PreWedding Race

Stephamaboble

Let me start this by saying, we are doing this. My fiance and I are avid mud run enthusiasts and we discovered there is a college spartan race (only like 2 miles, 15 obstacles), on our wedding day in the morning. We have decided to do this race and I have no idea what our team name should be. I was thinking something wedding themed. My entire bridal party has told me that they will do it with me, love them so much.

climbingsingle

What time are you getting married? Are you sure they'll be enough time to do this race and get ready?

ohmrs2014

Does the race start early enough?  Will everyone be done in time to start getting ready?

lurkergirl

[edited due to TOS violation]

ohannabelle

I looked up Spartan races.

Typical obstacles include:

1. Fire jump: participants leap over flames, typically at the beginning or end of a race.
2. Barbed wire crawl: a crawl through mud under barbed wire. Crawls range from 20-100+ yards in length.
3. Over-Under-Through: a series of obstacles in which runners must first climb over a wall, then under a wall, then through a tire or square hole placed in a wall.
4. Spear throw: from a distance of 10-20 yards, athletes must throw a wooden spear into a target.
5. Wall climb: runners must climb over a wooden wall. Walls range from 4–8 feet and are often in sequence.
6. Object carry: typically a tire, rock-filled bucket, or sandbag over a certain distance.
7. Herculean Hoist: a cement block or heavy bucket is lifted off the ground using a pulley system.
8. Tyrolean Traverse: traversing a single rope that is hung horizontally between two posts or trees.
9. Traversal Wall: the traversal wall is similar to a bouldering wall.
10. Slippery Wall: a wall built at an incline (roughly 45 degrees) that is covered in soap or grease.
11. Gladiator Arena: (Discontinued) before the finish line, athletes must pass through the "gladiators" who try to knock down runners using their pugil sticks.
12. Hobie Hop: a thick rubber band is placed around the ankles and participants hop through 20+ tires in a row
13. Log Jump: Logs are arranged in a zig-zag pattern at varying heights and participants have to hop on them without touching the ground.
14. Rope Climb: A rope is hung over a body of water/mud with a bell installed at the very top. Participants must "ring the bell" before climbing down.
15. Rolling Mud: A steep mud hill followed by deep pits of water, repeating 3-6 times.
16. Tractor Pull: A 50lbs cement block hooked to a chain that you must drag through the mud around a small track.
17. Underwater Wall: A large wooden wall placed just on the surface of the water forcing you to swim or crawl under.
18. Atlas Carry: Picking up a mud covered Atlas Stone off of the ground and carrying it a set distance, then setting the stone down and performing a specific number of Burpees then you must carry the stone back to where you started.
19. Tire Flip: Flipping a large tractor tire over a predetermined amount of times.
20. Stump Balance: Hopping across mud covered small stumps without falling off.
21. Monkey Bars: A series of elevated bars that you must swing across without falling to the ground.
22. Rope Swing: A rope placed before a small body of water that you must swing across without dropping into the water.

Why not? What could possibly go wrong? 

photokitty

Personally I'd be worried about scratching up my face or something, ya know photos and all...but if it's your thing then you do you.

Mudmaids and Doomsmen
Wedding cake and mud pies
Get me to the church on time
I hope I don't regret my wedding photos

mj8215

Wow, impressive! If you really feel comfortable and are not going to stress about enough time to get ready, more power to you! I love races but would probably be too worried the day of to enjoy something like that. Consider there might be last minute crap to deal with (logistics, decorations, who knows)...?

huskypuppy14

Stephamaboble said:

Let me start this by saying, we are doing this. My fiance and I are avid mud run enthusiasts and we discovered there is a college spartan race (only like 2 miles, 15 obstacles), on our wedding day in the morning. We have decided to do this race and I have no idea what our team name should be. I was thinking something wedding themed. My entire bridal party has told me that they will do it with me, love them so much.

If this is something you really want to do, go for it. However, I would be worried about the timing. How long to these mud runs usually take?

I didn't get married until 5:30 pm, but my bridesmaids/mothers and I started getting ready at 9am. We were all ready by 1:30 I think, and we had our first look at 3. I washed my hair the night before, as the hairstylist recommended. You'll obviously have to take a shower and get cleaned up afterwards before you can get ready.

chibiyui

You are far more hardcore then I'll ever be. Reading what Ohannabelle posted makes me tired. And want a frappuccino and my couch. Which I'm going to have after I post this.

Anyway, practical things to consider.

I showed up at 8 a.m to get my hair and my bridesmaids hair done on my wedding day. Pictures started around 1. We had about an hour or so of free time, but they did do simpler styles for the last two bridesmaids to get us out on time. 

Whose going to sacrifice the clean car so that you and bridesmaids once dressed don't sit on mud?

Is someone taking care of things that might pop up day of for you? 

Alright. back to the couch for me.

climbingsingle

Yes, also take into consideration how exhausting that will be. I was so tired by the end of our wedding day just from socializing, drinking and dancing.

sophhabobopha

Holy fuck that's hardcore.

littlepep

My pre-wedding plans: 

AddieCake

[edited due to TOS violation]. I like the suggestion of "Get Me to the Church on Time" for a name if you go through with this.

mikenberger

This honestly sounds like a terrible idea. If you've done these races before, you know that a lot of times, they don't start on time and you get behind schedule or if a particular obstacle takes longer, you get a total bottleneck and then you have to wait around.

What if you get a black eye or hurt yourself? What if that happens to someone in your bridal party? This just sounds like a nightmare. Aside from the logistics of running said race, getting totally cleaned up, then ready for the wedding. And then there's your energy levels as well. When are you setting up the hall or ceremony/reception space? Does that need to be factored into your "day of" timeline?

I love these races too. I've done quite a few. Not in a million years would I do one on my wedding day. It's too many variables out of my control that can fuck with my day. #1 being mud in the eye and a trip to the ER.

Not just no. Fuck no.

novella1186

I've done a mud run. We went early in the morning, it was only 3 miles and 40 obstacles, no big deal. However, it took way longer than we thought. Not just getting through the race, but clean-up afterward.

There were outdoor "showers" you could go to when you finished, and we were literally caked in mud head-to-toe so we stood in line for those. Had to stand in line and wait for them, and then it took several minutes to rinse off. Several more minutes to dry off. Several minutes to go back to registration and get our stuff (car keys and whatnot. Can't run with those). Took a while to get back to the car cuz of the location of the race relative to the parking area, and it took forever to find the car. So it took about an hour to get out of there.

We got home and spent forever hosing off in the backyard. Then spent forever in the shower. After all this rinsing and hosing and showering, I spent the rest of the day digging mud out of the inside of my ears, the edges around my nail beds, and trying to blow my nose enough to get it out, and for the next several days I could not for the life of me get the mud out from under my toe nails and finger nails.

I had a great time and loved doing it. Being dirty didn't bother me. My point is, there was zero chance of me being wedding-ready by the end of that. Not the mention the exhaustion and sore muscles.

Just for the hell of it, here's us at the end of the race:

500days

Yikes! I would advise against this for same reasons as PPs. I would not want mud under my fingernails hours before the wedding. Also, hate to bring up what if's but, what if someone sprains an ankle or even worse breaks a bone? An ER visit would be the last thing you want or need on the day of your wedding.

Stephamaboble

Alright let's do the explaining part. It's at 930am and the wedding is at 430pm, the race is 30 minutes from my house and the wedding location is 5 minutes from my house, this is their first college one and it's only 2 miles with 15 obstacles. My fiance and I do several spartan races throughout the year that range from 5 miles to 12 miles, we seriously love this stuff. My hairstylist already approved me doing this, if I get scratched up or bruised so be it, I went to my junior prom with paintball bruises on my arm. I could honestly get married covered in mud and bleeding and all that would matter is that weird man I'm marrying. All of our set up will be done the day before. My photographer is currently trying to get permission from Spartan to take photos of us doing the race for the wedding book, which would be amazing.

I've spent all day doing Seneca 7 (7 people do a 77.7 mile relay race around seneca lake) so I think a quick little spartan race to start our day will be fine. If we get injured I'm sure people won't mind waiting around enjoying the food and drinks while we have a little hospital adventure.

Now back to the question at hand, team names!!!

mikenberger

Stephamaboble said:

Alright let's do the explaining part. It's at 930am and the wedding is at 430pm, the race is 30 minutes from my house and the wedding location is 5 minutes from my house, this is their first college one and it's only 2 miles with 15 obstacles. My fiance and I do several spartan races throughout the year that range from 5 miles to 12 miles, we seriously love this stuff. My hairstylist already approved me doing this, if I get scratched up or bruised so be it, I went to my junior prom with paintball bruises on my arm. I could honestly get married covered in mud and bleeding and all that would matter is that weird man I'm marrying. All of our set up will be done the day before. My photographer is currently trying to get permission from Spartan to take photos of us doing the race for the wedding book, which would be amazing.

I've spent all day doing Seneca 7 (7 people do a 77.7 mile relay race around seneca lake) so I think a quick little spartan race to start our day will be fine. If we get injured I'm sure people won't mind waiting around enjoying the food and drinks while we have a little hospital adventure.

Now back to the question at hand, team names!!!

If you kept me waiting at your ceremony or reception because you needed to be a hero and do a race on your wedding day (which is completely unnecessary) I would not be pleased. And before you say "our friends and family would be understanding about our love of races and wouldn't care!"

They will care. They will care a lot.

lyndausvi

Stephamaboble said:

Alright let's do the explaining part. It's at 930am and the wedding is at 430pm, the race is 30 minutes from my house and the wedding location is 5 minutes from my house, this is their first college one and it's only 2 miles with 15 obstacles. My fiance and I do several spartan races throughout the year that range from 5 miles to 12 miles, we seriously love this stuff. My hairstylist already approved me doing this, if I get scratched up or bruised so be it, I went to my junior prom with paintball bruises on my arm. I could honestly get married covered in mud and bleeding and all that would matter is that weird man I'm marrying. All of our set up will be done the day before. My photographer is currently trying to get permission from Spartan to take photos of us doing the race for the wedding book, which would be amazing.

I've spent all day doing Seneca 7 (7 people do a 77.7 mile relay race around seneca lake) so I think a quick little spartan race to start our day will be fine. If we get injured I'm sure people won't mind waiting around enjoying the food and drinks while we have a little hospital adventure.

Now back to the question at hand, team names!!!

yeah, no.

I would be FUCKING PISSED.

Team name:  WE ARE FUCKINIG HORRIBLE HOSTS

 Day before?  Go for it.  Day after?  Go for it.  Same day.  [edited due to TOS violation]

Stephamaboble

It's a 2 mile race, the chances of us getting injured are very very very slim, 2 miles is not a long race and trust me we will be extra careful on our wedding day. The race in that location is only available that particular day and again this is a race that is near and dear to our hearts. This question wasn't posted to get everyone riled up about whether or not to do something we are already set on doing, it was to pick out a fun team name. It's our day and we'll race if we want to, just because it's not right for you doesn't make it wrong for everyone. Once again, back to the team names... so far my favorites have been "mudmaids and doomsmen" and "get me to the church on time".

JCbride2015

Stephamaboble said:

It's a 2 mile race, the chances of us getting injured are very very very slim, 2 miles is not a long race and trust me we will be extra careful on our wedding day. The race in that location is only available that particular day and again this is a race that is near and dear to our hearts. This question wasn't posted to get everyone riled up about whether or not to do something we are already set on doing, it was to pick out a fun team name. It's our day and we'll race if we want to, just because it's not right for you doesn't make it wrong for everyone. Once again, back to the team names... so far my favorites have been "mudmaids and doomsmen" and "get me to the church on time".

Really though.  I don't think you posted this only to get team name ideas.  You know yourself and your friends better than we do and you can choose a clever little inside joke.  I think you posted this to get patted on the head about what a cool and unique idea this is.  Otherwise why all the background information?

I think this is a damn stupid idea.  If you're dead set on doing it, you still need to prioritize getting to your wedding on time so you don't leave your guests waiting.  Because that would be really shitty.

And nope, don't have any team name ideas.  I don't want to aid or abet any part of this.

esstee33

Stephamaboble said:

It's a 2 mile race, the chances of us getting injured are very very very slim, 2 miles is not a long race and trust me we will be extra careful on our wedding day. The race in that location is only available that particular day and again this is a race that is near and dear to our hearts. This question wasn't posted to get everyone riled up about whether or not to do something we are already set on doing, it was to pick out a fun team name. It's our day and we'll race if we want to, just because it's not right for you doesn't make it wrong for everyone. Once again, back to the team names... so far my favorites have been "mudmaids and doomsmen" and "get me to the church on time".

Listen, ok, you can get injured walking to your mailbox. You're doing a race with obstacles that significantly increase the chances of getting injured. That's nice for you that you don't really care if you have to spend part of your wedding day in the hospital, but it would be a massive dick move to make your guests wait around in that case. This whole thing sounds like a terrible idea. 

Isn't there some mud racing community you can ask about team names? It's pretty bizarre that you'd even start this thread, seeing as you've posted all of once before this. 

Stephamaboble

So far the only time I have added any extra info has been to defend myself from people who opt to not add anything helpful to this. I expected this to be more helpful and less filled with people looking to troll a comment section. This was 100% an effort for me to get an idea for team names, I'm not an overly creative person when it comes to things like that and I hoped to find creative brides here.

I hope you feel proud of yourself for bullying a fellow bride, maybe that helps you with your own planning stress.

Cookie Pusher

Stephamaboble said:

So far the only time I have added any extra info has been to defend myself from people who opt to not add anything helpful to this. I expected this to be more helpful and less filled with people looking to troll a comment section. This was 100% an effort for me to get an idea for team names, I'm not an overly creative person when it comes to things like that and I hoped to find creative brides here.

I hope you feel proud of yourself for bullying a fellow bride, maybe that helps you with your own planning stress.

JCbride2015

Stephamaboble said:

So far the only time I have added any extra info has been to defend myself from people who opt to not add anything helpful to this. I expected this to be more helpful and less filled with people looking to troll a comment section. This was 100% an effort for me to get an idea for team names, I'm not an overly creative person when it comes to things like that and I hoped to find creative brides here.

I hope you feel proud of yourself for bullying a fellow bride, maybe that helps you with your own planning stress.

Telling you that your idea is bad =/= bullying.  You can still change this decision.  We are trying to help you.

Now, if you're looking for validation for a bad idea and to have rainbows blown up your ass.  Nope, this is not the place.

esstee33

Stephamaboble said:

So far the only time I have added any extra info has been to defend myself from people who opt to not add anything helpful to this. I expected this to be more helpful and less filled with people looking to troll a comment section. This was 100% an effort for me to get an idea for team names, I'm not an overly creative person when it comes to things like that and I hoped to find creative brides here.

I hope you feel proud of yourself for bullying a fellow bride, maybe that helps you with your own planning stress.

1) Disagreeing with dumb ideas is not bullying. 

2) Almost every single person who responded to you is already married, so I'm sure their planning stress is just SO overwhelming. 

3) You may want to recognize that your expectations are the problem here, not the fact that you're apparently incapable of seeing that people are trying to help you. 

mikenberger

I'm not married and I know it's a bad fucking idea. This would also apply to (but not limited to): skydiving, swimming with sharks, running with meat in your shorts through the Louisiana swamp, golfing through a lightning storm, participating in an event where you drive fast and go left... On your wedding day.

If you're looking for validation of your bad idea, maybe go ask your friends that are like so totes on board with this asinine idea.

justsie

Two things to really sit down and think about. 

1. You said your wedding party is doing this with you? Awesome, what fun. What if one of them breaks something? Now, not only are you taking a trip to the hospital (and waiting in the ER for who knows how long) but you are also potentially losing out on this person whom you could not get married without. I wouldn't want the memory of my best friend at my wedding to be that they broke their leg and had to spend all day in the hospital (and potentially pay for those bills) because I wanted to run a mud race the morning of. 

2. Your guests. Who knows what they sacrificed to see you get married. Time and money certainly. Please be a good host to them and start things on time. Please show them that you respect their time just as much as they respect yours by coming to your wedding on time. 

sophhabobopha

Omg you meanies like her fam will totes understand

STOP BULLYING

lurkergirl

Bullying?!  Pssshh, puhlease!

If someone asked you the best way to jump off a cliff, you'd advise them not to jump, right?  Well, the general consensus here seems to be that doing this mud run is the proverbial cliff.  You're asking for team names, and we're telling you why this might not be a great idea.

9:30-4:30 is...not really all that long.  Won't you be tired?  Are you SURE your wp would even be into this (I can assure you I would refuse to participate)?  Finally, don't use this to be a shitty host.  Just skip it so you know your guests won't be ignored!

lurkergirl

I sure hope mud post is MUD...