Saturday 1330 // The freshly patched Roster 062 joins past finishers and Selection 019 Cadre. Saturday 1300 // Meet Selection 019 Finisher, Roster 062. Saturday 1200 // Shark Attack Saturday 1126 // One lonely, long walk. Saturday 0930 // Long Walk Photo Update Saturday 0900 // The Long Walk hits the beach. Saturday 0727 // …
Last fall I met Alex in the throes of GORUCK Selection. None of us told him this at the time, but 23 hours in, he was performing well as most candidates were long since showered up and warm. It was clear he had trained his ass off. The miles, the weight, the suck. He seemed …
Happy Thanksgiving, Celebrate Like You Just Finished Selection 48+ hours of Welcome Parties and Good-Bye Parties and Sandbag Movers and Devil’s Miles and when the human spirit is still alive, it’s a good day. “Roster 035, Congratulations on completing GORUCK Selection, the toughest endurance event in the world.” And I got a little choked up …
And then there was one. I learned early on in my Army days that you can’t stop Father Time. Just keep your head focused on the task at hand while the sand flows south, and embrace whatever comes at you. It’s their game, their rules, and you’re playing by them. Which pretty much sums up …
SELECTION 018 – PART 2 The quiet passes and the storm is here. The dubiously named Good-Bye Party at GORUCK Selection is 4 hours. Not a minute less, not a minute more. It’s loud, it’s intense, it’s stressful. Tonight, it’s a low of 39 degrees. Up the hill down the hill in the water rucks …
BELLBROOK, OHIO, USA HOME BASE OF GORUCK SELECTION 018 Annually, we run an event called GORUCK Selection. It’s the only event that we recommend you NOT sign up for. It’s 48+ hours and it’s patterned after Special Forces Assessment and Selection. The Cadre’s role is to get participants to quit and the pass rate is …
