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
Saturday was a perfect day to visit Lake Calhoun, take in the sites, and carry 60 to 70 pounds of extra weight. In preparation for the GORUCK Challege, a buddy and I met for a couple of laps around Minneapolis’ best known lake. Josh has put together a flag that we’ll likely use for the … More GORUCK Training: Carry Your Stones
For a handful of reasons, I decided to pick up a GORUCK GR1. It arrived at the end of last week, and like a giddy schoolboy, I unboxed it (and my new GR TAC) and wore it empty around my office. (not really) ((ok, yeah, I did)) I’m not going to go into crazy detail about … More Enter The GR1
I originally had reservations about shelling out the fairly serious cash for a GORUCK GR1, but after reading this post, I want them to have my money. It’s an American company that behaves like I wish more companies did, making an American product with American workers, and caring for fellow humans. ‘Merica. (removes hand from … More GORUCK, you win
In addition to carrying a backpack with bricks and water in it, there are coupons. Redeemable for extra good livin’ immediately, just see your local hardware store. For only a few dollars, we added a 60 lb. sandbag to our arsenal this week. I ditched it in the woods of Lone Lake Park, our wooded … More GORUCK Training: The Coupon
There it was; 2012 come and gone. Being my first full year as a parent, a lot of new things were encountered. I pushed boundaries. I found out that I can go days in a row on three hours sleep a night. And most important, I found out that being a parent is pretty awesome. So … More Happy 2013: Who knows?
Last weekend, I joined in an annual tradition with about 30 like-minded individuals that combines two of my favorite things: running and beer. This sounds like an unlikely combination, but I assure you, it’s fantastic. It’s true that the results can be ugly, many men have sworn it off only to show up and … More B – Double E – Double R – U – N: Longest GORUCK Training Run Yet
For the last three weeks two coworkers (Josh and Kevin) and I have begun preparing for the GORUCK Challenge. We scrounged up bricks, donned our packs and took to the walking trails that surround the business park. We have “run” the same 3 mile course the last three Mondays at an “airborne shuffle” for our lunchtime good livin’. For the … More GORUCK Training: 3 Rounds of Fun
The guys at GORUCK added a post detailing how to wrap your bricks and some of the reasons why. As is always appreciated, they included some wry humor and plenty of references to beer. One thing I’d still love to see is their take on selecting bricks. http://www.gorucknews.com/challenge/wrapping-bricks-explained/
This is the continuing saga of my questionable choice to sign up for the Minneapolis GORUCK Challenge. Brick Selection: As a participant in the GORUCK Challenge, I will have to carry 6 bricks in a backpack, while completing various tasks, for 12 hours, in a row, starting at 10:00pm. I make good choices. The … More GORUCK Challenge Training, Pack Experiment 1: Bricks and More
Monkey with Chainsaw 