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Are you hard enough to go commando? Tough Mudder hits Australian shores
It's not an escape route from a maximum security prison - this is what some people consider a fun day out with friends.
Tough Mudder, a gruelling combination of endurance running and military-style obstacles, is the latest form of extreme racing to hit Australian shores.
Thousands of people have already signed up for events in Victoria in late March and Sydney in September.
US-based organiser Alexander Patterson said the idea was to offer people looking for a challenge an alternative to marathons and triathlon events.
"We're trying to mix it up a bit with dirty, military-style obstacles that have you crawling under barbed wire, over 10-foot walls, into pools of iced water and through electric wires," he said.
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Paying entry fees of $90 to $150 to get zapped by high-voltage wires while covered head-to-foot in mud is not everyone's idea of fun.
But Mr Patterson said many people - office workers especially - wanted physical challenges that everyday life doesn't provide.
"People aren't necessarily paying money to get electrocuted - they're paying the money for the experience and the build-up and the anticipation of thinking about this crazy thing they're going to do," he said.
About 75 per cent of competitors are male and most are aged between 20 and 40. But women have proved as successful as men and people aged over 80 have completed the course.
"People seem to have a switch in their head with something like this," Mr Patterson said.
"They hear about it and that switch either flips and says 'yes', or it flips and says 'hell no'."
Are you hard enough to go commando? Tough Mudder hits Australian shores
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Tough Mudder...the Radioactive Jacuzzi. The entire event requires participants to complete a gruelling 20km course, comprising running and a series of military-style obstacles. They include rope climbs, overhead traverses and a run through an electrified field of wires up to 10,000V. Show More Source: The Daily Telegraph
Tough Mudder...the Radioactive Jacuzzi. The entire event requires participants to complete a gruelling 20km course, comprising running and a series of military-style obstacles. They include rope climbs, overhead traverses and a run through an electrified field of wires up to 10,000V. Show More Source: The Daily Telegraph
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It's not an escape route from a maximum security prison - this is what some people consider a fun day out with friends.
Tough Mudder, a gruelling combination of endurance running and military-style obstacles, is the latest form of extreme racing to hit Australian shores.
Thousands of people have already signed up for events in Victoria in late March and Sydney in September.
US-based organiser Alexander Patterson said the idea was to offer people looking for a challenge an alternative to marathons and triathlon events.
"We're trying to mix it up a bit with dirty, military-style obstacles that have you crawling under barbed wire, over 10-foot walls, into pools of iced water and through electric wires," he said.
Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar.
Recommended Coverage
Tough Mudder Event
End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar.
Paying entry fees of $90 to $150 to get zapped by high-voltage wires while covered head-to-foot in mud is not everyone's idea of fun.
But Mr Patterson said many people - office workers especially - wanted physical challenges that everyday life doesn't provide.
"People aren't necessarily paying money to get electrocuted - they're paying the money for the experience and the build-up and the anticipation of thinking about this crazy thing they're going to do," he said.
About 75 per cent of competitors are male and most are aged between 20 and 40. But women have proved as successful as men and people aged over 80 have completed the course.
"People seem to have a switch in their head with something like this," Mr Patterson said.
"They hear about it and that switch either flips and says 'yes', or it flips and says 'hell no'."
