Everyone remembers their first time. The butterflies as you drive to the start point. Overpacking your ruck. How the miles beat up your feet after 10 hours. Bomber and Lee take a trip down memory lane this week and talk about all things having to do with your first Challenge. Check it out and learn …
Tag: Tough
Monster and the Cone of Shame
I ate a stupid rope toy and they cut me open to get it out. It happens fast. You’re alive, they shave you, you fall asleep, you’re gone. But I was lucky. While I was on the operating table, the vet told my dad it was worse than expected, that I had a 50/50 chance …
GORUCK Your Way to Leadership
From The Leadership Podcast: “Co-hosts Jan Rutherford and Jim Vaselopulos interview Jason McCarthy, Founder and CEO of GORUCK, a company that makes rucksacks (also known as backpacks), and runs rucking events similar to the Special Forces selection process. Jason reveals why and how he started GORUCK, the obstacles he faced along the way, his mission …
Happy Birthday GORUCK… kinda.
6 years ago today, ten of us rucked the first ever Tough Mudder with “backpacks stuffed with bricks,” – because it sounded like fun and I was trying to sell a bag nobody had ever heard of (GR1). As this evolved into the GORUCK Challenge, still it took me a while to believe there were …
Press: Steps of glory, The 12-hour endurance test to honor U.S. soldiers
From Mashable: “Most people celebrated Memorial Day by lighting up the barbecue and enjoying an extra day off. But on Monday, I got to follow — or rather, run — alongside a group of 28 men and one woman who paid their respects to fallen soldiers with a small sacrifice of their own. They chose …