Hip Redux
http://trailrunnermag.com/races/15-featured-races/1664-new-jerseys-muddy-marathon
Far beyond your average mud race, this course is designed to break you.
I'm already broken. I don't need to be more broken.
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
delicate flower
My Warrior Dash was a one-and-done.
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Barking Mad To Run
Far beyond your average mud race, this course is designed to break you. I'm already broken. I don't need to be more broken.
+1
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt
race obsessed
F-no
I don't need to be more broken.
I haven't had time to check the link yet but wanted to lol at that; lol
Former Bad Ass
+2
Damaris
"Henderson, the 2014 participant, included some tips for prospective Muddy Marathoners in his race report. He recommends full leg coverage, and even shin guards, to deal with the brush and brier.Gloves are useful for grabbing plants or metal wire for stability on trickier sections. As for shoes, Henderson writes that it doesn’t really matter: “Grip was just not going to happen regardless of what you had on, so just wear something light that won't absorb a lot of water/mud/snow." He also suggests “ass-skiing” as an efficient way of going down steep, slick descents."
Ass-skiing? lol
"This is an experience of fun and to try something new. You will not actually do much "running" but a lot of walking. Walkers WILL NOT finish the course in under 2 hours / loop.Most "runners" will not finish in under 2 hours per loop.
Please do not enter if the idea of a DNF frightens you. If you enter the marathon you have a 100% chance of getting a DNF (based on 2014 results)."
So much for that idea!
"Dude, what's all that on the back of your shorts?"
"Mud."
"Yeah, right lol."
"This is an experience of fun and to try something new. You will not actually do much "running" but a lot of walking. Walkers WILL NOT finish the course in under 2 hours / loop.Most "runners" will not finish in under 2 hours per loop. Please do not enter if the idea of a DNF frightens you. If you enter the marathon you have a 100% chance of getting a DNF (based on 2014 results)." So much for that idea!
Yeah that sounds like a blast!
Let me sign up for something that is a damn near guarantee failure - pay (I assume more $?) So I can say "Hey I tried it!"
No thank you, I prefer to sign up for something I know I can complete, but I challenge myself to do it better.
"Dude, what's all that on the back of your shorts?" "Mud." "Yeah, right lol."
OMG! LMAO!
That was a good one Boon!
Yeah that sounds like a blast! Let me sign up for something that is a damn near guarantee failure - pay (I assume more $?) So I can say "Hey I tried it!" No thank you, I prefer to sign up for something I know I can complete, but I challenge myself to do it better.
There are shots of them knee deep in mud. I'm not doing that.
No way. Enter a race I am 100% not going to finish? Why? So the RD can make more money?