Tough Mudder Challenge
On 8th June I’ve participate on the Tough Mudder Challenge in Chichister (South London). It’s a fitness challenge as well as a really fun and social event. It was an amazing experience which I highly recommend you to do something similar (as well as at least one marathon).
Once you sign up it’s something that stays in the back of your mind for months and give you an extra motivation to train, to stay fit and healthy.
You can also learn a lot about yourself and about your limits. Your real limits, not the limitations you might put on yourself which are not real.
Here are a few things you should consider on the day when participating:
1. Have a healthy and nutritious breakfast. It should be something that will give you plenty of energy for a long time. It shouldn’t be something you are not used to. If you never had porridge in your life you shouldn’t have it for breakfast on the day you’re racing. It means you should always have a healthy breakfast. Treat your normal days as a race day. Eat clean and healthy.
2. If you’re traveling far for your race make sure you take healthy snacks with you. I’ve made the mistake to have nothing with me when traveling from Hertfordshire to Sussex and as there were some road accidents along the way I got there just in time for the registration and start and had no time to buy something else to eat.
Had to rely only on my breakfast. Luckily I had a good breakfast.
3. Give yourself plenty of time to arrive. If you get there too early take to time to prepare yourself (stretching, eating, focusing, meditating, networking…)
4. Take the challenges as long as you can do it safely. Of course you don’t know how to swim don’t jump from a 5 meters platform in a very deep pond but there is no shame in not completing a challenge, in falling in the water or asking for help from your team mates.
5. Keep yourself hydrated and if there are any snacks around the course take them. I really enjoyed when I found out there were some bananas in one of the water points.
6. Unless you’re an athlete, running on your own, looking for a qualification take it as a challenge, not a race. A challenge for yourself and if you’re doing on a group I’d recommend you to stay with your group and help each other. It’s also a social event. We’re social beings. 🙂
7. Enjoy every second.
8. Think about the next challenge. Yes, I’m already per-registered for next year. 🙂 And thinking about joining a marathon.