Tough Guy 2002
0One from the archives - 2002, and the fabulous World famous Tough Guy race. Just a brilliant event - it's the toughest test of mental and physical endurance.
It’s billed as one of the toughest races on earth and when you see the course you know why. One of the few rules of the event is that everyone taking part must adhere to is to their own signing of a death warrant!
The Tough guy race is a unique sporting adventure event. It is a test of both mental and physical endurance based on an assault course of obstacles following a cross-country run. The phenomena of Tough Guy has developed over many years and has now evolved a cult status with an international audience where competitors from around the world come to the Midlands to try to beat the course and enjoy the great spirit of the event.
The event was founded in 1986 by Ex-Grenadier Guard Billy Wilson. But before the competitors can even start the race, they have to sign their own "death warrant" which is a disclaimer that reads: "It's my own bloody fault for being here".
Following an eight-mile (12.9km) cross-country run, starting in the village of Old Perton in the English midlands, competitors then faced a horrific two-mile with 25 obstacles assault course designed by the former Grenadier Guardsman.
The task involves men and women wading through energy-sapping mud and plunging into ice-cold water to reach their goal. As if this wasn't bad enough they also had to negotiate flames, smoke bombs, and taunting marshals.
The assault course (or as it is known the Killing fields) are capable of grievous bodily harm, the entrants face 30-foot obstacles, underground crawl through muddy wet tunnels, walking on slippery muddy planks across fire pits called the Fiery Holes, chest-deep in water with marshals goading competitors and letting smoke bombs off
The course is so scary that runners are required to sign a disclaimer that reads: "It's my own bloody fault for being here" just to take part. The emergency services were busy dealing with serious cases of hypothermia, exhaustion, and bruised egos.
For a few, the real glory comes in finishing in the top dozen runners but for most, the achievement of beating the course is enough. There is no prize money for the winner or runners-up, only bragging rights at work the next day.
These are the rushes from the day.
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