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Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tim Watts on Jun 02, 2013, 07:14 PM
I'm entering the 2013 Northwest event on Sat 5th October.

Any UCET peeps fancy doing it? We can register a team.

Tim

http://toughmudder.co.uk/events/north-west-2013/
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Danny Sutton on Jun 02, 2013, 07:44 PM
I had every intention to enter, but i just cant run, i get serious shin splints and knee pain after only a mile now, the more i tried to run, the quicker the pain starts
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Martin Poole on Jun 02, 2013, 08:21 PM
yes I will as long as Dylan does and he carries me.
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Dylan Roberts on Jun 02, 2013, 08:49 PM
I will do it if I'm fit enough at the time.
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: mike leahy on Jun 02, 2013, 09:06 PM
[quote="timwatts" post=18075]I'm entering the 2013 Northwest event on Sat 5th October.

Any UCET peeps fancy doing it? We can register a team.

Tim

http://toughmudder.co.uk/events/north-west-2013/[/quote]thats got my name all over it. your right tim we should have a caving team
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tim Watts on Jun 02, 2013, 09:20 PM
righto - signing and creating a team right now - gonna be epic
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tim Watts on Jun 02, 2013, 09:48 PM
right sorted - ucet team is here:

https://www.raceit.com/register/groups/join.aspx?event=18614&id=11001656&group=404617

get signed in and registered right now by following above link

team name is ucet and the password is underground

Dan - you can come and take photos :-)
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tony Salusbury on Jun 02, 2013, 09:59 PM
I'm tempted as long as someone in the team knows CPR.
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Dylan Roberts on Jun 02, 2013, 10:01 PM
It's not as hard as it looks. I did last years and the only thing I found difficult was dealing with the cold.
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tim Watts on Jun 02, 2013, 10:14 PM
get signed up everyone it'll be a crackin day. Real men don't get stuck OR feel the cold Dylan. :-P xx
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Danny Sutton on Jun 02, 2013, 11:22 PM
[quote="timwatts" post=18084]Dan - you can come and take photos :-)[/quote]

i would actually be tempted to do that. i'm really disapointed i cant take part, but i tried everything, decent shoes, running on grass, anti inflammatorys, just got worse and worse
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Ali Wiseman on Jun 03, 2013, 12:28 AM
I'm tempted, though it will likely half-kill me, but I have no idea about costs. I get the impression it's not cheap.
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Martin Poole on Jun 03, 2013, 12:43 AM
about £100   :ohmy:
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Danny Sutton on Jun 03, 2013, 12:45 AM
[quote="NewStuff" post=18091]I'm tempted, though it will likely half-kill me, but I have no idea about costs. I get the impression it's not cheap.[/quote]

£75

but theres a £10 discount code floating about on facebook.

but the money does go to i think "help the heros"
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tim Watts on Jun 13, 2013, 07:52 PM
plus there an additional registration fee and then a insurance charge on top - works out abiout a ton.

I've paid up - what about the rest of you? come on - if i can do it anyone can.

My drummers doing it too.
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Ali Wiseman on Jun 13, 2013, 11:38 PM
Maybe next year. Fitness aside, I'm getting myself back on the road, and can't afford it. No Jag's either... crappy little 1.0 Suzuki.
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tim Watts on Jun 14, 2013, 11:21 AM
incidently, i fopr some reason put the topic as 2014 event - of course, i meant 2013 event! i am stoopid!
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Dylan Roberts on Jun 14, 2013, 11:58 AM
I'll be doing it Tim but not going to sign up until closer to the date.
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tony Salusbury on Jul 22, 2013, 09:26 PM
Ok, I'm all registered and paid up. Come on the rest of ya.
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tim Watts on Jul 22, 2013, 10:53 PM
right - think its....

Tim
Tony
Dylan
Mike

Mike, you still up for it? want me to sort your entry for you?
Do we want to camp over afterwards? Theres an after party, bbq, beers and live music....? Its £12 per person per night for camping.

Hurry up and confirm coz price goes up an extra £5 in a few days time!
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tim Watts on Jul 22, 2013, 11:07 PM
[quote="Dylan" post=18215]I'll be doing it Tim but not going to sign up until closer to the date.[/quote]

you gonna get the missus to drag you round the course again??
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tim Watts on Aug 12, 2013, 06:46 PM
Mr Chairman - u want me to sort out your entry or what?
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Dylan Roberts on Aug 12, 2013, 06:53 PM
Is it ok if I invite a couple of friends from work as they're interested in doing it again?
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tim Watts on Aug 12, 2013, 08:12 PM
course it is fella. UCET team name :-)

Remember - camping over afterwards for the afterparty too :-)
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Dylan Roberts on Aug 30, 2013, 06:39 PM
Right I've just signed up. Now to put some effort into getting fit.
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Vikki Sestan on Sep 02, 2013, 07:43 PM
I'm out this year, chose a sunny holiday over dredging through mud with you lot, sorry.

Tim - if Sarah's next year then I will do it too
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tim Watts on Sep 03, 2013, 07:49 PM
Vic - boo! you're flippin' useless! :-P
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tony Salusbury on Sep 03, 2013, 08:21 PM
I think Vikki should go round twice next year then. ;)
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tim Watts on Sep 25, 2013, 07:16 PM
For those of you in the UCET Tough Mudder Team with me a week on Saturday.

Our start time has been confirmed as  10:15am. Its £10 parking per car (so i'll take as many as possible in landy from North Wales to save cash)

I was re-reading the details, my assumption that the 'after-party' was an all nighter might not actually be the case - it kinda looks like it will all be over by 5:30pm so maybe we'd be better off just heading home later in the afternoon after we've had a few pints rather than camping?
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: mike leahy on Sep 25, 2013, 08:12 PM
my woman will probably come as a spectator
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tim Watts on Sep 26, 2013, 07:00 AM
Right, heres a bit of a plan then. I'll be leaving my place (CH7 5EL) at 08:00 (Tony can you pick up Mike and get to my place for then?), at 8:30 we'll stop at the Twirl of Hay pub near chester CH3 5QJ) to pick up Simon Williams + co.) Dylan what do you lot want to do? (landy seats 9 in total so theres three seats free by my reckoning.
2 minutes ago · Like

Who wants a bright yellow UCET team tough mudder t-shirt for the event - with you name across the back. Can you let me know asap? - think it'll be about £15 a piece to get printed.
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And finally - its £3 to bag drop near the start - and don't forget to bring waiver sheet signed and passport or drivers license coz they need official photo ID.
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tim Watts on Sep 26, 2013, 07:02 AM
Mike, sarahs coming over with the kids too in seperate car so if you wanna bring chris to ours with you in the morning we can all go in the landy and chris can go with sarah slightly later (but still in time for our start) if she likes?
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: sean taylor on Sep 26, 2013, 07:20 PM
for those of you doing tough mudder they have now released a map of the course in case youve not seen it.

http://toughmudder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/uk/2013/09/TM-North-West-Spectator-Map.pdf
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tim Watts on Sep 26, 2013, 07:45 PM
cheers sean - yer i have been studying it - piece of piss compared to 19 hours in OHA last week
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: sean taylor on Sep 26, 2013, 08:00 PM
Yeah I've been having a good look at it , I just wanted to know where that artic enema was and the electric bits, I think they are going to provide the biggest comedy moments.
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Dylan Roberts on Sep 26, 2013, 08:10 PM
The last obstacle electroshock therapy is the funniest. It dropped me like a sack of spuds twice last year.
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: sean taylor on Sep 26, 2013, 08:25 PM
[quote="Dylan" post=20118]The last obstacle electroshock therapy is the funniest. It dropped me like a sack of spuds twice last year.[/quote]

I've seen plenty videos on YouTube it looks amazingly funny, it looks like they are being hit with a police tazer. Does it only drop you if it hits your legs or just any sort of body contact?
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Dylan Roberts on Sep 26, 2013, 08:50 PM
Any part of your body. The voltage changes on all the wires constantly so you don't know which ones will shock you. I got hit by a powerful one and I just went limp and dropped.
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Dylan Roberts on Oct 04, 2013, 07:43 PM
Plans for tomorrow?

I'll meet everyone there. What are people doing after?
Title: Tough Mudder 2013 (Northwest)
Post by: Tim Watts on Oct 04, 2013, 11:56 PM
u not get my email (s)?
thought u were coming here with your mates for 8 - but thats fine - can meet there. don't forget photo id!