Next we go inland
They fill their buckets with either sand or water and then we do some bucket brigade to some warmer areas
Time to begin
Half mile run north to the park for some PT!
Tags
Each person has 4 orange tags that say "apparently I wasn't ready". If they drop their rucks from overhead, they have to wear a tag on their ruck. Neil is administering advice.
Lap one rules
No talking.
Now they must hold their rucks overhead.
Time to get in the surf
Turn around, lock arms, start walking backwards.
Gear Check
Checking...
What happens if you don't follow every word of the instructions? Well...
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Bonus lap
Nobody was at the start point for the bonus lap. Nobody gets to do it. That's good though. They were going to do 50 burpees.
The schedule
Lap B - 0640
Lap 0 - 0700
Lap 1 - feats of strength
Lap 2 - feats of endurance
Lap 3 - feats of camaraderie
Lap 4 - feats of intellect
Estimated time to completion today is 15 hours. If they complete the course agenda quickly, they finish quickly. For example the new port Richie group finished in only 11 hours!
Starting soon
People have woken up and the nerves are already too much for some. We're down to twelve and likely to go down to eleven before the event even begins. So far the stats/predictions are right on point!
The hardest part is simply showing up.
Lets just hope that the person wanting to quit wasn't bringing any mandatory gear... That'd suck horribly for those who actually decided to show up. A lot.
STARTING POINT INFO
At 0700, the team must be lined up from youngest to oldest (either direction) in front of the concrete walkway pictured below. They must have their gear precisely laid out in the sand as described earlier. Attention to detail can make this easy or a living nightmare.
As you can see, this is right in front of the parking area listed as our meetup point/checkpoint. Just a heads up... If you can consolidate your checkpoint gear and any others into a single car, PLEASE DO SO. Although we're getting there early, parking is still limited and it cuts down on the chaos. There are restrooms right by the area as well as drinking fountains.
Bring extra water however to help refill, unless you want to gamble on the drinking fountains not working and having to refill your water from the bathroom sink.
There will be an optional bonus lap to those who wish to partake in this area at 0640.
area highlighted here, in case it still wasn't clear yet.
This is probably the last bit of participant-worthy info. The rest of the posts from here on out may just be for spectators.
Probably.
New mandatory team gear requirement
The team as a whole must also bring one roll of duct tape.