Inspirational Life Stories

[2mas]

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David Goggins



ACHIEVEMENTS
- Ranked in the Top 20 ultra-marathoners in the world
- Reigning US Champion in the 48-HOUR NON-STOP RUN
(set course record with 203.5 miles)
- Completed fourteen 100+ mile races in past two years with nine top ten finishes
- 3rd Place at the 2007 Badwater
(World's toughest race, 135 miles in Death Valley)
- Completed 3 tours of Iraq and Afghanistan

ONLY person in HISTORY of MILITARY to have COMPLETED training with the Navy SEALS, US Army Rangers, and the Air Force's Tactical Air Controller Unit
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GOGGINS vs. MANKIND

The average resting pulse of a healthy adult male is 75 beats per minute...Goggins' is 30.

The US Department of Health suggests that the average male does 90 minutes of aerobic exercise per
week...Goggins does 42 HOURS or 2520 minutes..

The average adult male can do 27 pushups in a row...Goggins can do 243.

The average SUV can travel 200 miles before it runs out of gas...Goggins has run 203.5 non-stop.

[2mas]

David Goggins lives in a world where there is no easy button. This is a man who says he "hates" running—but then wakes up to bang out a marathon before sunrise. The 33-year-old from Chula Vista, California, has recast himself as an elite ultramarathoner, a philanthropic machine, and an accidental role model by pursuing a running life that's truly unrelenting.

The transformation began in 2005. He was a 280-pound powerlifter who never ran more than 20 minutes, a Navy SEAL finishing a nasty tour in Iraq. But after losing some buddies in a "mission gone bad" in Afghanistan, Goggins vowed to help the families that now lacked a father and a husband. Though he knew he wanted to raise money, he also knew he wasn't a bake-sale kind of guy. "So I went online," he says, "and Googled the 10 hardest things to do in the world."

That's when he discovered the Badwater Ultramarathon—the legendary 135-mile race from the floor of Death Valley to Whitney Portal. He called race director Chris Kostman to see if he could get in. Kostman asked Goggins how many 100-milers he'd run. None. How many marathons? None. Kostman told him to get some ultramarathoning experience if he wanted to run Badwater.

Days later, he entered a 24-hour race in San Diego. The ordeal left him with broken metatarsals in both feet and a case of kidney failure, but he did crank out 100 miles in less than 19 hours. Ten days later, he ran the Las Vegas Marathon in 3:08. And for ample measure, he entered the H.U.R.T. 100-Mile Endurance Run, one of the hardest ultras in the world. Goggins finished ninth. All this was in the span of two months.

In July 2006, with 50 pounds off his linebacker frame, Goggins lined up in Badwater with 84 other entrants, and finished fifth. Then he took second at the 2006 Ultraman World Championships (a double Ironman triathlon held over three days), though he didn't yet own a bike. He returned to Badwater in 2007 and came in third. He won the Ultra Centric 48-hour run (covering 203 miles), and won the 2008 McNaughton 150-miler by three hours. "When I get to mile 75 of a 150-mile race and I'm completely trashed—that's the only way I can see what David Goggins is all about," he says.

These existential quests unfold daily. Goggins often covers 15 or 20 miles before breakfast and bikes 50 miles round-trip to his Navy job. He swims, lifts, and goes "long" on weekends. "Other than being crazy, David's just self-motivated," says his wife, Aleeza. "I'm certain that he hasn't taken a day off in three years."

His exploits have raised more than eyebrows. In three years, Goggins has netted $200,000 for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which gives full college grants to children of Special Ops personnel killed in the line of fire. He also helps nonprofits that build handicap-accessible homes for disabled vets. "I keep thinking that there's more I can do," he says. "I guess I'm pretty hard on myself."

Uh, yeah. But what makes Goggins push himself so relentlessly? For sure, he's driven by his charitable mission, his infinite discipline, his superhuman gift to endure. And yet there is more.

"I'm different than most people," he says. "When I cross the finish line of a big race, I see that people are ecstatic, but I'm thinking about what I'm going to do tomorrow. It's as if my journey is everlasting and there is no finish line."

[2mas]

grabiha sa? try daw na2 nya ni mga sirs hehehe

[puntikan]

power kaayo mas.. he is the only person in the US armed forces.. who got in the navy seals, delta force, green berets, airborne, DEA and other special operation forces in the US military. astig kaayo.. sila sila rang kuya jah.. dagay ani.. naa may endurance race si kuya jah.. frizby, airsoft, rock climbing, hiking, mountain climbing, fishing.. ug labaw sa tanan.. panigarilyo ug inom.. mas astig... si kuya jah ug googins.. gamay ra deperensya.. what an honor to have him in our team...

[super daloydoy!! tiiraa tooo!!]

Bisag chura magkakahawig

[2mas]

hahaha bitaw sa, ok kaayo sir.

[puntikan]

na inspired kog maayo dah... kuya jah idol.. ang naka lahi.. ra nilang duha.. longa hair lang si kuya jah... pero in terms of achievement.. pareha ra kaayo.. Idol Rock on.....

[ghost]

murag crossbreed ni kuya jah og toto, hahahahahahaha ;D

[super daloydoy!! tiiraa tooo!!]

WA KO PIC NI TOTO... C KUYA JA NALANG.. HINDI LANG PANG SPORTS LOVER BOY PA.. WAG KUYA WAG!