A lawsuit over the death of a Tough Mudder participant has been settled before reaching a jury, the Herald-Mail Media reports. The wrongful-death suit was filed against the company a year after year-old Avishek Sengupta drowned at the Tough Mudder Mid-Atlantic event on March 20, in West Virginia and five months after out-of-court mediation failed to produce a settlement.
The complaint alleges that overcrowding made it impossible for rescue and safety personnel to monitor the pool and that Tough Mudder removed safety features to speed up crowd flow:. Prior to the Tough Mudder Mid-Atlantic event on April 20, Tough Mudder had been the subject of complaints on social media concerning long waiting times at many of its obstacles… In response to complaints of long wait times at Walk-the-Plank, Tough Mudder took steps to decrease wait times and increase the flow of participants through the Obstacle… Its desire to speed participants through Walk-the-Plank caused Tough Mudder to abandon or fail to adopt in the first place critical safety measures.
About a half-hour into the event, Avishek and his five teammates approached the Walk the Plank obstacle:. The teammates ran into their second traffic jam of the day: a human bottleneck at a water obstacle called Walk the Plank. The group chatted as they shuffled along with about a hundred other participants toward a near vertical wall of two-by-sixes that rose to a platform 15 feet above a man-made pool of muddy water that was roughly 40 feet wide and 15 feet deep.
When they reached the top, they would have to leap in and swim to the other side. He was underwater and sinking to the bottom, passing out at some point, for reasons that are still unknown. City Hospital in Martinsburg, W. They treated participants for heart attacks and two, including Sengupta, for near-drowning injuries. More than a dozen others suffered from orthopedic, head and hypothermia injuries, the hospital said.
It did. I was impressed when, at the first obstacle, I watched a paraplegic man leave his hand-cycle wheelchair, intended for off-road uses, to Army crawl under barbed wire, not seeming to notice the scrape it left on his Mohawk-ed skull.
But I was even more impressed when I saw his teammates flank the chair to push him up the steep hills. I bonded not only with my group, but also with perfect strangers especially the one who reached up and shoved my butt over a mound of mud with no footholds — thanks.
In fact, perhaps the hardest part of doing this race as a girl is that most of the guys barely let you. My own husband was an offender in this category, wrapping his arms around me like a cocoon at the top of the half-pipe obstacle called Everest. Granted, by this 20th obstacle, all my I-teach-fitness-classes pride had faded and I probably would have let any one of the chivalry-high men carry me on his back to the finish line. I finished. I wrapped my frozen fingers around my hard-earned beer, wishing it were warm.
We drove home, posted pictures on Facebook and analyzed the appearance of new bruises for days. One teammate had already suggested signing up for another.
Was it worth the risk? While drastic injuries do occur, the most common are smaller — but pesky and painful — injuries that can knock you off your feet. In terms of potential injuries, Kevin Hanover, founder and head coach at HBodyLab LLC , who coaches endurance athletes, says that the most common injuries he sees deal with calf strains and lack in mobility.
I always emphasize four types of training to avoid injuries: cardio or endurance training, resistance or strength training, flexibility and core. Myles Spar. Stretching should be done especially after a workout or at least after a warm-up, when your muscles are warm and stretchable.
I These last two are often ignored and hugely important when it comes to injury prevention. Being able to quickly react to changing levels of a course or obstacles like in a Tough Mudder requires you to be able to bend and quickly adjust your body position, otherwise you will snap a tendon or ligament. Such quick adjustments require core strength and overall flexibility. The best way to prevent injury and ensure you finish an obstacle race injury-free is to train properly and ensure your body is prepared for the physical feat.
Here are three key areas our experts say it's important to focus on:. Spar says that this training includes much more than just cardio, endurance and strength exercises. Also, planks! The athletes I train consistently do planks as they aid in strengthening the core and entire body. Do those planks, because they will keep you going without injury. Hanover says that Tough Mudder is the event that most athletes come to him seeking training for.
He approaches the training very tactically. He advises 6 to 8 months depending on the length of the race. De Sena explains that a lot of Spartan's obstacles require an overhead traverse — or pulling yourself up and forward like the multi-rig , monkey bars , beater , etc. To successfully complete these, you will need a fair amount of upper-body strength as well as grip strength. A great way to train for these obstacles is by adding farmer carries to your workout. These improve pillar strength and really work on grip endurance and strength.
Start simply by lifting two kettle bells or heavy dumbbells one in each hand and walking or running to work on balance.
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