Arnie & I
participated in the Goruck Light on 10/19, in Seattle. First of all, there was close to 60 people in
the group, plus spectators (not the 30 advertised). The website states over and over again that
it is not a race but a team event. For
the majority of event, we were running or sprinting to the next
destination. Within the first 20 minutes
of the event, the Cadre asked everyone to get into Lake Union fully
clothed. In 40 degree weather this was
not ideal! Doing burpees & blowing bubbles was gross. Afterwards, we did a variety of exercises (carrying one another, bear crawls, crabs, squats, etc). My feet never got dried, my
teeth never stop chattering, my hands never got warm. There were no breaks at all. It seemed as this Cadre (who admitted that it
was his first event) - wanted to pack it all in. He made us carry heavy logs, cylinder blocks, & pallets. Towards the end, when he asked whether we
wanted to continue walking with logs, bricks, etc. or jump into the Puget Sound
(much colder than the Lake), we did not hear that the people in the front
elected to jump in the water. We asked
the Cadre & he informed us. We
elected to go home at that time. There
wasn't any type of outreach to convince us to stay. When we finally saw a watch, we realized we
had been out 5 1/2 hours, not the 4-5 hours indicated on the website. Plus the group was going to be out another
hour after we left. We have small
children at home and needed to get back to them. I am very disappointed in this experience and
hope they respond to my complaint. We shall see.
The picture below is a compilation of the first hour or so, not the remainder when we were walking around Seattle freezing!
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