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Jamie

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Re: SPARTAN RACE Season 2013 - my Spartan prep workout (opinions welcome)
« Reply #15 on: April 11, 2013, 11:12:53 PM »
zero failure is probably the best thing to aim for, although I will be sure to incorporate burpees in my training... you know, just incase  :P
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Re: SPARTAN RACE Season 2013 - my Spartan prep workout (opinions welcome)
« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2013, 11:29:06 PM »
zero failure is probably the best thing to aim for, although I will be sure to incorporate burpees in my training... you know, just incase  :P
Ha! A very good idea. :)

I know for me I am cruising along w my regular workouts and a couple of extras. Next month, with 1 month to go before the first race, I will put the pedal to the metal and will probably train 6 days/week.

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Re: SPARTAN RACE Season 2013 - my Spartan prep workout (opinions welcome)
« Reply #17 on: April 11, 2013, 11:30:02 PM »

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Re: SPARTAN RACE Season 2013 - my Spartan prep workout (opinions welcome)
« Reply #18 on: April 11, 2013, 11:52:15 PM »

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What is your training regime? 40 sets of 10 drags a day?  :D
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Less than a week til the first Spartan Race of the season! :)

The forecast as of today is calling for 84F and 20% chance of rain; in NY terms that means, HOT & MUGGY! Can't wait!!

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Re: SPARTAN RACE Season 2013 - my Spartan prep workout (opinions welcome)
« Reply #20 on: June 03, 2013, 01:21:16 AM »
First race of the season is behind me! Very hot day. Aside from a tweaked Meniscus, a pretty nasty brush burn on my left forearm, and a partially smashed finger, I did alright. I failed one obstacle due to my knee giving out, and realised it would be better to just do burpees than risk (more) serious injury.

Ran it with a friend from my gwoon. My 9 year old ran in the Jr Varsity race.


















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Re: SPARTAN RACE Season 2013 - my Spartan prep workout (opinions welcome)
« Reply #21 on: June 03, 2013, 01:46:29 AM »
Gosh, it likes like Hell on Earth!  But well done!  :D
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Re: SPARTAN RACE Season 2013 - my Spartan prep workout (opinions welcome)
« Reply #22 on: June 03, 2013, 02:24:34 AM »
Gosh, it likes like Hell on Earth!  But well done!  :D
HA! It is, but as Churchill said, when you find yourself going through hell ... keep going!

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Re: SPARTAN RACE Season 2013 - my Spartan prep workout (opinions welcome)
« Reply #23 on: June 06, 2013, 01:13:55 AM »
Whoa I've not been on here in a looooong time,

Nice going

The stair running seems like a good idea,
I done the survival of the fittest race last year (similar to Spartan but 10k) in Edinburgh
(without training - bad idea) hills were killer felt my shins for the rest of the week.

Reminds me I'm signed up for Tough Mudder in August, need to start training properly this time
12 miles of hell - not particularly looking forward to the ice bath or the electric shocks.
Don't have a problem with obstacles they're the fun bit, but hate distance running.

If you're scr@ping your arms when crawling I seen a guy wearing long sweat bands at the last one
might help, might be a hinderance since your weather looks so good.

Good luck with the rest of the races!
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Re: SPARTAN RACE Season 2013 - my Spartan prep workout (opinions welcome)
« Reply #24 on: September 14, 2013, 01:41:08 PM »
Morgancrow, did you do the Spartan yet?

How was the TM, Deadstar?

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Re: SPARTAN RACE Season 2013 - my Spartan prep workout (opinions welcome)
« Reply #25 on: September 15, 2013, 02:31:35 AM »
TM was great, had an awesome time.

Nothing prepares you for the ice bath though, doesn't actually seem as cold as you would think but your whole body just goes into shock then you need to put your head under the plank to get out to the other side.
Electric shocks aren't that bad but where they hit is worst bit, I got a couple in the chest but a friend of mine got one right beside his eye and another guy got hit in the unmentionables and faceplanted into the mud.
Funniest bit was seeing Maggie (a tiny really thin 5ft girl) lift and carry Jon who is about 6'5" and over 15stone about 100 metres at the wounded warrior obstacle.

Lots of water stops along the way which was great unlike the 10k I went to last year there was only one.

Really glad I trained for it at a much faster pace than the actual race was, made the run part feel relatively easy.
Had to wait for some team mates to catch up so that gave me some rest time too. :P

Since you shared yours - these were a couple of my training workouts in the weeks before the race, not for the faint of heart but if you're up for a challenge give it a try:

A:
       20 pullups/chinups (strict)
       Run 500m
       20 dips (full body weight - break parallel)
       Run 500m

Repeat for 10 rounds

B:

Run 1 mile

Then
200 Pullups
200 Dips
300 Bodyweight squats (Full depth - Butt should touch Heel)

        Attempt set parameters of 20 reps per set (30 for squats) but divide bodyweight exercises into as many sets as it takes after form begins to suffer

Then
       Run 1 mile

Minimal rest and attempt for time.



Have Fun - please do not attempt this if not at a relatively high fitness level, it is extremely difficult
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Re: SPARTAN RACE Season 2013 - my Spartan prep workout (opinions welcome)
« Reply #26 on: September 15, 2013, 01:08:38 PM »
Sounds like fun! Super Spartan just passed, but I had to bow out for the Sept race as I have testing for hung ga this month and a) need to focus on that, b) cannot risk serious injury. (If I miss this test, it will be months before I get another shot)

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Re: SPARTAN RACE Season 2013 - my Spartan prep workout (opinions welcome)
« Reply #27 on: September 16, 2013, 05:15:32 PM »
Morgancrow, did you do the Spartan yet?

I did indeed. I did mine on the 8th. Apart from jarring my knee and having to wait nearly 10 mins for the final obstacle, it was excellent.
I had two failures and finished it it 1 hour and 4 mins. I didn't think it was too bad considering I didn't train as much as I should have done. I will post some pics soon  :D
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Re: SPARTAN RACE Season 2013 - my Spartan prep workout (opinions welcome)
« Reply #28 on: September 17, 2013, 11:55:04 PM »
That's crazy good time, congrats!

What was the terrain like?

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Re: SPARTAN RACE Season 2013 - my Spartan prep workout (opinions welcome)
« Reply #29 on: September 18, 2013, 01:32:36 AM »
First Kilometre or so was running up and down a steep, muddy hill. The rest was mainly flat but still very slippery. It was on an army tank track so there were some steep hills every now and then. Carrying the sand bag up and down hills and crawling with it through the water crawls was probably the worst thing.







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