Tough Guy Race

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The Tough Guy Race (English for "tough guy race") is an annual obstacle race in Perton , near the city of Wolverhampton near Birmingham . It was developed by Billy Wilson, who previously designed training camps for elite troops at the Royal Grenadier Guards . The deadline was the last Sunday in January every year. The run is considered the first civilian obstacle course. It did not take place in 2018.

description

The race runs over a distance of 15 km on 150 hectares of land. The so-called “killing fields” formed the centerpiece. There are 21 difficult obstacles to overcome here. Participants have to crawl through mud under 50 cm high barbed wire, crawl through tunnels one meter in diameter, dive under a wooden bridge in ice-cold pools, climb ten meters, abseil from three meters and crawl under an electric fence. Eventually, participants have to walk through burning bales of hay. In 2004 only 2,895 of the 6,000 participants crossed the finish line.

In 2009 the course was extended by 3 km.

The participation fees (depending on the time of registration from approx. 80 €) went to various charitable associations (Mouse Farm - animal welfare organization in Wolverhampton , British Cancer Aid, etc.).

  • Tough Guy Race 2005

  • Tough Guy Race 2006

  • Tough Guy Race 2005

  • Underwater tunnel in the Tough Guy Race 2006

Nettle Warrior

Nettle Warrior is the summer edition of the Tough Guy race and takes place annually in late August. The track is a little longer, but similar to that of the Tough Guy race.

Known participants

In 2010 Bam Margera , Ryan Dunn and skateboarder Tim O'Connor took part. In 2011 the race was won for the first time by a foreigner, the Göttingen medical student Knut Höhler . The German defended his title in 2012 and 2013. In 2014, the sports management student Charles Franzke from Saalfeld won . In 2015 Briton Jonathan Albon was the winner. In 2016 his compatriot Connor Hancock won the race, who had already achieved second place in the previous year. In the women’s category, Susanne Kraus came first. Also Joey Kelly already participated.

The last Tough Guy Race took place on January 29, 2017. Laura Brosius achieved the best female time, her brother Hagen Brosius took third place in the race.

Web links

Commons : Tough Guy Race  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdS-1EwoYOE
  2. ^ Matthias Heinzel: Knut Höhler wins the Tough Guy Race , Göttinger Tageblatt, January 27, 2013
  3. ↑ Tough Guy Race: German Charles Franzke wins the toughest race in the world , picture, January 27, 2014
  4. ^ Adam Justice: Tough Guy 2015: Electric shocks, fire and mud , International Business Times, February 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ In pictures: Tough Guy Challenge, 2016 , The Telegraph, February 1, 2016.
  6. ↑ Join us for the last ever Tough Guy® . www.toughguy.co.uk, accessed June 10, 2017
  7. ^ Runners face final Tough Guy challenge . BBC , January 28, 2017

Coordinates: 52 ° 35 '2.2 "  N , 2 ° 13' 5.5"  W.