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Through the Eyes – Caleb Mack, Final Run

Caleb Mack competed in and finished the 2015 Endeavor Team Challenge. How would you describe the final run? A bundle of emotions. What did your training look like to prepare for the run? Not enough, I ran at low elevation on flat terrain about 25 miles a week, mixing in some tempo running. How many hours of sleep did you get during the night? How were you feeling waking up and getting ready for the

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What is the Endeavor Team Challenge? Competitors describe the event in their own words.

We are often asked to describe the Endeavor Team Challenge, but our answers sometimes fall short.  The truth is that each competitor’s experience is unique.  However, we design the events with one goal in mind- to give our athletes the ultimate adventure – combining all aspects of fitness and the beauty of the outdoors with the objective of pushing competitors well beyond their perceived limits.  We want our participants walk away feeling that they have

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5 Lessons from the 2014 Endeavor Team Challenge Champions

 Dean Pierson and Lee Walker (Team 21), both of Salisbury, Maryland, are the 2014 Endeavor Team Challenge Champions. We sat down with them recently to learn more about their training, gear decisions, race day strategies, and lessons learned from this year’s event. We ended up talking for the good part of an hour, and took extensive notes.  We then distilled them down to these the top five lessons. Lesson #1: Pick a partner that complements

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What Are You Training For?

I was first introduced to CrossFit back in 2007 when I was in the Army.  I used the CrossFit regimen in my training because it was a very effective in preparing me to do my job.  As a Ranger I was supposed to move further, faster, and fight harder than any other soldier.  CrossFit helped me get there. I continued to train using the CrossFit regimen after I left the Army, but it was less

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2013 Lessons Learned and the Path Forward

I.                Summary: This post is a roll up of our goals for the 2013 Endeavor Team Challenge, how we did in achieving them, and what changes we are making for next year. II.                The Goal: When we designed the Endeavor Team Challenge our goal was to build the ultimate culminating fitness event.  In our minds such an event needed to be the following things: Accessible to the average athlete (with training) A broad test fitness Something

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Blog Posts Discussing the 2013 Endeavor Team Challenge

Competitors have written some detailed accounts of their experiences preparing for and competing in the Endeavor Team Challenge.  Here are some of them we have run across.  **Please feel free to send us links to others**   To Endeavor Is To Accept by Brendon Mahoney on September 12, 2013   Recently my buddy, Brett Scharf, and I competed in the inaugural event of the first ever Endeavor Challenge. Excited and apprehensive at the same time, we

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Nick Donato Competes to Honor his Family

“Always remember who you are and what you represent.” These are the words that will be echoing through Dallas, Texas resident Nick Donato’s head as he summits Mt. Reba during the inaugural Endeavor Team Challenge this September. Growing up in Iowa, Nick’s Aunt, Lori Dowie-Reeser, frequently spoke these words to him, but this year they carry a special meaning. This past spring, in the span of just two months, Nick lost his Grandfather, Anthony “Tut”

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A Monumental Test of Fitness

The Endeavor Team Challenge is a Monumental Test of Fitness: We designed the Endeavor Team Challenge to be two things: (1) an awesome experience to share with a teammate and (2) an event to train for that objectively measures competitor fitness. The value of the experience is apparent: Our competitors must work together to overcome harrowing challenges while immersed in some of the most beautiful parts of our National Forests.  The individual events are fun

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