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
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
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
