.World Race Training Camp October 2013.
Clothes for the week:
1 – purple outfit I showed up in (squad war style)
1 – workout shorts
1 – workout shirt
1 – normal shorts
1 – trail running shoes
1 – jacket
1 – pants (only wore one night)
2 – socks
2 – t-shirts
3 – underwear
Lesson here is you don’t need to pack a bunch of clothes!
Instead, pack fun things (games, frisbee, cards, instruments, wigs, lasers, animals, false teeth, pop rocks, hockey pucks for the few canadians, masks, hick translator, chemistry set, micro machines, you know…things that are fun because I sure wish I did!).
Things I brought but didn’t need:
Mess kit (only need a bowl and spork or not if you want to eat with your hands)
Day pack
Highlights:
Not showering for 8 days
Trail running with the men
Sleeping on top of a table one night
Eating with my hands (something I do anyways, but it was good to see others doing it too)
Not using a cell phone or computer
Peeing where ever
Bonfires every night
Hearing words like y’all and vittles (yes, people actually use those words in everyday conversation!)
Here are some tips:
Girls, be prepared for long lines at your bathroom.
Guys, no lines, but feel free to pee where ever, whenever anyway.
You will share food eaten with hands off of a trough with lots of saliva all over the place, so do your best to not think about it till afterward or when you catch that sickness from whoever you were eating with.
Forget your dream team because it won’t happen. You’re more likely to get your nightmare team! Just deal!
As Christians, we are one body with many parts, so be prepared to sit next to Patrica Pentecostal one day, Betty Baptist the next, then Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that evening (yeah, wonka).
