An even Spartan 300
It's hard to wrangle together a group of people who think the idea of 10+ hour ruck marches or 20+ mile running events is fun, so it should be worth mentioning that our tightly-knit group of Facebook'ers have reached a milestone of 300 members now! Though we pride ourselves on being a small and almost exclusive group of crazies, we're always willing to bring in more people to our ranks!
Want to join the group? Have at it! We'll hook you up with the invite.
Elites in Killington, VT
47 days remaining until the Spartan World Championships! Our team's elites will be out in full force that weekend to take on what some will discover to be the hardest event yet. Keep your eyes peeled for our guys and gals out on the course and give them a high five! We doubt they will have the team flag in their inventory, given the technicality of this course... Here is our current roster of sign-ups:
Neil M. - Ultrabeast
Tina R. - Ultrabeast
Marianne M - Sprint
Heidi W. - Ultrabeast
Desiré R. - Ultrabeast
Grant P. - Ultrabeast
Haidar H. - Ultrabeast
Matt D. - Team Death Race
Carey D. - Team Death Race
Damion T. - Beast
Matthew S. - Ultrabeast
Deater - Ultrabeast
David M. - Ultrabeast
Fuego Y Agua, ran by two elites
Regiment elites Haidar and Deater took on the Fuego Y Agua 100k ultramarathon back in February. After half a year, Haidar managed to get his experience into words in a brief but awesome review of his experiences out in Central America! If you have any intention of stepping up your runs or ruck training to the next level, go ahead and give it a read!
Introducing team regiment affiliates!
The good news keeps rollin' in - this time we got some huge news for you. You may notice a new tab on the website. Which means...
We are an official GORUCK affiliate.
Let that sink in for a sec.
Yep. That so just happened. So what does it mean? It means that our partnership with them will generate more traffic to our team to help fund our crazy outings and elites. This means more notoriety and street cred to our team, which paves the way for more amazing things to happen in the future. This is only the beginning, and awesome people like you are the ones to thank for this amazing journey that our team has so far been a passenger to. If you would like to purchase any events or gear (do it in July, it's 50% off!), you have full permission to use our affiliate link.
Training!
Some pretty high level events are mere months away, and as the article states you should be primarily focused on your training and not what you plan on bringing. People around the nation are training hard for these events, and we'd like to feature a group out of Marion, North Carolina. These folks are called the 828 boot camp, and their training sessions are right in line with ours!
Want to train with us? Find a place and join up!
UB Updates
Greetings! I've got some questions messaged to me about the UB article, so I changed the text around in some areas to clarify a few things and add to the things that were lacking. Give it a read here, and keep the information coming!
Just your friendly reminder
The Spartan Ultrabeast is 76 days away. If you plan on attending this event, please prepare accordingly. If web traffic holds any truth you have no doubt visited our articles section and seen how to prepare for the ultrabeast. Nevertheless, keep your eyes peeled for future updates to the article since it will constantly get updated by other athletes!
And of course, for a more personal and less technical account of the event, there is this one to read as well.
They did it! Congratulations to our new elites!
This T3 was nothing short of inspirational and amazing. They rucked, ran, got wet and did PT until their muscles could not budge any longer. Of the original 14 who registered, 6 DNS (Did not show). Of the 8 who started the class, six made it until the very end and earned their red R patch! Those who DNF were for medical reasons (plantar fasciitis to the point of collapse, and heat exhaustion to the point of uncontrollable vomiting). Tears were even shed at the end as 14 hours of being put through the ringer were vindicated in the most liberating moment of victory! Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you our new six elites:
Left to right - Joe Grinstead, Tracy Trombley, Kendall Cooper, Nate Jacobs, Shae Burr and Chris Hampton
Structure of the T3
To those doing the T3 this weekend, the next few days will be wrought with nervous preparation followed by some last minute prayers. To those on the outside, you'll probably be checking out their progress live on our live updates.
As a little sneak preview, here is the structure of what they will be encountering:
Lap 0 - Welcome to the T3.
Lap 1 - Feats of Strength
Lap 2 - Feats of Endurance
Lap 3 - Feats of Camaraderie
Lap 4 - Feats of Intellect
Each lap is designed to progressively impact the next lap, where the last lap goes off the understanding that the class will have little to no physical left in them. All that will be left is their mind, which will be the focus of attack for that entire lap. No two laps follow the same route, so there is no guess to how or when it will end.
Think you've got what it takes to join our ranks of elites? Prove it.