TRAINING LEAD-UP
Tuesday, Aug 2:
HDT ETSDFQ 30 min AMRAP with a 40#SB, followed by 3x (4 pullups, 50 4-ct flutter kicks, 4 chin-ups, 25 60#SB DLs) for 11 min, followed by 90s max OH hold with a 60#SB. It felt good to move again after the HH.
Thursday, Aug 4:
Did a collaboration ruck with Cabarrus for Extortion 17, where we discussed the mission, remembered the names of those we lost that day, enjoyed some great views of the post-rain sunset, and had good discussions about leadership scenarios. SB prepped the history lesson, and I prepped the route. It had poured on the drive in, and was threatening to rain and thunder at any time again, so we hit as many parking garages as we could, to minimize the amount of time that we were exposed.
Armored Cow Brewing offered us a good place to park, while still being close to all of the good rucking spots.
We covered about 3.5 miles in 1:22:37, with 30# in the v3 20L rucker, wearing MACV1s.
Friday, Aug 5:
After a Blackstone trip and before a meetup for beer for work, I rucked around OMB, covering 3.5 miles in 1:13:00 wearing I/Os and a 30# v3 20L ruck.
After that, since I was already out and about, I swung by the start of the Extortion 17 Tough to watch the welcome party and mini self-responder class. There were a few other shadows there who were out to support their friends. It was a good smoke session to get to watch instead of being a part of.
GORUCK EXTORTION 17 BASIC
The next day, it was my turn! It would be my first time participating in, as opposed to shadowing, a Cadre Clay event, which is kind of crazy to think about. I would've done one earlier, but the previous opportunities coincided with
We started at Sedgefield Middle School, which is also where we had started the Bataan Light with Fagan in 2019. It allows for easy parking and some places to do PT at the start, with access to the more walkable areas in town. Albert, our 70+ year old superstar, came to do the event, which was awesome.
Initially, there was a guy mowing the inside of the track, but he wrapped up in time for us to do some body surfing, which was fun and different. Sedgefield Park was right next to the middle school. I didn't realize that before. We moved over there, and did lots of loops around the gazebo with lunges, bear crawls, and other movements.
Clay brought out little metal puzzles, that we took turns trying to solve as the others exercised. I struggled with them. We also did pullups to the best of our ability and a little playground play time. I like that his events are a mixture of mental challenges, in addition to the physical ones. It's something different.
We rucked over to Freedom Park, where we answered brain teasers while doing more crawls and movements up and down the amphitheater hill, and then we rucked back, for a nice 5.65 miles in about 4 hours.
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