David Goggins, the Human Machine.

yoj · 10-24-2009, 05:46 PM

David Goggins is a Navy Seal and Ultramarathon runner. You will not regret spending 10 minutes to watch these videos.

These videos are so inspiring and motivating. So many great quotes, so much insanity. It really makes you rethink your own life and what you are doing with yourself. This guy ran a race where the only objective was to run for 48 hours around a track and see how far you could get! The second video and his comments about quitting are really motivating for me, but the first video is more epic!

The only easy day was yesterday.

WhiteWalls · 10-24-2009, 06:03 PM

Forrest gump on crack

yoj · 10-26-2009, 12:04 AM

Haha forrest gump for sure.

TheComebackKidd · 10-26-2009, 08:52 AM

What....the....hell.....

Watching that makes me want to hit the gym so badly! That is unbelieveably impressive/inspiring/motivational/all-of-the-above

tstin · 10-26-2009, 02:33 PM

amazing.

SuperMax07 · 10-26-2009, 03:57 PM

truly inspirational

Suckmykiss · 10-26-2009, 06:21 PM

God damn, super inspirational

jeremy7f · 10-26-2009, 08:19 PM

hes my boy

yoj · 10-28-2009, 10:04 PM

oh yeah and not to mention... this guy had a hole in his heart and it was only functioning half as good as a normal heart. and he still did all of this. apparently he just got some heart surgery done.

Shimshimma · 10-28-2009, 11:34 PM

I remember seeing his story when he had done an Ironman

honda954racer03 · 10-29-2009, 03:46 AM

WOW. I feel like a pussy! I am going to watch that video for the next few days and go crazy at the gym. Repped for a great thread!!

Suckmykiss · 10-31-2009, 09:58 AM

From David Goggins blog.

A lot of people think that I have been running my whole life. The fact is that I hadn't even ran a marathon until November 2005. I came off of a deployment from Iraq and I heard that several SEAL/s had been killed in a combat situation. I wanted to do something to raise money for their families. Being a SEAL, I knew that selling hot dogs and having a bake sale wouldn't do it. So, I googled the 10 hardest events in the world and the Badwater 135 came up. I called the race director and explained the situation. He was somewhat amused that I had never even ran a marathon and wanted to attempt one of the hardest foot races in the world. After talking with him he made it very clear that this race wasn't to be taken lightly and that I would have to qualify in order to participate in the race. I had to qualify by running 100 miles in 24 hours. It just so happened that there was a race in San Diego the following weekend. It was a 24 hour race where your run straight for 24 hours around a 1 mile track. So, six days later my wife and I grabed a lawn chair, lunch box cooler, myoplex, and ritz crackers to take to the race. That's right... only those items. Also keep in mind that I weighed a lot at the time.
I took off running and felt good for about 70 miles. Then I stopped to take a break. That was the first problem.....I sat down in the lawn chair and my blood pressure went crazy due to poor nutrition. I sat there for about 10 minutes and I had to go to the bathroom really bad. When I attempted to stand, I quickly realized how bad of shape I was really in. I was so dizzy that I couldn't stand for a second. So, after retaking my seat in the chair I looked at my wife and told her that I had to go to the bathroom. She looked at me confused. So, I told her more clearly... "I'm going to take a s*** on myself in this chair."
And so I did...
I then saw the blood running down my leg when I urinated.
My wife being a nurse informed me that my kidney's were shutting down and that I needed to go to the hospital. I told her that I had 30 miles left.
She helped me up and we started walking around the track at a 35 minute mile pace. I asked her If I would complete the 100 miles in 24 hours at this pace and she said no. So, I did what I had to do and some how by the grace of God started running again. I completed 101 miles in just under 19 hours. I had broken all the small bones in my feet and my kidneys were failing. My wife drove the car onto the race course and put me into the back of the car. We live on the second floor of an apartment complex and we had to somehow get up the stairs. So, I draped my arms around her neck from behind and she had to practically drag me up the stairs. After she me in the shower and she saw that I was urinating dark dirt brown, she begged me once again to go to the hospital. I looked her in the eye and said....
Just let me enjoy this pain I'm in.
And I did. I enjoyed how hard I had just pushed myself and I wanted to feel every bit of that.

drmshake · 10-31-2009, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suckmykiss

From David Goggins blog.

A lot of people think that I have been running my whole life. The fact is that I hadn't even ran a marathon until November 2005. I came off of a deployment from Iraq and I heard that several SEAL/s had been killed in a combat situation. I wanted to do something to raise money for their families. Being a SEAL, I knew that selling hot dogs and having a bake sale wouldn't do it. So, I googled the 10 hardest events in the world and the Badwater 135 came up. I called the race director and explained the situation. He was somewhat amused that I had never even ran a marathon and wanted to attempt one of the hardest foot races in the world. After talking with him he made it very clear that this race wasn't to be taken lightly and that I would have to qualify in order to participate in the race. I had to qualify by running 100 miles in 24 hours. It just so happened that there was a race in San Diego the following weekend. It was a 24 hour race where your run straight for 24 hours around a 1 mile track. So, six days later my wife and I grabed a lawn chair, lunch box cooler, myoplex, and ritz crackers to take to the race. That's right... only those items. Also keep in mind that I weighed a lot at the time.
I took off running and felt good for about 70 miles. Then I stopped to take a break. That was the first problem.....I sat down in the lawn chair and my blood pressure went crazy due to poor nutrition. I sat there for about 10 minutes and I had to go to the bathroom really bad. When I attempted to stand, I quickly realized how bad of shape I was really in. I was so dizzy that I couldn't stand for a second. So, after retaking my seat in the chair I looked at my wife and told her that I had to go to the bathroom. She looked at me confused. So, I told her more clearly... "I'm going to take a s*** on myself in this chair."
And so I did...
I then saw the blood running down my leg when I urinated.
My wife being a nurse informed me that my kidney's were shutting down and that I needed to go to the hospital. I told her that I had 30 miles left.
She helped me up and we started walking around the track at a 35 minute mile pace. I asked her If I would complete the 100 miles in 24 hours at this pace and she said no. So, I did what I had to do and some how by the grace of God started running again. I completed 101 miles in just under 19 hours. I had broken all the small bones in my feet and my kidneys were failing. My wife drove the car onto the race course and put me into the back of the car. We live on the second floor of an apartment complex and we had to somehow get up the stairs. So, I draped my arms around her neck from behind and she had to practically drag me up the stairs. After she me in the shower and she saw that I was urinating dark dirt brown, she begged me once again to go to the hospital. I looked her in the eye and said....
Just let me enjoy this pain I'm in.
And I did. I enjoyed how hard I had just pushed myself and I wanted to feel every bit of that.

Wow! Is all I have to say... I hope your delay to receive medical attention didn't cause any prolonged damage to your kidneys.

Amazing props to you though!

yoj · 11-06-2009, 04:04 AM

oh my god that blog post is absolutely NUTS.

pablocai · 11-06-2009, 05:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suckmykiss

From David Goggins blog.

A lot of people think that I have been running my whole life. The fact is that I hadn't even ran a marathon until November 2005. I came off of a deployment from Iraq and I heard that several SEAL/s had been killed in a combat situation. I wanted to do something to raise money for their families. Being a SEAL, I knew that selling hot dogs and having a bake sale wouldn't do it. So, I googled the 10 hardest events in the world and the Badwater 135 came up. I called the race director and explained the situation. He was somewhat amused that I had never even ran a marathon and wanted to attempt one of the hardest foot races in the world. After talking with him he made it very clear that this race wasn't to be taken lightly and that I would have to qualify in order to participate in the race. I had to qualify by running 100 miles in 24 hours. It just so happened that there was a race in San Diego the following weekend. It was a 24 hour race where your run straight for 24 hours around a 1 mile track. So, six days later my wife and I grabed a lawn chair, lunch box cooler, myoplex, and ritz crackers to take to the race. That's right... only those items. Also keep in mind that I weighed a lot at the time.
I took off running and felt good for about 70 miles. Then I stopped to take a break. That was the first problem.....I sat down in the lawn chair and my blood pressure went crazy due to poor nutrition. I sat there for about 10 minutes and I had to go to the bathroom really bad. When I attempted to stand, I quickly realized how bad of shape I was really in. I was so dizzy that I couldn't stand for a second. So, after retaking my seat in the chair I looked at my wife and told her that I had to go to the bathroom. She looked at me confused. So, I told her more clearly... "I'm going to take a s*** on myself in this chair."
And so I did...
I then saw the blood running down my leg when I urinated.
My wife being a nurse informed me that my kidney's were shutting down and that I needed to go to the hospital. I told her that I had 30 miles left.
She helped me up and we started walking around the track at a 35 minute mile pace. I asked her If I would complete the 100 miles in 24 hours at this pace and she said no. So, I did what I had to do and some how by the grace of God started running again. I completed 101 miles in just under 19 hours. I had broken all the small bones in my feet and my kidneys were failing. My wife drove the car onto the race course and put me into the back of the car. We live on the second floor of an apartment complex and we had to somehow get up the stairs. So, I draped my arms around her neck from behind and she had to practically drag me up the stairs. After she me in the shower and she saw that I was urinating dark dirt brown, she begged me once again to go to the hospital. I looked her in the eye and said....
Just let me enjoy this pain I'm in.
And I did. I enjoyed how hard I had just pushed myself and I wanted to feel every bit of that.

isnt this inspirational? I want to go out and run lol, this guy is amazing

EvanByrne · 11-08-2009, 12:35 AM

Inspirational in the sense that he can push himself past personal barriers and achieve great things? Yes.

However, Inspirational in the sense he pushes himself to physical damage and problems? No. I bodybuild for the personal satisfaction, the self image and the health benefits. Sure, I could DL until my back rips, or squat till I faint in the rack and fall down. Though I don't see how that is anything one should aspire toward.

industree · 11-08-2009, 02:52 AM

The most incredible thing I have ever seen.

Halothane · 11-08-2009, 09:51 AM

He found what's burning inside of him and he's doing his very best for us to see what the human body can do, if you really set up your mind to it.

Suckmykiss · 11-08-2009, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EvanByrne

Inspirational in the sense that he can push himself past personal barriers and achieve great things? Yes.

However, Inspirational in the sense he pushes himself to physical damage and problems? No. I bodybuild for the personal satisfaction, the self image and the health benefits. Sure, I could DL until my back rips, or squat till I faint in the rack and fall down. Though I don't see how that is anything one should aspire toward.

He runs for charity broski, not to hurt himself for no reason, he pushes himself that far in order to raise money to put kids through college who have lost parents overseas.

Xennen · 11-08-2009, 11:18 AM

Really all you have to see " at the 90 mile mark he got Pneumonia... so he walked the last 60 miles "

I dont know many people who leave there bed and can manage to do 20 min cardio when they are sick and personally haven't met anyone that can walk 60 miles (especially after already doing 90 haha) So as far as pushing the limits to see what you are made of goes this is amazing and really makes you think about if you actually can squeeze out that one last rep or two when your dieing at the end of a set.

E90335i · 11-08-2009, 09:20 PM

this makes me miss running. I wish I could go back and do marathons. it is so mentally tough, you really do start feeling mentally in another place. you get this weird natural high and start halucinating almost! have you ever been so tired you start laughing about nothing? thats what i did once. especially when your legs are so numb you dont know if they are moving and you have to look down to see if they are.
cant wait to start running again.

SirChubalots · 11-09-2009, 01:25 PM

amazing he can keep that amount of body mass, most ultra runners are twigs

alexk7 · 11-09-2009, 09:14 PM

his metabolism must be off the chart.

also did anyone notice they had people run through a water stream on an ultra marathon? wtf thats so stupid.

yoj · 11-25-2009, 06:40 PM

I'm glad you all like the videos. I've shown them to some people I know and most people end up saying 'hes insane this is stupid'. I don't understand how you can't find this motivating!

Jesse7771 · 11-25-2009, 07:55 PM

Holy christ my new hero