Goruck challenge - anyone ever do this?

rmiller

I know someone who just did this in Charlotte this past weekend.  Seems like a pretty cool event.  I'm not much for the obstacle races - I tend to prefer tri's specifically because they DONT involve going through mud - but this seems different because it's more a team building challenge as opposed to a race.  Plus, if you > 150 lbs, you have to carry 6 bricks around the whole time - which can be 12+ hours.

https://www.goruck.com/Events/Challenge

I get a lot of pie-in-the-sky ideas, and mine for today is that it'd be cool to sometime get a bunch of EN'ers to form a team for something like this.  Of course, other pie-in-the-sky ideas include: eventually doing every US IM; doing IM cozumel and turning it into a week long scuba diving trip.  However neither of those ideas have panned out just yet either.

 

 

 

russG

First I've heard of this one, Ryan. How did you come across it?

rmiller

I saw FB postings this weekend from a friend of mine, saying her husband was doing this GoRuck thing whether it was going to rain or snow that night (it was in Charlotte, NC).  Then I saw random pictures from the event on her board later that evening and into the next morning - followed by a post-event shot of him double-fisting DQ sundae's in bed, because it hurt too much to move.  So, naturally, that piqued my interest, and I started looking into it.

Just seems like a cool thing to do with your fitness

russG

They don't give a lot of detail on what it's like - looks like they're going after the set that gets misty-eyed dreaming about basic training... good overlap with cross-fit.
I'd be into it but I can't - between family (job 1), work (job 2), and my tri race plans, it would be misguided at best - but there is definitely something intriguing here -
Let us know if you go forth...