A few weeks ago, I signed up for the GoRuck Challenge. For those that don’t already know what that is, here is its description from the poster I printed off of the challenge’s website.
15-20 MILES. 8-10 HOURS. LED BY GREEN BERETS.
AN EPIC ADVENTURE. THE BEST OF EVERY CITY.
Details are not forthcoming and this challenge is not for everybody.
My challenge starts on November 19th at 1:00 a.m. To complete the challenge, each person wears a GoRuck pack that contains bricks (the number of which is determined by your weight) and whatever provisions you want to have during the challenge. Each team is responsible for bringing a “coupon,” which is an item that must weigh 25 lbs. I assume that the team members will take turns carrying it.
I am also training for my first marathon, which I will run in the middle of October.
Why I am blogging about this.
I want to have something to look back on. I have always heard that it’s the journey not the destination. Well, I’m pretty excited about the destination, and I want to be able to revisit this journey. Whatever else I do in life; this is going to be my first time training for something like this. It will never be my first time again.
Since I began to follow the GoRuck Challenge, I regularly check the challenge’s training page for reviews and training tips. I have devoured everything that I can find, and in looking around, I find myself in pretty extraordinary company. There are some exceptional people completing this challenge. But I kind of feel like a regular guy trying to do something out of the ordinary. Maybe someone else that is in a similar position (or even a different one) will get some value from this.
Besides, the challenge seems a ways off, and writing and reading about it makes it seem closer. I want to wring every bit of experience out of this I can.
So, here it goes.
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