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Tough Mudder North Germany Race Review

By Wil Chung
July 21, 2017
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Hermannsberg, Germany was the location of “Tough Mudder Norddeutschland” and has so far been the flattest but longest Tough Mudder I have completed, clocking in at just under 22km and a total elevation climb of only 213m. As it was a friend’s birthday and had have the privilege of running with a future Paralympian, the OCR solomudders took this Tough Mudder at a very easy pace to enjoy and savour each kilometre.

As always, parking was a doddle, with road direction signs several miles out from the village. Many MVPs at check in made for a very quick and easy registration and bag drop. The village was much “tighter” than in the UK, which made for a fantastic atmosphere. Rather than a photo opportunity at Bosch, there was Olympus Germany a KONG set up.

Olympus Mudder Village Kong 2Olympus Mudder Village Kong

Toilet stop, bag drop and we went straight to the start, again a small difference was no holding pen, but a queue system as per 2016. We managed to sneak in pretty quickly and start the warm up, which included 200+ people singing “Happy Birthday” to Gary. The atmosphere at the start was really hyped, so much more than I have experienced in the UK – perhaps we are more reserved?

STart line at Tough Mudder North GermanyTough Mudder pledge - in German

After the warm up and start line pledge we were off into the woods. The first 5km we could have done without – pretty much a trail run that included a bit of mud, some hay bales and a trench. It was only around 5.5km that we hit the first showcase obstacle of Kiss of Mud with the obligatory photo opportunity.

Tough Mudder North Germany Kiss of Mud 2Tough Mudder North Germany Kiss of Mud

A couple of kilometers later and we got to Mud Mile 2.0 (No Jeep DJ) and then straight towards Arctic Enema. The weather was hot! around 20C+ so AE was actually more of a refreshing dip than the icy shock which normally meets us. We did play Rock, Paper, Scissors – fortunately I won and able to get out first.

The half was run at the same time as the full and we kept joining them for some of the major obstacles (leading to some major queues!) We skipped Hold Your Wood as we figured it was a half hour wait. Really not worth it just for a log carry!

There was a huge number of creek crusades – 6 in total and all of a decent length, not just puddle and out again. The last one was a lake swim, something not seen in the UK.

BlockNess was a huge amount of fun as always, however it seemed that the Germans didnt quite get the concept, the vast majority would hold on as usual, but then just fall into the water head first. The blocks of nessie mever really got going, however much the UK contingent tried to help them!

Tough Mudder North Germany BlockNess 3Tough Mudder North Germany BlockNess 2Tough Mudder North Germany BlockNess 1

The back straight also included Agustus Gloop / Snot Rocket, unfortunately the water depth wasn’t high enough so both versions were exactly the same. The surprise obstacle was the slack line – around 10m length and over 3m depth of water – which I found out to my major surprise (Thanks to the water safety guy for getting me out so quickly!)

The end was in sight with Everest – I love Everest and we made sure we helped our team up, plus a lot more. On to Kong for a ride through the air and finally Birthday Cake and Jaeger in ElectroShockTherapy.

The usual finisher swag greeted us – t shirt, headband, beer and pick up chocolate biscuit (so much nicer than the trek bars).

Quick photo before the endFinish Line

All in all, a great course, the longest TM course I have done but also one of the flattest. Plenty of water stops and the German  MVPs were enthusiastic but some didn’t seem to want the muddy hugs. Personally if they cut off the first 6km it would be perfect. Would I go again? Yes, but I think I would prefer to try a different city if we were to go to Germany again.

Want some “alternative facts”? Read Mike Mussard’s review of the German weekend here – https://blog.mussard.org.uk/2017/07/21/tough-mudder-norddeutschland/

 

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Tough Mudder North Germany Map

 

 

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Wil Chung

I'm a wellie wearing, spaniel owning, marketing ninja by day and a running & OCR  enthusiast at the weekend. I'm kindly supported by Enertor Global and 361º Europe whilst also proud to be a Tough Mudder UK Ambassador. This blog is a collection of race reviews, kit reviews, thoughts, musings and ideas.

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4 comments

  1. - Blog of Wil Chung 13 September, 2017 at 19:22 Reply

    […] run out was pretty long with only filler obstacles to break up the running. Wasn’t as bad as Tough Mudder Germany but was probably close to 2km before getting to BlockNess. I love this obstalce, but the weather […]

  2. My Tougher Mudder 2017 season highlights - Blog of Wil Chung 25 September, 2017 at 16:54 Reply

    […] Germany A weekend in Hamburg, celebrating a 40th birthday whilst taking on the longest Tough Mudder I’ve completed (over 20km). The first 5km was pretty much a trail run, but the rest of the course was classic TM with a “surprise obstacle” which was a line across a 3m deep pool. We finished the race in style with birthday cake and a Jaegarbomb in Electroshock therapy. […]

  3. My OCR season highlights - Wil Chung 24 April, 2018 at 05:09 Reply

    […] went to Tough Mudder Germany with  group of OCR Solo Mudders for a 40th birthday party. The race itself was the longest Tough […]

  4. Tough Mudder NRW, Germany Race Recap » Wil Chung 4 June, 2018 at 14:01 Reply

    […] year a group from the Solomudders and I went to Tough Mudder Nord Deutschland, almost immediately after, we started organising a return to Germany to take on Tough Mudder NRW, […]

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