The GORUCK Challenge

What inspires you? 

Can you accomplish something bigger than yourself? 

Do you feel like you have accomplished your full potential both mentally and physically?

These were questions I was asking when signing up for my first GORUCK challenge.

Running over 15 miles with backpacks filled with bricks, rolling around in the sand, getting splashed by the waves of the ocean, lifting a log that was never meant to leave the ground and carrying your team members across your back. In a nutshell, this is a brief description of some of the physical aspects of the challenge, but it is much more than that.

Its about the team, your size is nothing, it is all about how the team works together to overcome the metal aspects of the challenge.

Your tour guide Jason, the owner and founder of the GORUCK company, will take you on a guided tour, help you bond as a team and survive as a team. No matter what, you will leave as a team or you will quit as an individual. 

For this challenge, it does not matter what size, age or sex you are, this challenge will push you beyond your mental limits. This is much more than a physical challenge. You will go farther than you expect. When normally you could go 10 minutes, Jason will push you to go 2 hours.

When you are at your lowest, most physically drained, sick, limping, cold, tired and beat up so bad you can barley stand, your team member picks you up and give you the strength to keep going. That is what this challenge is all about.

I'm not sure if I will have an opportunity to do another challenge, but the memories this challenge gave me will last a lifetime. The best part about GORUCK is that you come in as individuals and leave as a team. Oh yea, the GORUCK tough patch is pretty cool too.