Holy crap - that reads like a list of Chuck Norris accomplishments, only David Groggins really did them. The video on the website is cool too.
-Cameron On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Inspirational. > I need to start exercising. > really. > > "David Goggins is not your typical endurance athlete. This 6ft1, > 195-pound competitor looks more like a pro football player than an > ultrarunner. > > Goggins is also unique in several less visible ways. At 32, he's > younger than most of his peers, who have taught their bodies to run > huge distances only through years and years of training. Goggins only > took up the sport in 2005 - prior to this he hardly ran at all. > > Goggins is also a Navy SEAL. In fact, he's the only person in the > history of the USA to have successfully completed training with the > Navy SEALS, US Army Rangers and the Air Force's Tactical Air > Controller unit. Perhaps more impressively, he is also the only person > to have completed the SEALS' infamous Hell Week on three separate > occasions. (The third time because he felt his first two efforts were > soft.) > > "I'm nobody special. I've been in the military for about 13 years. I > joined the military to push my limits. When I first joined, I couldn't > run down to the mailbox. I was into powerlifting and weighed 280 > pounds. I used to bench press 435. The guy at the recruiting office > looked at me like I didn't have a chance." > > Goggins would go on to complete three tours of Iraq and Afghanistan. > After losing several friends in the war, he became obsessed with the > idea of doing something to support their children. > > "I started looking for ways to raise money for them. Someone told me > there was this ultramarathon race in Death Valley called Badwater." > > The Badwater Ultramarathon bills itself as "the world's toughest foot > race." Competitors race over a 135 mile (215km) course that starts 282 > feet (85m) below sea level in California's Death Valley, and ends at > an elevation of 8360 feet (2548m) on the trailhead to Mount Whitney, > the highest summit in the contiguous United States. Conditions in the > Badwater event are severe - the race takes place in July, an > intentional decision by the organisers because this is typically when > the weather is the most extreme. It is not unusual for temperatures to > exceed 120F (49C). In the shade. > > "I didn't even know what an ultramarathon was. I had never really run > in my life. So, I called up the race director of Badwater to find out > if he'd let me in. He asked me how many 100-milers I had done. I said, > none. Then he asked how many marathons I had done. None, I said. He > said I had to have at least one ultramarathon under my belt before he > could consider letting me in. This was November. I had to qualify by > January to run Badwater [in June 2006]. So, I started looking for > 100-mile races in the area that I could do. > > I found one in San Diego and entered it. It was a 24-hour race on a > one-mile course, and you had to run 100 miles in under 24 hours. I > told my wife about it and she looked at me like I was crazy." > > "So, I get into it and felt good for the first 50 miles. And I > thought, what's the big deal? 60 miles, still good. Then after 61 > miles I never felt so much pain in my life. I just hit a wall. At 70 > miles my body starts to lock up. I was 12 hours into the race. I > walked another 7 miles. I only had 23 miles to go, but I just couldn't > go any further. But, I had to. I didn't want to have to do this again, > and I was already so far into it. Somehow, I ran to 90 miles and I > felt like I was going to die. My feet were broken, I had tendonitis > and shin splints. But, I just kept going and got to 100, and then I > did one more lap just in case there was a miscount. I finished in 18 > hours and 56 minutes and my wife took me home. She had to carry me up > the stairs to our home. I was peeing blood." > > Goggins would go on to compete in the Las Vegas Marathon just 10 days > later, and posted an exceptional 3:08 finish. > > "So, I called the Badwater director again. And he said that he wasn't > sure he could let me in because he had so many people on the list with > longer resumes. So I decided to do one more. That was in December. I > finished that one and called the Badwater director again. He let me > in." > > David Goggins, Albert Vallee, Badwater > > Goggins would finish an unbelievable fifth in his first race at > Badwater, raising a considerable amount of for the Special Operation > Warrior Foundation, a charity that provides full college scholarships, > financial aid and counselling to surviving children of military > personnel who were killed in an operational mission or training > accident. > > But he wasn't done. With only three weeks training, little experience > as a swimmer and on a borrowed bike, he entered the Hawaiian Ultraman, > a three-day, 320 mile (515km) race held on the Big Island of Hawaii. > The race is divided into three stages - a 6.2 mile (10km) ocean swim > followed by a 90-mile (145km) bike ride on day one, a 171.4-mile > (276km) bike ride on day two, and a 52.4-mile (84km) double-marathon > on day three. > > "I get to the race and I finished the swim on day one in twelfth. But, > I was terrified of the bike. I had a bad blowout toward the end of the > ride. I'm not a mechanic, so I lost thirty minutes dealing with that. > But, I had a spare bike that I had rented from a local shop, except it > didn't have clipless pedals. It just had those straps that you put > your regular street shoes into. I finished that last part of the ride > wearing my shoes on these flat pedals. People were looking at me like, > what are you doing? So, the Ultraman was my first and only triathlon." > > Goggins would go on to finish in second place. > > David Goggins Daily WorkoutHe returned to Badwater in 2007, finished > third, knocking over four hours off of his time of the previous year. > His work with the Special Ops Warrior Foundation keeps him motivated. > > "We put 266 kids through college last year. And that's what keeps me > going. I'll be honest, I don't like running. I don't like biking. I > don't like swimming. I do it to raise money. But, now that I'm in this > sport I want to see how far I can push myself. What makes me tick is > that pain you feel when you do these ultramarathons. I love knowing > that everyone's suffering because I know I can suffer just a little > bit more. I can take a lot of pain." > > > * The average adult male can do 27 pushups...Goggins can do 243. > * The average resting pulse of a healthy adult male is 75 bpm, Goggins' is 30. > * Goggins does 42 HOURS of aerobic exercise per week. > * Goggins runs 20 miles or more every morning...early. > * The average male can do 36 crunches in 1 minute...David can do 106. > * His body fat % is 4%. > * He can run 203.5 Miles non-stop. > > http://the100mileman.com/davidgoggins/"; > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279455 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
