“You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.” – Dave Goggins, retired Navy SEAL You don’t compete in this event because it’s easy. You compete in it because it’s hard. You do it because it’s an escape from the normal routines that dominate your daily life. It’s easy to stick to those routines. Routines make you comfortable. They’re what you

Close your eyes for a moment and envision your partner and yourself crossing the finish line in Bear Valley on September 9th. You have just spent the last 30 hours hiking, swimming, climbing, and navigating your way through the wilderness and you’ve lugged around your pack for most of it. Today, in this moment, does it seem possible? Crossing the line on Sunday might seem like an objective that’s out of reach, but we stand

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Most of the focus during the lead up to the Endeavor Team Challenge is on getting physically fit and acquiring or fine-tuning the necessary skills that will be tested during the event. Most training regimens, however, are lacking in one area – preparing mentally for such a long and demanding event. Mental toughness is an individual’s resilience against, and ability

It takes a special kind of person to compete in the Endeavor Team Challenge. This is not a casual race to be completed in an afternoon, and we don’t call it a monumental fitness challenge for nothing. The ETC is more than a race. It’s validation that you and a teammate can surmount challenges out in the wilderness requiring self-reliance, physical resilience and psychological fortitude. It taps into the inner primal instinct that has been