13 shocks in one race? ER doctors warn about 10,000 volt wires in mud runs

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32. Did you read the entire article linked in the OP?

But if running and training for obstacle course races have become your favorite way of staying fit, you don’t have to stop. Dr. Howard Mell, spokesman for the American College of Emergency Physicians, says the electrical shocks will make participants uncomfortable, but they're not strong enough to be dangerous.

"It almost has that haunted house effect to it -- it appears to be more dangerous than it really is," says Mell, who is training for a Tough Mudder next year. (He did suffer an injury during his training — a stress fracture while running, which, he says, beautifully illustrates the idea that accidents can and do happen during any athletic endeavor.) “There’s no question that the race is designed to create discomfort, and the idea of it is, ‘Hey, I can overcome this.’”

It's not 'deliberate bodily injury'. It's discomfort. Thousands participated in that Philly event. 38 were injured. They did a case study of 5 from the shocks.