Tough Mudder is this obstacle course event, which consists of 25 obstacles, and course lengths that can be 10 - 12 miles long. All proceeds from the entry fee and donations go to the Wounded Warrior Project, a fund for soldiers who have been wounded in action.

To make a long story short, I went for a Tough Mudder in May this year in Kettering, UK. The course was 12 miles long. Although I had the time to train, I did not do it properly, resulting in me not being physically prepared. With less than two miles to go, I had to be taken of the field in an ambulance with both legs seizing up and unable to bend at the knees.

So on September 23rd, I'll have another crack at Tough Mudder in Sydney, Australia. I've incorporated more long-distance training into my regimen as I am now aware of what I was lacking the first time. I've chosen this particular one because it is also 12 miles long, and I won't settle for less.

So I'm asking, does anyone want to go as well? There are medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, and orange sweatbands for those who finish. So who's interested in getting that orange sweatband?

Visit the link below, register for the event in Sydney or any other one you might like. I'll get back to you in late September to update on how I did. Let me know if you guys have experienced it as well.
http://toughmudder.com/

I'm training for a Tough Mudder now but it will be somewhere in the United States.

How much did you train before - how many miles could you run straight and how many pullups/pushups/dips could you do?

The problem was that I didn't train for the long distance, only with sprints. That helped in the sense that I wasn't out of breath, but my muscles - especially the legs - weren't conditioned for the 12 miles. The most I ran before was 2 miles, and that was why my legs just seized up so bad that I couldn't straighten them out anymore.

Usually marathon runners would go up to 3/4 of the distance in training, and for the actual race grind out the last 1/4. For a half, I'd work my way up to about 8 miles for a 12-mile course. I'm already at 8.5 miles, 3 days a week, with over a month to go so I can still improve.

The one in Sydney is also going to be 12 miles long, so I'm probably going 10 miles the week before.

Other than that, right now I'd do a minimum of 100 push-ups, 30 pull-ups and 100 sit-ups. I do a lot of bodyweight exercises which involve multiple groups like burpees, pyramids, mountain-climbers and kipping pull-ups. I alternate between running days and bodyweight days. The standard push-ups, pull-ups and sit-ups are done after the runs.

This is one circuit I do on sprint day:

5 Rounds of:

10 burpees
10 four-count mountain climbers
10 kipping pull-ups
10 pyramids
10 dive-bomber push-ups

Try not to rest or drink in between circuits.

Hope that helps.

Did it on the 23rd of September and finished it! It was fantastic!