You know what - thats a good fucking question cause they do have spotters but there is some cheating. At the end before you hit the finish line there was 10 box jumps and a few blew past those. Weak ass shit considering its in front of the entire crowd and spectators. Also saw some cheat w the burpee penalties. Not doing a real burpee or half assing it.
The difference between myself at top 13% and the top 10% was probably only a few minutes and I can bottlenecked a few times to where I could have easily sliced a few minutes off my time.
I posted my routines in the y thread and was 100% prepared for this. Dumbbell circuits, burpees, pops ups, a lot of pull ups and push ups, running only to up about 2 miles, sprints, etc. Ill try to re-post my routine. Would not have changed a thing in retrospect whatsover.
Didn't film it - but race at Tuxedo NY was way harder than CitiField - endless hills, trails w rock climbing, 8 foot walls, and 40lb sandbag carry up the mountain sucked!
Everyone said this was the hardest one yet for this venue. There were tons of hills and trails and after every freaking hill a wall to climb. Also it was hot so that didnt help.
http://www.downanddirtymudrun.com/event-cities/new-yorkHow can I pass this up? Its in da Bronx!
Should be worth another 1000 posts, easy.
You might be a King - but remember - I got 100k posts plus.
It got me to train for better overall fitness a nd if $100 every 2 -3 months is the cost to keep training for these events - WELL worth it
I have found knowing I have something coming up in a month or two keeps me motivated and focused to train better. The GoRuck events though scare the shit out of me compared to Spartan Race. Supposed to be 10x harder and I have started training w the 50lb rucksack doing push ups pull ups etc, and fuck! When 50lbs on your back - doing all this shit is way way harder
I went to one at Fenway Park today and saw tons and tons of hot chicks. My boy was doing it and it did not seem all that hard so long as you have some cardio going on.
Why don't you cut the bullshit and join the Marines? Get yourself off to Afghanistan and find out just how tough you really are. All this, it's just playing.
And? Its challenging and forces me to train for overall fitness more than just a BB which was getting way boring for me. Nothing more, nothing less.
Im 38 yo - too old and self employed. If I had to live life over - I would like to think I would have tried out and seen if I could make it. Probably would not make it - but I would like to have tried.
I have carried logs and rocks, swinging sledgehammers, digging ditches and laying in dirt, throwing haybales in the hot sun etc.. around here its just called work. Fukn city people.
In NYC - you wield an Ax you are going to jail. We have to do this hokey nonsense to get outside and do something different,
Have you considered moving? Seriously, NY seems like a shitty place to live. I was talking to some FDNY guys last week, and all they did was talk shit about the city, and taxes. One of them said he lives outside the city in a $220,000.00 house, and pays $10,000 in property taxes. WTF? You seem like you need to get in touch with your granola side.
it only sucks if you're poor