Are Burpees Moving From Spartan to Tough Mudder?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ส.ค. 2024
- Joe De Sena and Ryan Atkins weigh in on “No More Burpees” and the new 3k race format for 2023.
Will Tough Mudder have Burpees next year? (Maybe.) Will World's Toughest Mudder have Burpees this year? (Probably.)
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I do like the 3k, makes for great spectating. And having 3 spear throws per race will make for quite an ‘excitement’!
Don’t move things from one platform to the other, accentuate what makes them DIFFERENT instead!
Maybe do the burpees on ‘some obstacles’ where the penalty can be enforced like the spear throw….but do penalty runs in the other obstacles.
I'm a 54-year-old woman who is completely obsessed with Spartan Race. I've only raced in the Open class, so far, but would like to run age group some day. I'm not great on obstacles, but keep trying and improving. (I broke my elbow really badly a year and a half ago, and my first question to the surgeon was, 'Will I be able to do monkey bars?' He thought I was crazy, but one year to the day of my accident, I made it across!) Personally, I really love having a mix of burpees and penalty loops. I also like the idea of dropping the burpees to 15, but taking away team sharing of burpees. The 30 burpees are one of the things that makes me nervous about moving up to age group. I realize the changes you're talking about with the 3k are mainly for Elites and age group, and I think a new format is always fun and exciting for racers although the loop idea doesn't interest me. My biggest fear is that that the Pros and Elites will all move to the shorter format and skip the longer races. As an open racer, The fact that I'm on the SAME course the Elites are running is so inspiring. They're our heroes!
I hate that TOUGH MUDDDER does not time the participants. It is LESS competitive, I don’t think adding BURPEES would matter!
Personally, I'm pro making it tougher, not easier. If you get rid of burpees, then make beast obstacles tougher than they are now.
If I want easy, I can go for a relaxing run on the beach. 👊
Burpees should stay in SPARTAN…this is what makes it HARD like Joe Sena said. Tough Mudder is not even ‘competitive’. It is more of a FUN run.
Also, the 3k loop takes away some of the mystique of different venues. Some day I hope to run the Vermont race and Big Bear. For so many races, the terrain/difficulty level of the venue is what makes the race. I got my butt handed to me in the Utah race, and I can't wait to get back on that mountain!