Mud Run Training: Tough Mudder Walk the Plank by Willum Spalding
When people ask me questions on Tough Mudder education, their curiosity is the most intense to prepare for two obstacles, "Electric Shock" and "Walk the Plank." This week's mud run training will cover how to prepare for the notorious Walk the Plank obstacle.
Walk the Plank is for the hard-core mud run maniac. Before I describe how I prepare for it, let me just tell you a little about my first experience in the Tri-State Tough Mudder in 2010. By the time my team and I came to this obstacle, we had already jumped in and out of the water several times. We were soaked and freezing. The temperature that day was in the high 30's and the water temperature was a bitter 38 degrees. We were the first (09:00) run on Sunday, so when we arrived at the foot of the towers, there was little, if any wait at all. This was probably better because there was less time to think. We divided into two teams of two and climbed the ropes above to the diving stage. I remember looking across the lake, which seemed as if it were miles away.
I think we were about 12 or 15 feet above the water surfaceâ