Florida Mud Run, Obstacle and ruck training team.
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?
It's regiment week. That means that you'll be getting some cool announcements all through the week. This first one is huge...
The next T3 has officially been announced! We're proud to announce that we're partnering up with BattleFrog for this one, which means that we are going to have two actual BUD/S instructors as your cadre for this event! I'll give you a second to let the magnitude of this entire thing sink in for a second. Actual. BUD/S. Instructors. It now goes without saying that the battlefrog series will not be listed as our third official affiliate now.
Since this will be Navy SEAL themed, we're heading back out on to the beaches of St. Augustine on the 13th of December. Be sure to reserve your campsite at Anastasia State Park ASAP! We got a lot going on at this event, so the price will be a little higher. However $55 is still pretty good for a 12+ hour long event run by the seals. We're not done yet.
Since it's regiment week, registration will be 13% off for the next week. Expect pregame challenges and more course details to emerge sometime in November.
As we grow, we must branch out. We've just gotten our team added to the mud and adventure team listings page - where all are welcome to join! All you have to do is click the giant "JOIN" button and that's it. Our influence of awesomeness continues to spread. Join said awesomeness here.
I'd like to make next week the official regiment appreciation week from now on. Which means I will be making some pretty important announcements for our team and the cool stuff that we're going to be doing together in the future. There are an endless amount of group pages out there full of their own flavor of WODs, workout posts and reposts - yet 300+ people stick together and revel in the unique personality that we share.
Our identity, which shines the light not on the end result but the journey we each take to get to that result is hard to find in this society of instant gratification. As I say to our regiment elites as they're about to get their patch, your actions inspire others. When people see you running a race they will have one of two internal dialogues. The first one is "Holy crap, that guy podiums these events and I'm at his pace? I think I can do this!". The second thought is "If this guy can carry a tire and/or rucksack and do multiple laps, I can pull through this and finish my first run!". No matter the scenario, you do amazing things for others.
Keep it up, folks.
Out of curiosity, what wave will you be running in? Get your vote in here!
To those going to VT, you're no doubt thinking of this event every hour of the day by now. Keep in mind that any training that you do right now should start to be tapered off through less volume on the same intensity. Any gains you reap from your workouts now will not be as effective come the time you're out on the mountain. Your concern now should lie in bringing the right gear. That intense training you've been planning on doing should have been done six months ago.
Rumors of the course layout for the Ultrabeast are starting to trickle in from some pretty reliable sources. One such source is a course volunteer (who shall not be named) who spilled the beans on some pretty vital info. As any Spartan rumors go they could always just be mindgames being played on us - so do not believe everything 100% until we get the official emails. Nevertheless, the following bits of information made its way to us:
Interesting information, if it turns out to be true. One of the big mind games that the UB12 runners recall is the intense desire to quit when the finish the first beast course and they have to get back out there to do it all again.
Regiment elite Kendall C. dominated the Hawaii trifecta and decided to get some ink done while in paradise. I'd say the team is happy with his choice of artistry!
Now if we can get this guy to submit his regiment elite profile so he can look even cooler! :)
