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GORUCK Training: Organized “Dry” Run

March 17, 2013

Last weekend, a GORUCK Challenge veteran was awesome enough to take a group of us rookies through the paces for about 4 hours.  It wound up being a great fitness check and gear test.  The weather was going to be challenging, probably my least favorite condition: precipitation and just warm enough not to snow.  It … More GORUCK Training: Organized “Dry” Run

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NB MT100 and REI Gaiters, Revisited… and Pants

March 12, 2013

Late winter is a wonderful time in the northern Midwest: temperatures rise, the roads clear, and the clouds give way to the sun… but not yet.  March began with a 9 inch snowfall, on top of the foot or so of snow already on the ground.  I decided that the additional snow warranted the (not … More NB MT100 and REI Gaiters, Revisited… and Pants

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GORUCK Challenge Training: Snow Ruck

March 4, 2013

My girlfriend, Sandy, lives in the woods.  She’s not really a girl, or a friend.  Sandy is a 60 pound sandbag that sleeps next to a downed tree in Lone Lake Park.  Today’s workout brought me to those woods to lift Sandy from the snow, and carry her up and down a few hills, lift … More GORUCK Challenge Training: Snow Ruck

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