Something I didn’t know 36 hours ago – I am taking off to NYC in a couple of hours to participate in S.E.R.E. Performance Urban Challenge.

Talk about spontaneity. 🙂

A member on a friend’s team could not make it, and they really needed another insane individual to join them. Enter Solo. 🙂

S.E.R.E. stands for Strength. Endurance. (Self)Reliance. Evolving… your body and mind. In less cryptic terms, it is a 14-15 hour suck-fest, loosely based on US Military training, and focusing on survival skills and physical conditioning.

I have done the Goruck Challenge in Toronto last summer (read all about it here), but S.E.R.E. will be new. From very little that I know about the event, it seems to be similar to Goruck (physical conditioning, takes place at night, in a big city, team setting), but differs in some important ways – it is more competitive. Five teams of ten people compete over the course of the challenge, with one winning team at the end.

From FAQ:

Awwww.. 🙂

If Goruck is the Tough Mudder of urban adventure events, then S.E.R.E. is the Spartan. Harder, and more competitive.

My team sounds all kinds of awesome. So far, I know that our food will probably be taken away for at least 4-8 hours, and cold water immersion will probably be on the menu (but we will probably be able to strip beforehand, isn’t that nice?).

So if you will excuse me, I need to prep my road trip food cooler! 🙂

WOD:

• 60 min, hot yoga

WOD – Wednesday (CrossFit):

• front squat 3-3-3

warm-up –> 5(35) / 5(85) / 3(115) / 3(125)
3(145) / 3(155) / 3(165)

• AMRAP 70% RM = 125lb –> 14 reps

• 7 min, AMRAP –> 10 wallballs (14lb) + 10 ringdips (red band) = 4 rounds

WOD – Tuesday:

• 5-7 min, jump rope
• 1 min stationary bike, 1 min jump rope –> 5 rounds
• 1 min sprint on elliptical, 10 thrusters with 50 pounds –> 5 rounds
• 2 x 10 each side, standing side bends with 45lb plate

Wish me luck!

Signing off,
Solo