>> YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT SOME HOOSIERS WILL DO TO ACHIEVE THAT
GOAL.
GOAL. >> PAINFUL.
>> PAINFUL. A LOT OF BARBED WIRE.
THAT WAS PRETTY MISERABLE.
THE MUST RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING
GETS YOU.
GETS YOU. I FELL FACE FIRST IN THE FIRST
MUD PIT.
MUD PIT. IT DIDN'T HELP.
IT WAS WEIGHT ISSUES AND WET AND
MISERABLE AND COLD.
A GOOD TIME!
>> WOO!
>> WOO! >> A MARATHON IS GOOD IF YOU ARE
GETTING CHASED OR IF YOU ARE
RUNNING SOMEWHERE, BUT IT'S KIND
OF BORING.
OF BORING. IT DOESN'T FEEL GREAT.
THIS IS EVERYBODY'S DREAM SINCE
THEY WERE A LITTLE KID, TO BE A
NAVY SEAL OR BE IN THE OLYMPICS
OR GET OUT AND BE, YOU KNOW,
007.
007. HERE'S YOUR DAY TO SEE WHAT THAT
FEELS LIKE.
FEELS LIKE. WE ARE DEFINITELY A LITTLE CRAZY
AND SADISTIC.
AND SADISTIC. AND WE COME UP WITH THINGS EVERY
DAY.
DAY. WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF WE DID
THIS?
THIS? WOULDN'T THAT BE COOL?
SO 2004, WE SAID LET'S START
SOMETHING THAT WOULD CHANGE
PEOPLE'S LIVES AND HELP US FIND
PEOPLE THAT WOULD INSPIRE US.
>> EVERYBODY HAS A 5K, THERE'S
ONE IN EVERY DOWN AND EVERY
CITY, BUT THIS IS A 5K THROUGH
MUD AND HILLS AND WATER AND OVER
OBSTACLES.
OBSTACLES. IT'SING BACK TO THIT'S GETTING .
WE WERE MADE TO RUN AND GOING
THROUGH THE FOREST.
SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS AGO, THEY
DID IT.
DID IT. ONCE THEY GET THE TASTE OF MUD,
THEY GO AFTER IT FULL BORE.
>> NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE
FROM, THEY WANT TO DO THIS.
AND INDIANA IS MOST INTERESTING
BECAUSE WE HAD NO INTENTION OF
COMING TO INDIANA.
WE DIDN'T THINK THE POPULATION
WAS HERE.
WAS HERE. WE DIDN'T THINK THE DEMAND WAS
HERE.
HERE. AND THE CORN FED GROUP ARE A
BUNCH OF LUNATICS TO DEMAND THAT
THE RACE COMES TO INDIANA.
WE SAID NO.
THEY ARE RELENTLESS.
THEY DROVE EVERYBODY IN THE
ORGANIZATION CRAZY UNTIL WE
FINALLY SAID YES.
YOU CAN SEE IT WORKS.
THEY WERE RIGHT AND WE WERE
WRONG.
WRONG. >> WE SAW IT AS AN OBSTACLE.
IF WE BANGED OUR HEAD AGAINST
THAT BRICK WALL, IT WOULD COME
DOWN AND WE WOULD GET 3500
PEOPLE THAT WOULD SHOW UP.
>> IT WOULD BE AROUND 7,000
PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
SO IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
GOOD TO SEE.
>> NEVER DID ANYTHING HIKE THIS
BEFORE.
BEFORE. ALWAYS JUST RUN REGULAR RACES
AND THIS WAS SOMETHING OUT OF
OUR ELEMENT.
OUR ELEMENT. SO WE DECIDED WE WOULD COME DOWN
HERE AND TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT
AND FUN.
AND FUN. SURVIVAL WILL BE MY APPROACH.
FOLLOW THE PEOPLE AHEAD OF ME
AND WATCHING THEM AND SEEING
WHAT THEY DO PROBABLY.
>> THAT'S IT.
KEEP GOING.
KEEP GOING. DON'T LOOK.
DON'T LOOK. JUST JUMP RIGHT IN.
GO FOR IT.
IT'S REFRESHING.
IT'S REFRESHING. GOOD FOR YOUR SKIN.
>> ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR GYM
TALKED ME INTO SIGNING UP FOR IT
WHEN I DID A WEIGHT LOSS
CHALLENGE.
CHALLENGE. AND STUPID ME, I SIGNED UP.
I LIKED.
I LIKED. IT WORST COMES TO WORST, YOU SEE
A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE HAVING A
GOOD TIME AND GET WET AND MUDDY,
AND MEET A LOT OF FRIENDS.
SOMETHING YOU SHOULD DO ONCE IN
YOUR LIFE.
YOUR LIFE. >> I CAME OUT HERE JUST TO BEAT
THE HELL OUT OF MYSELF.
JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT.
TO SAY YOU COMPLETED IT AND BE
ABLE TO TELL YOUR BUDDIES AT
WORK THAT YOU DID THIS, GET ON
THE INTERNET AND SHOW THEM WHAT
YOU DID.
YOU DID. IT'S A TOTAL ADRENALINE RUSH.
>> THE MOST COMMON REACTION IS
YOU CHANGED MY LIFE.
WE HEAR IT OVER AND OVER EVERY
DAY.
DAY. YOU CHANGED MY LIFE.
>> WE HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE DRUG
ADDICTS OR OVERWEIGHT AND CHAIN
SMOKERS.
SMOKERS. THEY COME OVER AND HUG ME.
I DON'T EASTBOUND KNO EVEN KNOW.
IT'S NOT ME.
IT'S A WHOLE MOVEMENT.
BEFORE I WENT OUT AND DID A
MARATHON, I DIDN'T THINK I COULD
DO IT.
DO IT. ALL YOU HAVE TO VISUALIZE IS GOD
FORBID YOU WERE IN A CAR
ACCIDENT AND YOU HAD TO RUN
26 MILES TO GET TO SAFETY, YOU
WOULD.
WOULD. IF YOU HAD TO RUN 50 MILES TO
SAFETY, YOU WOULD.
YOU CAN GET OUT HERE AND DO IT.
IT'S A DIFFERENT MIND-SET.
YOU HAVE TO TOUGHEN UP, GET OFF
THE COUCH AND DO IT.
AND ONCE YOU DO, ANYTHING IS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. >> SPARTAN WARRIORS, THEY KNEW
NO RETREAT AND NO SURRENDER.
>> WHO AM I?
>> I AM SPARTAN!
>> LET'S GO!
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