My second gig in Iraq I was an intel fobit but we got slammed almost daily with rockets and mortars. After reading a triathlon magazine an MP company commander had in the office next door I return to pursue triathlons to burn the hyper vigilance. I finished my first full IM at 56 yo and been doing 70.3s since finishing my last 3 weeks ago at 65. Now I cycle 60-80 miles per week and looking to do an ultra run in the future. Thanks for your inspiration. As Clint Eastwood said “In get up every morning and don’t let the old man in.”
For young men out there who want to test themselves, I suggest building a family. Go to work every single day & come home to your lovely wife & children. For decades. Somewhere around 35 -- 45yo you'll find yourself overweight & lacking energy. At that point, pick up a kettlebell & get going. No, you're not going to be running 250-mile races, because you can't afford to. You can't afford the week, or the countless hours of training before that week, & you certainly can't afford to injure yourself, because you need to provide for your family....so you'll walk on your treadmill at a brisk pace at full incline for 45 - 60mins/day for 5-days/week....every week, each walk occurring immediately after a 30 -- 40 minute kettlebell training session where you go hard, but not injure-yourself-hard, because again, you need to care more about your family than about yourself. You'll wake up happy every day, & you'll have zero trouble falling asleep each night. Test yourself like that, if you're wandering what real men do.
50 miles of trail running per day for 5 days is ludicrous. I'm in decent shape (I've run two half marathons this year, hoping for a full this fall), and I did a 20 mile one-day hike in April that left me barely able to walk for several days afterwards. 250 miles, in that terrain, in that weather, that fast, is unfathomable to me. I have aspirations of doing an Ironman in the next few years, but I can't conceive of a way that I would ever be able to do this race. Mad props, bro. You are an inspiration.
The hazing never stopped for a year in s.korea 82 to 84. I was forced to defend myself against the men I had to lead. The greatest time I had in the military was in Germany serving with troops coming home from Vietnam. Very enlightening show Chad. Thank you again.
Thanks Chadd for everything you do brother. 5 years ago I was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension. So I don’t run anymore but I sure can still walk/hike a decent amount. I find inspiration in your content please keep it up. God bless you and yours. Have a fantastic day!
It’s great to have the ability to do things like this. I’m glad I started ultrarunning many years ago. Once I retire next year from the Army, I’ll have something to keep me challenged and driven.
I’m highly considering a challenge like this in the next year or two so this is excellent to learn about. Also, Shout out to your partner Barbell. I can’t afford to spend a lot on clothing, but the money I’ve spent on the handful of items I’ve purchased are quality and feel great. Worth it!
It’s inspiring to see you battle different obstacles in life at different stages in your growth forward. How your crew supports you is nothing short of brotherly love! Thank you for spreading good in this world! Its your divine task in life!
Great video Chad . You did leave out a major factor of Hell Week that most people absolutley wouldn't do . That's night diving in waters that are known to have great white sharks . I've been in the ocean at night when I was in my 20s , and I mean out there not wading around the shore and I'm telling you now that I most definitely would not do that today HAHA . Much respect to all that have been through hell week or ran in some insane distance running events .
Try working as a skilled trades mechanical technician, full-time getting out going home exercising at the gym going back home and building a house and polebarn taking care of three rescued dogs, while doing major autobody and mechanical repairs to keep vehicles working all with hardly any help 90% by yourself no team around you, and doing it for years that can take a physical and mental toll on you as well.
That’s good perspective, and honesty (which I believe is beneficial to those willing to hear). I know for myself the “what if” thoughts run through my head…but if I really take a step back and see that I can push myself physically and mentally in dang close to just about anything. How bad do I want to push, guess that’s the real question for myself and anyone else. Life is hell week on crack x10…it’s not stopping until God pulls our card.
My actual goal is to complete the El Caballo Blanco race and learn to be a competent Muay Thai kickboxing coach, glad you completed the 250 race and hell week Chad. I used to wanted to attend bud/s as a teenager but I was to stupid to pass the asvab to get into the military, glad I didn't know since it's ran by politicians and LGBTQ mafia, and what our dod did to Eddie Gallagher I'm very glad I didn't attend. But I'm glad you got to attend Chad, praying for you brother
Gonna try this next year but not the 250, the 125 one maybe 250 depends on my training leading up. Arizona native so I'm acclimated to our beautiful heat, lol.
Thank you for this Chadd. I’m one that was so close to serving back in 2003 and let the church I was a part of talk me out of it. They told me I was in Gods army and that I didn’t need to join man’s army. I met my wife two weeks later and have been married for 17 years and own two businesses and am retired from engineering. I still have a hole in me that wishes I would’ve served and went through Ranger training. That was very much what my heart wanted. I come from a lineage of military in my family on my fathers side including a Medal of Honor recipient. I struggle with being talked out of serving. Wouldn’t mind talking with you guys about it if one of y’all have a chance. It really changed my perspective about churches and modern day religion.
my first thought was you were much older when doing the run so it had to feel physically harder. also, if you think about it, how many hell week achievers could just go run 250 miles (around the time they were able to do hell week)?? probably almost zero.
What’s the sleep situation like in both hell week and in Cocodona 250? I’ve always wondered about this. As this can have a drastic impact on performance. My wife is a professional marathon runner. Podium finishes in major marathon… medals in World Championship events… etc. (I was never professional but I could sort of keep up with her). During peak training, we’d average about 100miles/week. But so much of training consisted of sleep. A lack of sleep, your body just falls apart. Are you able to sleep at all in hell week? Or is it sort of just a slow breakdown of your body?
From what I have read and watched… hell week is a few hours total sleep. I think Chad said he got a total of 10 hours sleep on the 250 miler. Ya sleep deprivation is a huge part of it.
During Hell Week trainees get two, short sleep periods. The first is on Wednesday, ~72 hours after Breakout (the start of Hell Week) and it's for 2 hours. The second is on Thursday and it's also for 2 hours. Having gone through Hell Week myself, most guys that have been through it agree that those short naps are worse than if we'd just gone straight through, but after 3 days of no sleep and that much activity, people HAVE to sleep or serious, life-threatening medical issues develop. The reasons that the naps suck so much is that we were still just long enough for our muscles, joints, tendons, etc. to swell even more and lock up. Not to mention, the first thing we did after we were woken up was get ordered into the freezing ocean (~56-58f). Our class looked like a crowd of walking dead as we shuffled towards the waves while trying to shake off the mental fog and attempting to get the circulation/feeling back in our feet/knees/legs. Obviously, everything at BUD/S sucks, but the cold (particularly cold water) was the hardest part for me and the moment in Hell Week where we waded into the ocean after having had been dry, relatively warm, and asleep was THE moment that I remember being worse than any other. Others moments came close, but right then I was on the verge of tears. Surf torture is a daily part of BUD/S and not particularly memorable for most people. However, after being run into the ground for 3 straight days during Hell Week, you're not thinking straight, hallucinations are common, and you're in half a dozen different types of extreme pain. Being instantly jerked out of a deep, deep sleep to knees that have doubled in size, fingers that looked like sausages, chafing all over your body that dried and stuck to your uniform until the second you moved then it ripped off patches of your skin in exceptionally sensitive areas. Then the open wounds got set on fire by the freezing salt water. Yeah. Wednesday of Hell Week was definitely the worst for me. The nap the next day sucked, but wasn't quite as bad because I knew what it was like and I knew that it was almost over.
@@erad3035 dang that’s so wild. So much respect man. Yeah I think a lot of high performance athletes get celebrated in our world. But it’s nothing compared to what you all do.
Thank you Chad, Military enthusiasm is the challenge for civilians who want to explore the idea of hunting fighting and adventuring in a socially responsible context I wish to invite ye to review the military enthusiast project I have been working on throughout covid. Maybe someday I can create something reasonably close to the 3 of 7 project Thank you God Bless!
On my channels playlist there is the short children's bible stories that I mentioned in livestream if you know anybody that has young children they are divided in short nightly bedtime stories for very small children
The virgins waited to late to seek and tried the wrong way to get the Oil. Faith is the Currency! Isahia 55 1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; ((come ye, buy)), and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk ((without money)) and without price. Romans 5 2 2 By whom also we have ((access by faith)) into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Matthew 25 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and ((buy for yourselves)). 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Genesis 4:7 “If thou doest well, shalt thou not be ((accepted))? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.” Ephesians 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein ((he hath made us accepted in the beloved)). 7 In whom we have redemption ((through his blood)), ((the forgiveness of sins)), according to the ((riches)) of his ((grace));
My second gig in Iraq I was an intel fobit but we got slammed almost daily with rockets and mortars. After reading a triathlon magazine an MP company commander had in the office next door I return to pursue triathlons to burn the hyper vigilance. I finished my first full IM at 56 yo and been doing 70.3s since finishing my last 3 weeks ago at 65. Now I cycle 60-80 miles per week and looking to do an ultra run in the future. Thanks for your inspiration. As Clint Eastwood said “In get up every morning and don’t let the old man in.”
For young men out there who want to test themselves, I suggest building a family. Go to work every single day & come home to your lovely wife & children. For decades. Somewhere around 35 -- 45yo you'll find yourself overweight & lacking energy. At that point, pick up a kettlebell & get going. No, you're not going to be running 250-mile races, because you can't afford to. You can't afford the week, or the countless hours of training before that week, & you certainly can't afford to injure yourself, because you need to provide for your family....so you'll walk on your treadmill at a brisk pace at full incline for 45 - 60mins/day for 5-days/week....every week, each walk occurring immediately after a 30 -- 40 minute kettlebell training session where you go hard, but not injure-yourself-hard, because again, you need to care more about your family than about yourself. You'll wake up happy every day, & you'll have zero trouble falling asleep each night. Test yourself like that, if you're wandering what real men do.
As an old endurance athlete I still find it important to find that daily mountain to climb. Never stop.
50 miles of trail running per day for 5 days is ludicrous. I'm in decent shape (I've run two half marathons this year, hoping for a full this fall), and I did a 20 mile one-day hike in April that left me barely able to walk for several days afterwards. 250 miles, in that terrain, in that weather, that fast, is unfathomable to me. I have aspirations of doing an Ironman in the next few years, but I can't conceive of a way that I would ever be able to do this race. Mad props, bro. You are an inspiration.
The hazing never stopped for a year in s.korea 82 to 84. I was forced to defend myself against the men I had to lead.
The greatest time I had in the military was in Germany serving with troops coming home from Vietnam. Very enlightening show Chad. Thank you again.
Ahhh, the good old days...there's nothing like some good ol' ill-intentioned, life-long scarring abuse from other damaged men.
Thanks Chadd for everything you do brother. 5 years ago I was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension. So I don’t run anymore but I sure can still walk/hike a decent amount. I find inspiration in your content please keep it up. God bless you and yours. Have a fantastic day!
He’s such an amazing communicator!!! Such an awesome skill!!!
It’s great to have the ability to do things like this. I’m glad I started ultrarunning many years ago. Once I retire next year from the Army, I’ll have something to keep me challenged and driven.
I’m highly considering a challenge like this in the next year or two so this is excellent to learn about. Also, Shout out to your partner Barbell. I can’t afford to spend a lot on clothing, but the money I’ve spent on the handful of items I’ve purchased are quality and feel great. Worth it!
It’s inspiring to see you battle different obstacles in life at different stages in your growth forward. How your crew supports you is nothing short of brotherly love! Thank you for spreading good in this world! Its your divine task in life!
Great video Chad . You did leave out a major factor of Hell Week that most people absolutley wouldn't do . That's night diving in waters that are known to have great white sharks . I've been in the ocean at night when I was in my 20s , and I mean out there not wading around the shore and I'm telling you now that I most definitely would not do that today HAHA . Much respect to all that have been through hell week or ran in some insane distance running events .
Great respect for you Brother. Proud of what you have achieved. Peace 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Try working as a skilled trades mechanical technician, full-time getting out going home exercising at the gym going back home and building a house and polebarn taking care of three rescued dogs, while doing major autobody and mechanical repairs to keep vehicles working all with hardly any help 90% by yourself no team around you, and doing it for years that can take a physical and mental toll on you as well.
Thanks and enjoy your talk. 1 Tim.4:8.
48th is very impressive 👏
First time in my life i see Chad with long pants😂😂😂😂😂😂
Great endurance is very hard to accomplish and keep going 💪 😎
It has actually been a really cool summer it feels like to me in AZ.
Awesome video as always 🙏🏼🇺🇲
That’s good perspective, and honesty (which I believe is beneficial to those willing to hear). I know for myself the “what if” thoughts run through my head…but if I really take a step back and see that I can push myself physically and mentally in dang close to just about anything. How bad do I want to push, guess that’s the real question for myself and anyone else.
Life is hell week on crack x10…it’s not stopping until God pulls our card.
I like your videos..ya a chill dude..and a have learned something along the way..
My actual goal is to complete the El Caballo Blanco race and learn to be a competent Muay Thai kickboxing coach, glad you completed the 250 race and hell week Chad. I used to wanted to attend bud/s as a teenager but I was to stupid to pass the asvab to get into the military, glad I didn't know since it's ran by politicians and LGBTQ mafia, and what our dod did to Eddie Gallagher I'm very glad I didn't attend. But I'm glad you got to attend Chad, praying for you brother
Gonna try this next year but not the 250, the 125 one maybe 250 depends on my training leading up. Arizona native so I'm acclimated to our beautiful heat, lol.
Good stuff looking forward to the documentary
Thank you for this Chadd. I’m one that was so close to serving back in 2003 and let the church I was a part of talk me out of it. They told me I was in Gods army and that I didn’t need to join man’s army. I met my wife two weeks later and have been married for 17 years and own two businesses and am retired from engineering. I still have a hole in me that wishes I would’ve served and went through Ranger training. That was very much what my heart wanted. I come from a lineage of military in my family on my fathers side including a Medal of Honor recipient. I struggle with being talked out of serving. Wouldn’t mind talking with you guys about it if one of y’all have a chance. It really changed my perspective about churches and modern day religion.
You made the right call
Great video!
Hi did UA-cam take down this weeks live stream
you are missing Goggins in this conversation
Lol…britches. That’s not a word we hear a lot in the north.
Just think running that distance without taking naps,or if a time limit was imposed.
Im 19 planning on joining the navy seals can you prepare me for the challenge
Its good that chili wasnt sick ✌🏻
Chadd giving us the full view of them pants! 🥵🤣
What are your thoughts on navy boot camp? Is it challenging? Or is it easy?
my first thought was you were much older when doing the run so it had to feel physically harder.
also, if you think about it, how many hell week achievers could just go run 250 miles (around the time they were able to do hell week)?? probably almost zero.
What sunglasses are those?
Enough said.
I tried running once, but my beer kept foaming up!
I would love to have this guy as my main mentor do you the lessons he teaches couid applied as a parent considering he doesn't have kids himself?
Those pant look like pajamas to me and I like baggy pants of course I dress like a Cholo. Great video chad
How does one train to run 250miles?
What’s the sleep situation like in both hell week and in Cocodona 250?
I’ve always wondered about this.
As this can have a drastic impact on performance.
My wife is a professional marathon runner. Podium finishes in major marathon… medals in World Championship events… etc. (I was never professional but I could sort of keep up with her).
During peak training, we’d average about 100miles/week.
But so much of training consisted of sleep.
A lack of sleep, your body just falls apart.
Are you able to sleep at all in hell week? Or is it sort of just a slow breakdown of your body?
From what I have read and watched… hell week is a few hours total sleep. I think Chad said he got a total of 10 hours sleep on the 250 miler. Ya sleep deprivation is a huge part of it.
During Hell Week trainees get two, short sleep periods. The first is on Wednesday, ~72 hours after Breakout (the start of Hell Week) and it's for 2 hours. The second is on Thursday and it's also for 2 hours.
Having gone through Hell Week myself, most guys that have been through it agree that those short naps are worse than if we'd just gone straight through, but after 3 days of no sleep and that much activity, people HAVE to sleep or serious, life-threatening medical issues develop.
The reasons that the naps suck so much is that we were still just long enough for our muscles, joints, tendons, etc. to swell even more and lock up. Not to mention, the first thing we did after we were woken up was get ordered into the freezing ocean (~56-58f). Our class looked like a crowd of walking dead as we shuffled towards the waves while trying to shake off the mental fog and attempting to get the circulation/feeling back in our feet/knees/legs.
Obviously, everything at BUD/S sucks, but the cold (particularly cold water) was the hardest part for me and the moment in Hell Week where we waded into the ocean after having had been dry, relatively warm, and asleep was THE moment that I remember being worse than any other. Others moments came close, but right then I was on the verge of tears.
Surf torture is a daily part of BUD/S and not particularly memorable for most people. However, after being run into the ground for 3 straight days during Hell Week, you're not thinking straight, hallucinations are common, and you're in half a dozen different types of extreme pain. Being instantly jerked out of a deep, deep sleep to knees that have doubled in size, fingers that looked like sausages, chafing all over your body that dried and stuck to your uniform until the second you moved then it ripped off patches of your skin in exceptionally sensitive areas. Then the open wounds got set on fire by the freezing salt water.
Yeah. Wednesday of Hell Week was definitely the worst for me. The nap the next day sucked, but wasn't quite as bad because I knew what it was like and I knew that it was almost over.
@@erad3035 dang that’s so wild. So much respect man.
Yeah I think a lot of high performance athletes get celebrated in our world. But it’s nothing compared to what you all do.
What sunglasses is Chadd wearing?
Julbo Fury's
You gonna go for the grand slam of 250s one year or nah?
Thank you Chad,
Military enthusiasm is the challenge for civilians who want to explore the idea of hunting fighting and adventuring in a socially responsible context
I wish to invite ye to review the military enthusiast project I have been working on throughout covid.
Maybe someday I can create something reasonably close to the 3 of 7 project
Thank you God Bless!
It cant be because you are older now.. Yeah I kid myself a bunch also now that im 51
Just found your channel . I’m not military but I am a veteran police officer. Thanks for your service.
On my channels playlist there is the short children's bible stories that I mentioned in livestream if you know anybody that has young children they are divided in short nightly bedtime stories for very small children
😂😂sugar cookie
You need to attempt one of those hardcore haunted houses around Halloween 👻
Let us know how it compares to SERE 🎃
🫡
Really
Plus your are like 20 years older than when you went through hell week
Plus you were younger in hell week! 😂
WHOLE LOT of time spent videoing those two back pockets.
The virgins waited to late to seek and tried the wrong way to get the Oil. Faith is the Currency!
Isahia 55 1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; ((come ye, buy)), and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk ((without money)) and without price.
Romans 5 2 2 By whom also we have ((access by faith)) into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Matthew 25 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and ((buy for yourselves)).
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Genesis 4:7 “If thou doest well, shalt thou not be ((accepted))? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.”
Ephesians 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein ((he hath made us accepted in the beloved)).
7 In whom we have redemption ((through his blood)), ((the forgiveness of sins)), according to the ((riches)) of his ((grace));
To be fair, you’re also not a young man anymore. The age difference has to help the recovery.
I didn't come here to watch some commercial. Barbell, barbell. Blah blah blah
It’s definitely dumber.