{"id":234,"date":"2010-08-05T22:30:58","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T02:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hnetalk.com\/?p=234"},"modified":"2010-08-05T22:30:58","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T02:30:58","slug":"what-did-i-get-myself-into","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/2010\/08\/05\/what-did-i-get-myself-into\/","title":{"rendered":"What did I get myself into?"},"content":{"rendered":"

About two years ago while on a flight home from vacation, I picked up the airlines in-flight magazine and started reading about the famous Tough Guy Obstacle Course<\/a>. Twice a year on a farm in England hundreds of potential Tough Guys run through an obstacle course that I would describe as sheer torture.<\/p>\n

“Tough Guy is the nightmare of being chased by a herd of stallions. Your only escape route is a mighty and revered obstacle course.” – Tough Guy web site<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I was enthralled with the idea but put it in the back of my mind under the category “I would love to try that but…” fill in with any of a number of excuses. I didn’t think of it again until just recently when a friend posted a link to a local obstacle course called the Rugged Maniac 5K<\/a>. I read about it and absolutely had to sign up. So I did!<\/p>\n

What was I thinking?<\/em>
\nI don’t consider myself out of shape but I have never done anything like this before. My exercise routine each week consists of two nights of Kung Fu class with the other nights involving a variety of light stretching and some form of calisthenics. Climbing walls and crawling through mud are not home gym type equipment.<\/p>\n

So now that I’m signed up for this how do I train for it?<\/em>
\nI’ve come up with a simple plan that I think both will be exciting for me and honor the variety of challenges I expect to encounter on the obstacle course. I’m going to try a little of everything.<\/p>\n