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Run alot and when you're about to puke, start running with 10 lb weights on your feet.
I started signing up for the earliest waves outside of national competitions. Those guys take off at 6-6:30am. Usually attempt the 8am wave. Made a mistake and did a 10:30 once. Horrible idea, I spent so much time walking behind huge groups of turtles blocking entire trails, every obstacle was bottle necked with a 20 minute wait time, and the trails were stomped down into muck. It was hard enough running that long, but stopping and completely catching breath in line only to start again was harder than just going nonstop.
When I did the race I did the "first timers" wave which was the last one of the day, I think it started at 1:30. I heard from the staff that they'd had the same problems you mentioned with large groups bunching together. They had actually modified some obstacles to make them faster/easier to complete. Thankfully the first-timer wave was smaller so there wasn't much traffic.
Which races have you done? I did the Spartan Sprint in June 2018 and then did the Tough Mudder Half-mudder in September 2018. The obstacles in Tough Mudder are really cool but there weren't as many as in the Spartan Race, though I've heard in 2019 Tough Mudder added more obstacles. Regardless I just want to get out to some more races before I get too old and/or out of shape to race safely.