Dude how was that 50 mile event?
It was basically like this: 20lb weight+ruck + water/food so about 33 lbs. At 9 pm you get a list of 30 or so points you have to find. Then you map your route using apps or anything you want, and go find them. You take a group photo at each point and hashtag it on instagram so goruck can verify you did what you were supposed to.
The NY one was rough. 46 degrees and torrential rain. That was actually the fun part. The not fun part was that we rushed to get out of the gate, and did not plan our route meticulously, and missed points we were supposed to find. So we had to back track, run, scramble, etc....it was high stress because if you are one second past the 20 hour point, you fail. We took 19 hours, and added miles due to fuck ups, so it was like 53 miles. One guy quit when we had to run back a mile due to missing McSorley's.
Did one in Boston, took the extra time, never missed a waypoint, and did it in 15 or so. Much less stress.
The hard part about doing this stuff in the city is that because of all the pavement, your feet will inevitably hurt. So even though I was prepared, every mile after 38 was like walking on glass.
Both times my wind was never an issue, never felt the ruck, and never got tired. But the pain in your feet can be pretty tough.
