Phoenix Hervey is a 2-year long competitive runner. He’s been to many challenging races, but the upcoming Tough Mudder Infinity race is the biggest one he’s setting his heart out for.
Many of Herveys races usually last around 2 hours, starting at 10 in the morning and going on until 12 in the afternoon. Tough Mudder Infinity Race, however, is a 9 hour long race with multiple tricky obstacles before crossing the finish line. While the obstacles may be optional, Hervey plans on doing as many as he can.
“…In the span of 9 hours, I have to run as many miles as I can. Shooting for about 27. I just feel like I can squeeze 27 right now, so I’ve been training non-stop lately and I’ve been doing a lot of cardio, working out my legs and making sure I don’t actually catch cramps or tear something,” Hervey says.
Hervey trains five days out of the week, two hours each day. The training he goes through helps with his strength, speed and agility, and hip mobility. He’ll be able to run the race with no problem.
Some of the obstacles that Hervey has to overcome in this upcoming race can be terrifying for many people to hear about.
“There’s this shock thing that you have to crawl through, pretty much you’re in water and there are electric strips that are hanging around you. There’s a 50 feet rope that you climb up and down over, a freezing ice bath you have to swim through, a whole course of monkey bars and rotating handles over a pit of water, a 13 foot wall, and there’s more but those are the most memorable,” Hervey elaborates.
He enjoys every minute of these events and workouts.
“Oh, I absolutely love it. Even though it sounds terrible, but it’s not terrible actually. As soon as you get going, you meet new people, not romantically, but cool people out there and just overall it’s really a fun experience and challenge to yourself to see how far you can go. It’s also a mental challenge, but, me personally, I just go and have fun,” Hervey says.
Hervey’s been doing these types of events for two years, which is enough time for him to have the correct experience. He originally started these types of events with his father, Tony.
Hervey does these races so he’s able to test himself and see how far he’s able to go with this. It also helps with showing how much he improved since the first one he’s ever participated in.
“Well… The biggest one, I want some cool dad lore.”
