{"id":26841,"date":"2021-02-25T11:03:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T15:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=26841"},"modified":"2021-02-25T22:05:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T02:05:27","slug":"david-goggins-hurt-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/david-goggins-hurt-100\/","title":{"rendered":"David Goggins: Hurt 100 Is Just the First Step"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is the Hurt 100? What was David Goggins’ Hurt 100 experience like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to David Goggins, the Hurt 100 was another chance to prove himself. He wanted to complete a 100 mile race no matter what. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about David Goggins, The Hurt 100, and how he persevered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

David Goggins: The Hurt 100<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cars have an internal regulator, or governor, that limits how fast they can go. Humans are the same way\u2014our mental governor gives us feedback, telling us if we\u2019re in pain or feeling insecure. Many people listen too readily and stop doing a task when they\u2019ve applied only 40 percent of their effort, leaving 60 percent on the table.<\/strong> Pushing past the governor means pushing through pain, insecurities, and other obstacles that make us want to quit before we\u2019ve given our full effort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning to gently push yourself<\/a> helps break down your governor while gradually increasing your activity, helping you avoid injury and\/or allowing your mind to get accustomed to the new workload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goggins learned how to manage his governor as he competed in additional ultramarathons to qualify for the Badwater 135. And for David Goggins’, The Hurt 100 required a strategy, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding Another Race<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When Goggins finished the San Diego One Day, he called and emailed the director of the Badwater 135 to share his results from the race. He\u2019d run 101 miles in 18 hours and 56 minutes and thought this was enough to qualify him for Badwater 135.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, Goggins got an email back that the point of a 24-hour ultra race is to run the whole 24 hours, not just the miles stated. He learned shortly thereafter that to get accepted into the Badwater 135, runners were expected to submit an application showing their completion of other ultra races. So he decided to compete in an additional ultra race to be a more competitive applicant.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He selected a Hawaiian race called the Hurt 100. The race consists of five laps on a 20-mile circuit through the Hawaiian rainforest, including 24,500 feet of elevation change. David Goggins’ Hurt 100 race meant he’d be able to do the Badwater 135. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Goggins: The Hurt 100<\/strong> Race Day<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Goggins had about a month before the Hurt 100 to practice running and strength training. He\u2019d heard that it\u2019s important to run 100 miles in a week in preparation for 100-mile races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it was not going to be easy to fit in training time while still working for the Navy. He started running to\u2014and occasionally, from\u2014work, at least three times a week. The route measured 16 miles one way. He gradually built up the number of miles he ran each week. He also woke up early to train with weights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Race Day<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Despite his physical preparation, the course was extremely demanding. Goggins encountered three main challenges:<\/p>\n\n\n\n