Tough Mudder Shoes and Clothes Tips
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Hey there you Tough Mudder. What shoes and clothes should you wear for the race? I'll go through each item so you don't the same mistakes as me!
1. Don't wear any jewelry. I can't stress this point enough. I lost my wedding ring in the mud somewhere, so make sure you take off your rings, earrings, and what ever other piercings or bracelets you have on.
2. For shoes, I recommend Minimalist Running Shoes. What are these? They are lighter than traditional running shoes. If you can't do the light running shoe option, wear old running shoes, because they are going to get super muddy and dirty. I wore Vibram Five Fingers, but mud got stuck in the toe sections and was hard to get out.
3. Clothing - Wear the least amount of clothes that you are comfortable with. The best combo would be lightweight shorts and a light shirt, preferrably "Dry Fit" material. Cotton clothes will absorb way too much mud and water. A lot of guys went without shirts, which is a good idea, but crawling on your belly in the Electric Eel in mud can feel a bit rough at times.
4. You can wear gloves if you want, but I recommend against it. I was worried, I wouldn't have a good grip with my bare hands, but it was fine without gloves, even on the Funky Monkey, which are monkey bars. Nothing is going to be too tough on your hands, and the gloves might be more slippery than without.
I hope these tips help you get through the Tough Mudder.
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Great Tip on the Shoes. My Husband wore Merrell Trail Glove shoes for his toughmudder and he was very happy with them. He also wore low cut injinji toe socks to keep the toe on toe friction down.
Thanks for the tips! I'm about to run a Spartan Sprint and these reminders are handy.
I wore Vibram Treksport shoes. This year I will be wearing Vibram Bikila EVO WP with Vibram toe socks. By the end of the course last year, my partners feet hurt him SOOO bad! My feet were perfectly fine. I just ran Spartan Sprint yesterday in AZ with my trusty Vibram Treksport shoes. My feet were the only ones not hurting out of every one in my group. ;)
I wore a fairly new pair of NB Minimus zero (>100 miles)for my first TM I will be wearing the same pair of shoes for my second TM next week. The upper has a few holes in it but the soles are still in great condition.
Straight and to the point! Thank you so much!!
This past weekend, we competed in the Baytown Texas Tough Mudder. I agree with most of your advice, except for the no socks--the amount of mud, rocks and grassy crap that gets in your shoes will rub your feet and toes raw if you don't wear socks. Every thing you wear WILL get TRASHED, so wear old shoes. And I wore bike shorts..and didn't get muddy like you described..if they're tight, they won't. Barefeet on Everest helps IMMENSELY.
Great video. I'm a 3 time mudder, (4 times after tomorrow) and I've seen all sorts of combinations that work. I prefer the minimalist view recommended in the video. I wore toe shoes the first and third time, and am tomorrow as well. Yes, mud gets in, but taking your shoes off near water can get rid of the caked mud. I didn't wear gloves, but if grip strength is a problem, you might want to. If I was to wear a little more, it would be a quick-dry long-sleeve shirt to protect the arms from the inevitable scrapes. Compression socks might be a good option, but don't fit well with my toe shoe plans.
Yes. We were in the TM event on Sunday Oct 6 in Baytown Texas, and while we ditched our socks by the 10th mile, the rocks and grass and stuff will get in your shoes and rub your toes raw. I can't imagine no socks throughout the whole thing. My feet would have ended up bloody if I had.
I wore poly/spandex compression blends. Full length compression pants, long-sleeve compression shirt, and shorts and short sleeve shirt over compression clothing. In retrospect, I would have ditched the shirt sleeve shirt and shorts. Even thought hey were polyester blend, they still felt heavy. I was in Tahoe, and it was cold all day! I would have taken a backpack with a sweat shirt and some warm gloves to warm up after each water obstacle.
yes! Injini toe socks are the bomb, No chafing
at all, done 3 mudders and 3 spartans in them. Did the beast on the weekend and feet were great. Just as important as the shoe IMHO
Very helpful!! As I only have running shoes and hiking shoes
Try to get a course map. You'll be able to cheer him on at some of the obstacles. They group a lot of them near the finish, so you'll see them start, maybe once or twice in the middle, and then quite a few at the end.
Without a doubt, the best shoes for this event are the Salomon Speedcross 3. Amelia Boone wears them and if they are good enough for her then they are definitely good enough for me. Super grip, very light, good drainage. I put them in the washer after the TM Whistler
Your vids are very well done, good and concise info. I have done 2 TM's so far, 3rd next week, and I will agree with the post before mine by Gene, Inov-8 Mudclaws are designed for exactly this type of event. You can walk up mud slopes that everyone else has to make human pyramids to get up.
I wore a polyester blend, and that seemed to work okay. My shoes, however, did feel a bit heavy.
Nice tips!
How does bystand(ing) work? Do you follow each group around the obstacle course or do you cheer for the beginning and wait for them to return? My friend is doing it on Saturday and I want to go route him on!
Depends on the color. Black is best--the mud is oily and will stain lighter colors. I wore an orange jog bra...will see if the mud washes out. It may only be a bra, but I don't want it if it's stained and yucky, you know? My socks I threw away, same for my bike shorts...they were old and I planned on doing that anyway. Same for the shoes.
Great tips! Short and to the point. Lol at the creepy dancing guy
QUESTION! I'm running this tomorrow, would water shoes be a good choice??