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