Dirty Weekend tough mudder

[Levo-Lon]

If you like a challenge then this is for you..they operate nation wide..
just had a great day watching the kids do this 20 mile obstacle course..
glorious sunshine and 1000's of compettitors ..and a few 1000 spectating.

people have travaled from all over to compete..including Europe..
A marathon for nutters..some did it twice!!! 40 miles..

http://ratrace.com/dirtyweekend2016/

 

[Levo-Lon]

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

<I might be hugely wrong here so feel free to slag me mercilessly>

Is that not one of these corporate bullsh*t events where you pay loads of dosh? With lots of High-5ing?

<as previously above>

Do a proper sport you nobbers.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Pretty sure a couple of lasses from work did this, pretty sure they won't have being doing 20 miles though, that would kill 'em

 

[Stephenite]

Do a proper sport you nobbers.

Like bowls eh, grandad.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

After consulting Mr Google, Dirty Weekend is a Rat Race not a Tough Mudder.

Tough Mudder looks much more fun than the corporate Rat Race bullsh*t. Albeit it is still expensive, and people should do proper sports, like darts.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Like bowls eh, grandad.

I'm fairly convinced that in the not too distant future people who enjoy paying wads of cash for doing Rat Race-esque events will be paying through the nose for "adventure" bowls.

 

[Stephenite]

You ought to turn up at these events and heckle. @Marmion It's no use going on about it here. 'Get off that before you fall off it!', 'You are doing it all wrong!' 'This is how you have fun!' And run around kicking a ball and chasing after it, screaming 'You're all mad!', etc. That'll get through to them.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

You ought to turn up at these events and heckle. @Marmion It's no use going on about it here. 'Get off that before you fall off it!', 'You are doing it all wrong!' 'This is how you have fun!' And run around kicking a ball and chasing after it, screaming 'You're all mad!', etc. That'll get through to them.

Fair point, I could then charge people wads of cash to come and watch me shouting. <wanders off to devise business plan>

 

[Levo-Lon]

People pay a fortune to watch football for 90 mins @Marmion now that is a waste..
yes this cost a bit but it took all day ,so good value..concert ..camping Beer and everyone happy...bar the bloke who's leg was pointing the wrong way..

Rat Race..but loads had tough mudder Tshirts....kids raised £2700 for east anglia's childrens hospices..
they had the hardest day ever..but were grinning ear to ear..

 

[Levo-Lon]

[QUOTE 4269369, member: 76"]I used to do the RatRace events when they first began, they started as weekend adventure races in Bristol, London, Brighton etc. They were great value and huge fun.

Then, I guess flushed with their success, they got too big for their boots (in my opinion) and started sneaking up the price until it was twice as much to do a 10k run than it was for me to do a weekend adventure race! Now, and this hurts, I agree with @Marmion (I can't believe I just typed that) and that their events are full of corporate teams of high-fivers and have almost priced out individuals.

I notice the Tough Mudder is £40 this year, all these events have got out of hand with their pricing, a definite parallel with the world of the sportive. Eeeeeeh lad, I remember doing the Tough Guy at the Donkey Sanctuary, it cost me about £15......................current price is between £84 and £140 depending on when you enter [/QUOTE]


Well i dont know anything about them..but id agree on that post..
as a one off id say its a Worth it day But you are getting fleeced..

£100 each to enter
£10 for car parking
£4,50 a pint
food was 4,5 quid For burgers pizza etc
coffee 2,80...
But everything is like this now..
Alton Towers.. showground events Concerts or these Center Parcs things..we're ripped off with a smile.

 

[screenman]

I think you may find for a one off event that they cost a lot to put on.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I think you may find for a one off event that they cost a lot to put on.

I'd think hiring Burghley for a weekend + set up,take down time will be very expensive..
great place for an event mind..

its £18 per person per day for the horse trials..spectating

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

People pay a fortune to watch football for 90 mins @Marmion ..

They are nobbers as well

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

But you are getting fleeced..


But everything is like this now..
..we're ripped off with a smile.

Only if people continue to pay it; don't pay and "everything" will not be like that. Make a stand.