Florida Mud Run, Obstacle and ruck training team.
As you no doubt know from the Goruck updates, five are left. Travis' mind outlasted his body as it was wracked with cramps at the ruck march. Something tells us we haven't seen the last of our badass elites. Not by a long shot.
Unfortunately, Matt Dolitsky did not pass the 5mi beach run in the PT test and has been removed from the event. As is usual with Matt, he is in great spirits and is making the best of his situation with his head held up high. For now he is enjoying a nice night camping under the stars with Carey. Way to make the best of things, were very proud of you Matt!
Travis still remains as far as we know.
Team Regiment elites Matt and Travis will be embarking upon GORUCK Selection 015 just days from now, and like our T3 updates GORUCK has also implemented a live updates system to help you keep track of the madness that will unfold. Keep your browser open on the live updates and enjoy the comfort of your computer chair while an expected 100+ people endure the hardest moments of their life!
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It's FINALLY here! After two weeks of doing the Ultra Beast, I have finally put my thoughts into words (over 10,000 of them) and really put it out there. Before reading, I recommend reading the lead-in to it from the 2013 Ultra Beast review. Without any more delays, here is my 2014 Spartan Ultrabeast story.
Burpee points (or burpee bucks) is a point system used all throughout the pregame challenges leading up to and through the T3. T3 enlisted can earn burpee points by paying attention to the T3 live updates and the Facebook event page challenges that get periodically posted in the weeks leading up to the actual event.
Great! You've earned burpee points by doing these silly little challenges. Now what? Next you'll be presented with pre-game unlocks. These perk unlocks are unlocked through the pooled burpee points that are submitted by the team to unlock anything that you think your team needs the most. For example, here is the list of perks that the last class unlocked:
That's cool. So what if we have points remaining when we go into the actual event? No problem. Burpee points are used inside the T3 as well. For example, when you are called on to do burpees in a challenge, for each point you cash in you are relieved of doing four (4) of your overall required burpees. It doesn't seem like much but you will appreciate it when the time comes. Other times that burpee points were used during T3 events were to collectively cash in and make certain challenges ruckless such as ladder pushups. You do NOT want to do ladder pushups with your ruck.
So in conclusion, the premise of burpee points is that if you take the challenge seriously, pay attention to detail (like checking on the website), help your teammates out and show that you really want to be a part of the team you will be rewarded.
Starting Thursday, Regiment elites Travis Hoard and Matthew "ironbeast" Dolitsky will take on GORUCK Selection. With an expected 10 out of 200 to finish, they are up against some pretty stacked odds. Best of luck to our most insane of elites!
As is tradition, our initiates must not only go through the trials but they also must endure pre-game challenges before their T3 even begins. These are technically not mandatory to complete, but doing so earns burpee points. These points are used to unlock various perks to make their challenge easier by either lessening the physical torture, giving hints or revealing part of the course agenda to remove some of the unknown aspects of the trials. Typically we've kept these challenges inside the Facebook event page, but what fun is there in only having the initiates know about these challenges? Starting at the December T3, the online challenges will be posted via updates on our T3 Live Updates page. Initiates will have to constantly keep an eye out on that page, because challenges may even be removed after a certain amount of time.
The T3 teaches you to be prepared for some of the huge events out there such as World's Toughest Mudder, Spartan Ultrabeast, GORUCK Heavy and more. Attention to detail is key, as you will learn in some form or another...
The spartan world championships have now concluded, and there are plenty of stories to be told by plenty of our teammates. Keep checking the site for those stories. My personal account of the Ultrabeast is at least 7000 words right now, and I'm about halfway done! This means that I'll have to spice it up with some good pictures and graphics to keep everybody's attention span :)
Rest well Spartans. But don't rest too much.
As the next T3 looms in the horizon, a new set of initiates embark upon what may be the hardest event they have yet to partake in. If you claim to be on of those people, here is some information you may find helpful.
REGISTER HERE:
http://bswarms.com/swarm321
Team Regiment has joined forces with Battlefrog in the next Tough Training Trials! Less than 50 people hold the coveted rank of elite in Team Regiment. Do you have what it takes to earn your red R and join the ranks of these elite members?
The T3 is a 10-12 hour, 16 mile team-building ruck, swim, and obstacle run event that is divided into five themed laps that train, test and challenge every part of your mind and body. Laps are designed to test every aspect of endurance such that the next lap is strategically the hardest thing you can endure. This event is designed to prepare you for big events like GORUCK, Spartan UltraBeast, World's Toughest Mudder and other high-caliber events out there. The trials you will endure are as follows:
Lap 0 - Indoc
Lap 1 - Feats of strength
Lap 2 - Feats of endurance
Lap 3 - Feats of camaraderie
Lap 4 - Feats of intellect
Aspiring elite are expected to bring a backpack/ruck consisting of at least 20% body weight (we'll have a scale), a headlamp and clothes to get wet and sandy in. You will be provided with food and drinks after every lap is completed, but you're welcome to bring your own. Since this is the T3 beach edition, we will be reserving campsites for a BBQ cookout afterwards.
Those who make it to the end (people have quit on many occasions) will receive the coveted red R patch and the rare honor that only the elite get to share in Team Regiment. Nobody has said this was easy, but everybody has said it was worth it. This time it will be at a campground. If you want to stay overnight, reserve your campsite now at http://floridastateparks.reserveamerica.com/campsiteCalendar.do
Here is the rest of what you need to know:
READ BEFORE GOING:
http://regimentrunning.com/s/T3_FAQ.pdf
Where: Anastasia State Park. St Augustine, FL.
Who: No more than 20 per class
When: 9:30am until 10:30pm or later.
Cost: $55 (regiment elite and T2 finishers get $5 off)
Could this be the information packet that we get for Vermont? We don't know until the official email comes into our inbox, but this does look pretty promising.
EDIT: It looks like the obstacle rules were leaked as well. Could this reveal all of the obstacles?
