Discussion: Good Luck

At the WTM

Have a good one! Stay warm.

Good Luck
Whats The Matter ?
Can we follow you?

good luck - have a great one, anvil!!
Warm The Mud?

what the muck?!

Thanks all, only goal is to last 24 hours, remain injury free and enjoy the atmosphere & totally different terrain.
You should be able to follow online here:
https://toughmudder.com/events/worlds-toughest-mud...

Race starts at 2pm PST. Mileage goals are unwise since you never really know what you'll get with the course or conditions, see what happened last year:
https://youtu.be/Knn5YinAD9A?t=6m31s

Results should start updating here once thw race starts at 5.http://edge.raceresults360.com/rr360/race/gIiuN5?f...
My number is 1953. First hour is obstacle free to spread the field out so early laps will be fast. I'll be starting slow do expect me far back early on. Course looks super fun with big cliff jumps, trampolines, zip lines and real life version of that board game operation

I never understand what the workouts mean, especially with all the "helens" & other names thrown in. :-) But I am really glad that there is someone on AP that posts about it. Always fun to read. Good luck!

Operation!
I remember that one.

Real life version of the game operation... ummm wouldn't that be actually performing an operation?
Good luck!

Have a good one! I am glad that it is you and not me.

Good start, Patrick.

Best of luck!!

Moving up the list

Rankings for the first 4 laps - just under 6 hours:
473
337
242
213

Smart racing, as we would expect.

Also, the only Canadian team is crushing the team division so far - Sinergysports.com from Caledon (yay!) Yes, that is Ryan Atkins leading a team of four guys. They've done 6 laps in just over 6 hours. The 2nd place team finished their 5th lap ten minutes earlier.

I just noticed that Zoolander is in 5th place overall, less than 10 minutes behind Team Sinergysports.com after 6 laps and ahead of Junyong Pak. Go Canada! And go, honourary Canadian Aussies!

It looks like Anvil took a few hours off about halfway through after 7 laps (12 hrs 12 min). He came back and did Lap 8 so he seems to be feeling fine at the 40 mile mark. He's currently sitting 277th of 1135 overall, which is impressive after that break!

Zoolander is in 14th place after 12 laps, 60 miles, 17 hrs 20 min. It looks like he may have taken a break after Lap 11.

In the team competition, SinergySports.com of Caledon (Ryan Atkins, etc.) is at 15 laps, 75 miles, 19 hrs 56 min. The 2nd place team is 2.5 laps behind so this race appears to be over.

Hmm, I just realized that Zoolander seems to be taking another break or he has stopped. Race time now is 20 hrs 45 min so it's been 3 hours since he recorded his last lap. His first lap was 41 mins although everyone slows down a lot, of course.

Just noticed this on Ryan Atkins' Facebook (written by support crew, i.e. fiancée Lindsay Webster):

"The guys are absolutely smoked from trying for 20 hours to break the 100 mile challenge, and left it all out there on course but ultimately won't reach the goal. They will, however, take home the award for top team! They're having a break now and will got out for one more lap around 2pm to seal the deal."

Impressive

One more Patrick... 50 is a nice round number :)

I'm not sure how reliable the leaderboard is but it says he has gone 46 miles so he must be doing that final lap! :) He's moved up 25 places since Lap 8.

Zoolander finished his 13th lap almost 5 hours after his 12th lap. Looks like he's not feeling great. With less than 2 hours till the finish, I doubt he went out for a final lap. He is in 22nd place now of 1135. I don't know what other events he has done that are similar. Anyone know? This is a terrific result for anyone but especially for a multisport athlete.

He did it! Anvil finished 50 miles (10 laps) at 24:13. (I didn't realize you could finish your final lap after 24 hrs.) He is in 207th place of 1140. Great stuff - congrats!

Zoolander is 22nd after finishing 14 laps in 24:10.

The solo winner, Chad Trammell did 19 laps in 24 hrs even.

Nice work! I'm glad that you managed to keep going for the whole time since that was your goal :)

Now the journey home in time to run ARK tomorrow!!!

After their break, Team Sinergysports.com went out and completed 80 miles (16 laps) in 24:10, two laps ahead of the nearest team. Team members are Ryan Atkins and Eric Batty (who have won the DontGetLost Snowshoe Raid together), Matt Murphy and Jonathan Albon.

Top woman was Amelia Boone in 10th overall with 75 miles (15 laps).

Batty and Atkins have also topped the RTH podium with JVD and almost a second time (bettered by <100m to the Foreigners ...thanks to their weak third team mate)

Way to go Anvil! Where did Joe end up?

...I just check here as I know Bash has all the answers ;)

I think it's Joe Zack that you guys know...? If so, he finished 30 miles (6 laps) in 8 hours then apparently stopped. So he was doing really, really well. He still finished midpack.

Tough as Anvil

Congratulations Patrick - goal was achieved! Monday has to hurt this week!!!

From Joe Zack's Facebook:

"Wow is all I can say... World's Toughest Mudder was an awesome event again. Amazing course, amazing obstacles, I simply can't say enough about them.
Thank you to everybody that encouraged me and followed me online and through various posts. I am extremely flattered and it really does help me throught events like this.
Unfortunately this year it simply boiled down to heart and mine simply wasn't with me in this race. While my legs felt good and my body seemed to be able to keep pushing, my thoughts weren't on the race and once the cold started setting in I simply didn't have the push I needed to go on.
That being said I has a great time at a great event with awesome people. I can't thank Karen Beaudin enough for the help in the pits and it was great to watch Bobby Beaudin and Patrick Saile fight through this beast of Mudder."

You are a tough dude

Thanks everyone for following. It still didn't go as well as planned, I was on target to get 60-65 miles at the half way mark, but got in my own head on that 12-2am loop and then made some dumb decisions in the pit after that.
But am dealing with some pretty major shin and knee pain right now, so maybe 50 miles was enough after all. More to come after I sleep.
I am not looking forward to ARK set up tomorrow.

Wow! Just, wow. Hopefully you get some rest after ARK of course.

Thanks Bash. Good luck Anvil.

Congrats Anvil! You earned yourself a VB! Can practically see you in an ad now.

Congrats anvil - not as well as planned still sounds like a major achievement - nice going pushing through!!!! Looked crazy tough.