Grabber Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 I have set up a Team to do the Portland Oregon Tough Mudder Event on Sunday June 16th at 9am. The name of the team is: PUT UP OR SHUT UP. Hope some of you can join us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfarmdog Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 I have set up a Team to do the Portland Oregon Tough Mudder Event on Sunday June 16th at 9am. The name of the team is: PUT UP OR SHUT UP. Hope some of you can join us. Grabber you are too much of a man for me. Let me know how it goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted March 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Grabber you are too much of a man for me. Let me know how it goes! come on John. Check out the e-cards. We are not getting any younger my friend. http://toughmudder.com/tough-cards/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted March 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 ....and the money for this goes to the Wounded Warrior fundraiser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanabanana Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 I gotta see this. And yes I will be taking pic's Congratulations you have successfully registered for Tough Mudder Spectators 2013. VRCO8B6E0010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted March 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 My girl Tana just decided to do the event with me instead of being a spectator. This is going to be great ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted March 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 I upped my training. Yesterday I did a personal best. http://runkeeper.com/activity?userId=16905792&trip=155720143 Today I beat yesterdays personal best: http://runkeeper.com/activity?userId=16905792&trip=156029453 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmor Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 Let us know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted March 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 Let us know how it goes. Tana & I have 3 more months of training to do. We are going to work on some upper body muscle strength training. There are lots of obstacle courses that require upper body strength. Every 1/2 mile we will participate in a British Military obstacle course. There are 25 of these. The official Florida video just came out that show some of this stuff pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikko747 Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Hi Grabber, I did the Tough Mudder Squaw Valley race in Northern California. It was 13 miles going straight to the top on the Squaw ski slops. With no offense to the runners of the events... it is so much hype. You end up doing a lot of waiting at obstacles because of all the participants so there is a lot of down time. I do triathlons so I'm not use to having time to recover. Some obstacles are fun for shock value and some are plain silly. Just to get the full experience, I actually grabbed the "electric shock therapy" wires...I sure got it after that ; ) They are no doubt a lot of fun when you have a good group of people with you but don't worry about training too much for it. I arrived expecting a battle and shortly realized I definitely overtrained for it. If you have any questions please let me know. Bottom line...it will be fun and that's what it's all about! Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hi Grabber, I did the Tough Mudder Squaw Valley race in Northern California. It was 13 miles going straight to the top on the Squaw ski slops. With no offense to the runners of the events... it is so much hype. You end up doing a lot of waiting at obstacles because of all the participants so there is a lot of down time. I do triathlons so I'm not use to having time to recover. Some obstacles are fun for shock value and some are plain silly. Just to get the full experience, I actually grabbed the "electric shock therapy" wires...I sure got it after that ; ) They are no doubt a lot of fun when you have a good group of people with you but don't worry about training too much for it. I arrived expecting a battle and shortly realized I definitely overtrained for it. If you have any questions please let me know. Bottom line...it will be fun and that's what it's all about! Good luck! Having fun is what it is all about...for sure. B) We have a few people in our group of 14 that will need the down time and a little help. I think it will be a good Team building experience for me and my co workers. Some of my co workers are bringing friends and their wife's to do the event too. As you know my wife and I are over 50 and this event is on our bucket list. Today I ran 12 miles in 2 hours and 11 minutes. Just under 11 minute miles. After doing 10.25 miles last week end and now 12 miles, my next step will be to do 1/2 marathon. A half marathon is 13.1 miles. Time to invest in some new running shorts to prevent the inside of my legs from chafing. I have a blister on the inside of each leg from these distance runs. The rest of my body is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfarmdog Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Rob you are kicking butt on the training. I look for your updates daily while I am drinking a beer! LOL Seriously though I admire you for your effort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Rob you are kicking butt on the training. I look for your updates daily while I am drinking a beer! LOL Seriously though I admire you for your effort! Thanx John. I must say I am enjoying feeling in the best shape of my life and looking forward to stepping it up another notch....slowly. I am working weights back into my routine. Also making sure I eat and drink protein bars and drinks. Tough Mudder is going to be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quadshot Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 Rob, Will you be doing a meet & greet this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfarmdog Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Rob now that I am back from vacation I am setting up my membership at 24 HR FItness. And the answer is still NO on the tough mudder event. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted April 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Rob now that I am back from vacation I am setting up my membership at 24 HR FItness. And the answer is still NO on the tough mudder event. LOL Don't be a puss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted April 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Rob, Will you be doing a meet & greet this year? YES. A Thread will be up soon with all the details. Aug. 10th is the date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted June 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 It is almost showtime. I am still getting prepared for the Arctic Enema Here is the course map: http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001mjj_6hnpV5eQdsCJFOhqCDGZ4UAl9efumVzWN6HFzz38uLpkF1JptOR3bI6b9NDKeKoLucvDEVt98t9PwXXI0sTpmXNPG-doh91OyN9Z6FF2Da6R89F6XpPQC3LDFdWArY5o5TJqu5DWdP2BF6qfRwxrIPicdSRWywK-s0vAjXQHoPRLHHfdDG9lgykxhqpQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted June 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 The event that Tana & I completed Sunday....made the news. Click on the link for a short 30 second news clip.http://www.kptv.com/search?vendor=ez&qu=Tough+Mudder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Patten Posted June 20, 2013 Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 Rob / Tana - Congrats on completing the course ! P.S. - Rob , did you remember to take your shoes off before going back into the car . Hope you can get cleaned up before August Don't forget to get all the cracks and crevasses clean - who knows where all that mud went ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted June 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 These photos were prior to the race After doing Tough Mudder, they had a clean up area where we could hose off and change into some clean cloths for the drive home. Here is a pic of the 2 of us after we hosed off and put on our finishers shirts and head bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Here is a link to some pic's of Tana after she climbed out of the ice water filled dumpster called arctic enema. also pic's of her running thru the electric shock therapy. the strings are electrified. http://www.marathonfoto.com/Other/Tough-Mudder-Oregon-Day-2-2013/LastName/AICHELE/BibNumber/97646/offering/myMarathonfotos/RaceOID/27302013S2/Language/en?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=0%20G%20Proofs%20Online%20TM%202PM%20%284%29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 And pic's of me running thru the electric wires and what I looked like after I fell into the mud. The electrical shocked dropped me. Head plant. http://www.marathonfoto.com/Other/Tough-Mudder-Oregon-Day-2-2013/LastName/AICHELE/BibNumber/97645/offering/myMarathonfotos/RaceOID/27302013S2/Language/en?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=0%20G%20Proofs%20Online%20TM%202PM%20%284%29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARALD KELLEY Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Cannot open the linky. maybe its just me. Anyway, seems like fun for a good cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted June 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 The official Oregon video of the event we finished is now out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted July 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 Yesterday our Finisher Plaque arrived. It has a photo of my lovely wife Tana and I after we just completed the mud mile obstical course. This photo is now on my home office wall above my desk. These 2 "over 50" youngsters are pretty proud of that plaque. This classic photo of Tana & I in 1977 hangs right above it. Another favorite of mine. She was 15 and I was 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted November 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 Tana & just signed up for the 2014 Portland Oregon Tough Mudder event. Now we need Farmdog to join up ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfarmdog Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Rob when is the event again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted November 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Rob when is the event again? Tough Mudder Portland - Saturday, August 9, 2014 Here is the link to sign up: http://toughmudder.com/events/portland-2014/?spMailingID=7303342&spUserID=NzAzMjE1MDQwNTgS1&spJobID=96141886&spReportId=OTYxNDE4ODYS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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