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#1 ·
Hi folks,
As some of you know I'm doing the Tough Mudder Scotland event on Saturday 14th July.

Tough Mudder - Probably the Toughest Event on the Planet

It'll be a crazy challenge for me, never done anything like it before, so I'm training hard for the 12 miles and 28 obstacles! :eek:

I have set up a Just Giving page to raise some money for a Fife charity I'm closely connected with -

Philip Suttie is fundraising for Fife Society for the Blind

We also have a team page with individual pages set up for various worthwhile causes that we've chosen, so if you would prefer to donate to one of the other charities and still contibute towards my teams fundraising total please use the following link -

Kevin, Philip, Neil and the two Mike's - Tough Mudder July 14th

Thanks very much for any support and donations, as any amount is greatly appreciated. :thumbs:

Cheers
Philip
 
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#3 ·
Thanks for your support Fraser.
I'll be there Saturday only, 11 or 12 start time I think.
See your there! :thumbs:
 
#5 ·
I'm going to set up a JustTEXTGiving code so people can donate £1s also.
 
#6 · (Edited)
Text code DSUF94 to 70070 for Fife Society for the Blind or BRNE84 to 70070 Help for Heroes the main Tough Mudder event charity.

DSUF94 £1 or BRNE94 £1

Amounts accepted through JustTextGiving are £1, £2, £3, £4, £5, £10.

Thanks for your support. :thumbs:

Philip
 
#18 ·
Thinking about doing the Mens Health survival of the fittest in Edinburgh on October 21st, its not as long but has more abstacles....should be a nice course around the city centre and its cheaper to enter too. I wouldn't do that one for charity I dont think, as I've signed up for Maggies Monster bike and hike in May next year......so I'll wait till nearer that to bug folk for sponsorship again! :D

Ha yeah he's a sick lad, he's a life guard and gymnast though so he'd been waiting all day to do those lol.

The monkey bars are tough things because the bars are on bearings so they spin very easily. So that's one of the better ways of doing it without getting wet!
No gloves and normal trainers worked ok for you apart from one shoe off I think i saw on the video? :)
 
#9 ·
Thanks Joe and David.

I am doing quite alot of training, its not going to be easy!
 
#11 ·
Pro tip btw, don't worry about how far you can run. Worry about how strong your legs are and how good their endurance is, I'd do a lot of shuttle runs up hill to help with that. I haven't ran over 4 miles before until I did this, but the thing that killed me was the cramp in my legs with 3 miles left. The amount of mud that your legs have to pull through is unreal so it's all about muscle endurance not cardio.
 
#13 ·
Thanks for that Ben. :thumbs:
I'm doing a mix of road / hill running and gym / circuit training, plus 5-aside football and squash games every week so a bit of everything really!
 
#16 ·
Good video, I watched both parts, give a good idea of what I'm in for! :eek:

Like the back flip jump and the way he did the monkey bars. :thumbs:
 
#19 ·
Ah well I forgot my gloves! But I don't think they would have been needed in anycase. As for my shoes I bought these:

New Balance Men's Mt573bo Trainer: Amazon.co.uk: Shoes & Accessories

Just normal trail shoes, and yes you saw me lose my shoe in the video (and throw my sock away, I did the last 5 miles with no socks on), I lost them and found them 4 times on the "mud mile" which that clip was from. Tie your laces tight!
 
#21 ·
I actually got the exact same ones for trail/hill running earlier in the year, but not using them for tough mudder, using an old scruffy pair of gym/running shoes that I'm happy to chuck after it, with an old pair of swimming shorts (already mud stained from turkish mud baths). :)

Got some rugby gloves to try, If no good I'll chuck them, only cost about £5.

Yeah I'm doing the Men's Health one :)
Operation/Dr, hope your trainings going well.
Hope to see you at the Mens Health event in October. :thumbs:
 
#22 ·
This Saturday folks, sponsorship total doing well so far....but still about 40% off my target.
Between us we are raising money for 6 or 7 different worthy charites! :)

Really looking forward to it, lengthy participant (death) waiver to be signed, early start time and all.

I should have been at T in the Park for some practice at getting through deep mud.......
 
#24 ·
Challenge completed. :thumbs:

The Ice and water obstacles were the worst for me, but I got through them all!

Was a well organised event, I would certainly do it again. :)
 
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