So I’ve been very absent from posting lately. My bad. Truth is I’ve been too busy living life and training that I haven’t had much time to just sit down and write. I tried to get my write up about S.E.R.E. done while I was resting by the beach one day during my vacation in … Read More
S.E.R.E. Brings A New Meaning To Team
I had intentions of treating this challenge like all others, training to prepare me for the ultimate challenge – the Spartan Death Race. I previously completed another similar endurance event on St. Patty’s Day, the GoRuck Challenge, both would help prepare me for the long hours. The major difference that set the two events apart … Read More
Death Race 2011: What My Future Holds
Many of my readers already know what the Death Race is and what it involves, many are still trying to grasp what this insanity is all about. Here is a video from CNN that was taken at last years Spartan Death Race, hopefully it’ll shed some light on what all this training is leading up … Read More
Prep for an Overnight Adventure – S.E.R.E. Pre Game
Okay so I have another overnight adventure commencing in approximately 13.5HRS. We’ve been provided a gear list which I pasted below. I woke up 3 hours ago, packed what I was concerned with having the second I woke up and then I got myself ready for another day at the office, but not before making … Read More
Early Morning and Lunchtime Workout Combo
Due to my injured foot from the Indiana Sprint and the shoulder that won’t heal (since New Years) I’ve had to scale back my workouts the past two weeks more than I’d have liked to. Hell I don’t like that I’ve had to scale them back at all but I have to try to let … Read More
Yesterday’s WOD
Yesterday I spread my workout out over the entire course of the day. I had a lot to do so I was basically squeezing in my workout how/where ever I could. Over the course of the day I did 30 Burpess 100 Calf Raises 100 Toe Raises 150 Sit-Ups 200 Penquins – Lay on your … Read More
GoRuck Yourself!!! A St. Patricks Day I’ll Forever Remember
Yes, this post took me a while to come out with. I wanted to make sure I actually had enough time to sit down and write a well thought out evaluation of what transpired. GoRuck Challenge, for those of you wondering what this event consists of, is developed by Green Beret’s. It is a challenge … Read More
Motivation from Buddha
“Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures tha the final victory comes.” – Buddha If there is one thing I learned this weekend at the Spartan Sprint in Indiana during my two back to back laps, it was that my endurance is one of my strong … Read More
Extra! Extra! Daily Herald Article Posted
After waiting over a month for the article to be published it’s finally here and what great timing after this weekends amazing Spartan Race – Sprint Founders Race! Write up on that coming soon along with GoRuck and others I’ve been slacking on. This is a great day, the threat of having to do a … Read More
My Behemoth of a Tire Has Arrived!
Well it has finally arrived, my ginormous tire has finally made it here. It’s been sitting in a dirty lot for a while so I had to clean it off a little bit. It had to look like the dumbest thing anyone would do to a tire, scrub-a-dub-dub. During my little cleaning session I gave … Read More