Tiggs

anyone ever done it?

all the talk on exercise machines got me thinking about it- i did it about 9 years ago? maybe 8?

it was deemed the hardest ever year due to the snow....anyway- the guys i did it with i havent seen in years so wondered if the worlds small enough that someone here was there!

it was up north somewhere....anyway, doesnt matter- if you know it you'll know it!

T

ScoobyDoo555

Haven't done it, but I've had dealings with the chap who owns it. Without going into any libelous comments, personally speaking, I wouldn't touch him with a 10ft barge pole


The actual race is very challenging though, and IIRC, you run it for charity.

Dan

Tiggs

lol- never meet him...just ran through his muddy fields!

stevev_ukturbo

I done it in '99 and its bloody hard but very very good fun.

I ended up doing it in 2 hours and 45 mins, and then slept the entire of the next day.

tough guy

its and excellent event and i raised about £400 for charity.

I remember sitting there before the event started watching a load of officials going past with 12 pound sledges and asking one of the other competitors what they were doing, response was " oh, the stream is still frozen over so they are going to break it up a bit so we can run through! "

that and watching a dumb bunny RAF reg guy gettin blown out of the water filled crawl field by grapping hold of the electric wires above him with the infamous line of " it cant be THAT bad! " I LMFAO.

the Nettle Warrior event it worse, ended up with rashes all over the place.

Steve

grovesy

"Though Guy cross country"

Though guys don't run, its the weak and boney chaps that do the running

V5

I did it in 2001 when the water features were inches thick with ice - it was fecking brilliant I've since gone back to my fat boy ways but will do it again at some point. Next year? Hopefully.

If you are considering it - do it! And cross your fingers hoping for a cold one, it's better that way!!

ChrisB

PMSL @ http://www.toughguy.co.uk/photos/04-START.jpg

Serious types with thermal base layers and bum bags, then some loon half naked looking like a Gladiator

Tiggs

i did it ealry '90's.

it snowed like mad so when we set off in 6 inches of snow we all started lobbing snowballs at each other and stuffing it down each others necks.....seem like a good idea at the time! not so clever 30 mins later when frost bite was setting in

i always remember finishing and trying to open a bottle of lucozade- my fingers where so cold it took me about 1hr to do it!

T

stevev_ukturbo

lol at tiggs, I remember a similar incident but ended up stabbing it with a pen knife.

god knows how I managed to get home as I couldnt feel my feet or hands!

steve