Alden Jones competed in and finished the 2015 Endeavor Team Challenge. How would you describe the competitor field? The competitor field was all about nutrition for me. Did you do any training specifically for the competitor field? What types of activities or skills would be helpful in the Competitor Field? I made sure to workout at least 6 days a week. A rest day, should include an activity or sport. I tried to double up

  Ben Dickens competed in the 2014 and 2015 Endeavor Team Challenge finishing 2nd in 2015. For me, the Endeavor Team Challenge forged a friendship. John Hofius (aka Hofius) and I have known each other since college, where we graduated from Stanford together in 2008. We became friends over the following years while we both lived in San Francisco, mostly interacting at social gatherings. We became close friends in late 2012, when we signed up for

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

 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