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quote:
Originally posted by LeeM
what do you win?
The best feeling of satisfaction ever as you cross the line! And a t-shirt, orange sweatband and a beer.
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Originally posted by c4rsa-sport
I did this yesterday, and was glad i finally did it, been saying id do it for a while, well worth it.
Good stuff mate, you get decent weather? We had rain for some of it which did make a little bit harder as it was really cold. Wasn't bad when the sun came out, although everytime you started to dry there was another bloody water obstacle
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Originally posted by Dom
Looked decent enough until electrocution came into play What's the entrance fee for something like this? And how long is the course?
Yeah it was savage mate I'm not even going to sugarcoat it, it proper hurt and just thinking about it and listening to the video for the 'cracks' makes me shiver It was £90 I think so not the cheapest event but it honestly is worth every penny, alot of prep goes into this event!
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Originally posted by Paul_J
this is brilliant Graham! Really gives a feeling of what it's actually like to do! The tough mudder people should commission your vid and put it on their site,
Good stuff Paul that was kind of what I wanted so that people who had never heard of it could get an idea of what it's like. Most of my mates couldn't understand why it was so hard till they watched the video Would be quite cool if they did, I've never had so many comments on a youtube video as it is!
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McWillster
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Registered: 23rd Mar 09
Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire
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Doing the Scotland one in August this year. Got a team of 6 and raised over £4000 so far for cancer research!
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Fee
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Registered: 16th Nov 05
Location: With AK
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I'm doing the Edinburgh one in August too 
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Jamie Walby
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quote:
Originally posted by McWillster
Doing the Scotland one in August this year. Got a team of 6 and raised over £4000 so far for cancer research!
£4k!! Good effort! 
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Fee
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Awesome video....what camera did you use?
The obstacle I'm least looking forward to is the boa constrictor....i'm a bit claustrophobic
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sc0ott
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No doubt itll be pissing down that weekend
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Graham88
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Fee I used a Go Pro 1 HD with a head strap, you are told to hold onto it on Walk The Plank but other than that it stayed on perfectly
Suppose if you're claustrophobic it could be difficult, getting out was really hard, I've seen some with ropes which is a good idea but this didn't have one, I struggled out
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Recaro1
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I'm doing this on the 9th June in Winchester
Great video, gives me a good idea what I'm in for.
What did you wear? Do you recommend gloves? If so, what kind?
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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Definetly recommend wearing gloves, I'd have hated not too. I liked the ones I was wearing which I bought on the day in the Merchandise tent for £15. A couple of mates had cycling ones, but they went a bit funny and weren't very grippy. Mine were really really grippy but by the time it came to the monkey bars they were soaking wet and probably offered less grip than skin
I was just wearing a Sports Direct cheap pair of shorts and t-shirt. I'd wear the same again next time it was perfect to be honest. Just cheap trainers though, get running shoes!!
[Edited on 10-05-2013 by Graham88]
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Fee
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Registered: 16th Nov 05
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2 weeks on Sunday....and I've got a buggered ankle 
Almost got my costume sorted though
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gooner_47
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Love the team name! Haha
How come there's people around you looking spotless after you went through the mud crawl? Can you skip obstacles?
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spencer88
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Registered: 6th Oct 08
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I did the London South one.
No training what so ever.
At the start line:
And about 9 miles in:
The electric shocks hurt!
We finished in around 2:45.
Not bad, ended up over taking people a few groups ahead of us who do triathalons and things. These guys were proper giving it mouth about how much they trained, as they got over taken by a bloke in a chicken suit, with no training.
The thing to get you through it is teamwork and having a laugh.
At mile 10 I literally skipped past people saying 'Come on bitches'
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