Sad day at a Tough Mudder race this past weekend.
http://www.outsideonline.com/news-from-the-field/Tough-Mudder-Participant-Dies.html
Between bombs and mud pits, all this healthy lifestyle stuff seems rather dangerous. Tim
Maybe this will convince people to return to nice, safe, friendly, plain ol’ Road 5Ks?
No shit, much better chillin’ in front of the tube w/ a cold one, and wait for the slow toll of obesity to eventually take you down much later!
No mention of whether or not it was a heart attack…which would be my guess (not from being trampled). Do enough big events like TM and someone (sadly) is going to die. I don’t mean that in a calloused way, it’s just the nature of the business (marathons see lots of cardiac-related deaths).
Sengupta’s death was ruled accidental by the Virginia medical examiner’s office in Manassas, Va., which said Monday afternoon that drowning was the cause of death.
City Hospital in Martinsburg — where Sengupta was first taken — received 20 patients from Tough Mudder, West Virginia University Hospitals-East said in a statement Monday.
Two of the 14 patients taken to the hospital’s emergency department Saturday were treated for heart attacks and two others were “potential” drownings, a 40-year-old woman and Sengupta, who Snyder said was flown to Inova Fairfax Hospital later in the afternoon.
One of the patients who had a heart attack was treated at City Hospital, while the other was transferred to another facility, according to the hospital’s statement. The woman was monitored in the emergency department and later released, according to the hospital.
The other 10 patients were treated for a variety of injuries, including orthopedic, hypothermia and head injuries, and were released, according to the hospital.
“At one point on Saturday afternoon, trauma patients were being diverted to other area hospitals because of the volume of patients being seen in City Hospital’s ED as a result of the Tough Mudder event,” the hospital said.
On Sunday, a 29-year-old male was admitted for observation after being shocked and was in good condition Monday afternoon at the hospital, according to the hospital. The remaining five patients seen Sunday were treated for a variety of injuries and released, according to the hospital.
Wow … that’s *a lot *of ER traffic
Yeah, okay, wow. That is a lot, and more abusive than I otherwise expected. Perhaps our friend above who said that maybe the good ol’ 5k/10k will make a resurgence is more correct than I am.
So wait … So you’re shelling out $$$ for the Entry fee PLUS your CoPay on the ER visit???
An Evil Rock & Roll Hosewater Backwards Marathon Empire race sounds like a Bargain, by comparison
Yeah, okay, wow. That is a lot, and more abusive than I otherwise expected. Perhaps our friend above who said that maybe the good ol’ 5k/10k will make a resurgence is more correct than I am.
No. The people that typically do the tough mudder and similar are not 5k/10k type people. They are the weight room jockeys for whom a 5k is some sissy running race, but TM is for MEN, damnit!
I’m surprised with the number of people that participate and the likely level of preparedness for a lot of them that more aren’t hitting the ER’s. I’d bet that there were a lot more injuries than 14, those are just the ones that actually went to the ER, and didn’t just go home high fiving their buddies over their battle wounds.
John
did those people aloud to warm up before the race?
Nah they had to warm up quietly
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I’ve actually done one in the past, and pretty much jumped off the sofa after a year off and did it. I’ll say this - very lucky I didnt seriously jack myself up. My injury was 10 yards from the finish line where I caught one of the “big” electric shocks, blacked out, woke up in darkness and blinking…well that was mud i was blinking in. Hit the med tent there and it had a waiting line. 4 days later my eyes cleared up from all redness and infection. Anyhow after saying “well…ok I did that” there’s no chance I’m doing another.
Just one experience but there is no warm up, more of a mass hype at the start line and people take off.
One takeway that I thought was pretty cool was the teamwork aspect, and not just “your” team. The biggest enjoyment I took from it was helping folks over obstacles after taking over from someone who helped me, then seeing the folks I helped help those behind them.
I’m ex-military which is the main reason I signed up with a buddy…wanted to relive some of that…well…this time I didnt have the months of basic training etc as a fitness level immediatly behind me to knock it out w/o risk of serious injury.
The obstacle they are talking about, and where this poor guy passed away, is a net climb up to a crowded platform where folks jump 20 feet or so into muddy water. Again, just my one experience, but I had a dude land on my shoulder. Point being it was just a mass of people jumping in and if you ended up under water…you will…thats what happens when you jump 20 feet down into water, folks would not be able to see you submerged.
Anyhow, just my experience.
Yeah, okay, wow. That is a lot, and more abusive than I otherwise expected. Perhaps our friend above who said that maybe the good ol’ 5k/10k will make a resurgence is more correct than I am.
No. The people that typically do the tough mudder and similar are not 5k/10k type people. They are the weight room jockeys for whom a 5k is some sissy running race, but TM is for MEN, damnit!
John
So my only reference on who does Tough Mudders is off my Facebook feed. My slice of the world says that TM is drawing particularly attractive mid-20’s young women who are somewhat competitive, but not REALLY competitive. I don’t have too many meatheads for “friends”. Evidently my source is incorrect.
It shouldn’t need to be said, but I am sympathetic to the deceased. I’ve lost a couple friends to adventure/races/mountaineering–it’s not easy, even if you know they went out with a bang.
Me and a buddy did the one in Austin this past weekend and were surprised by the lack of fitness that many of those who showed up seemed to exhibit. There were several people on the 250+ lbs side and a few that I saw that were the plus side of 300…and I’m saying a good portion of that was fat, not muscle. Most of these dropped out at the first or second aid station. There was one guy I overheard that said, “If I can complete this, I know I can do that 5K next weekend.” The TM only had water no Gatorade or sports drink on course, bananas, one aide station with Clif Bars and another with Shot Blocks. There were several steep grades with loose gravel that caused several participants to loose footing and suffer some sort of injury (I’m guessing turned ankles and a few broken bones.) at the top and bottom of these climbs or descents there weren’t any volunteers or staff to monitor if someone needed medical attention. All of the reporting of injuries was left up to the other participants to cross their arms in a sign of help (hopefully someone below would notice) or run ahead and hope to find someone with a radio. There were a few obstacles that you would have to crawl over multiple walls or logs and there would be exposed rebar that you would come in close contact with.
Looks like Tough Mudder athletes are coming in under-trained for the swim as well. …too soon?
i have done few Tough Mudders, i was shock on the top of the head and went down, (i was already suffering from a concussion from the week before)
he was with 6 other people, how come they didn’t see him, jump and not coming back up
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Looks like Tough Mudder athletes are coming in under-trained for the swim as well. …too soon?
That’s a pretty loose definition of swimming = splashing & kicking around until you *eventually *get yourself out of the wet
Nah they had to warm up quietly
Ha! I love it!
Yeah, okay, wow. That is a lot, and more abusive than I otherwise expected. Perhaps our friend above who said that maybe the good ol’ 5k/10k will make a resurgence is more correct than I am.
Never admit someone is more correct than you on slowtwitch! What are you thinking?
Yeah, okay, wow. That is a lot, and more abusive than I otherwise expected. Perhaps our friend above who said that maybe the good ol’ 5k/10k will make a resurgence is more correct than I am.
Never admit someone is more correct than you on slowtwitch! What are you thinking?
Derf* DID *qualify it with a “maybe”