We raced the 2012 SAC, and finished all CP's including CP9. After the race the CD guys video'ed us here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NawJlQ2BzGM
In preparing during 2012, we did some rucking, lots of general PT, but both had an endurance background. I've had PM's asking for advice, so rather than answer them individually, I'll summarize my answers here. If you have other questions, ask.
Questions I've answered in PM's from 2012:
-What Pack did you use: Kifaru KU. It might have been too light, I think 24 hours in, the lightness of the KU probably influenced my subconscious decision to skip an attempt at the field crawl, and cost us a critical 25 points. I regularly roll around rocks and parking lots with my kifaru zulu and never worry about it, so it's an area where I will probably go heavier this year, as the terrain appears even rougher.
-How did you carry your rifle: I carried a suppressed SRS in a last minute 'scabbard' holder - The holder It worked OK, but not that well. This year I have a custom molle mount from tactical textile that will clip the rifle to molle, and keep it out of the way but offer quick disconnect with mollestix. I'm testing this now. My teammate used an elberlestock pack, which makes the rifle carry nice, but you can't sit down with the pack on your back.
-What other hints - Have your food and water dialed well before hand. Take care of your teammate, and resist 'pushing' through blisters or nutrition/hydration/personal problems. If you keep pushing, instead of fixing it, you'll jack up the rest of your race, when a 10 minute stop to fix a hotspot becomes 10 separate 30 minute stops to rest a bleeding staph infected missing heel. Manage your pace carefully, it's easy to speed up later, it's hard to continue if you blow up in the first hour. Make sure you know how to read a map, and practice your land nav. Making those hits count is important, we needed 18 points if I recall to move up a place, but didn't shoot some stages well.
Having done 24 hour to multi day races all over, I think the SAC is a pretty unique event - If you put your mind to it, you can compete in the SAC, and you don't have to train 18 hours a day to do it.
ETA:
Last year we did a GoRuck challenge, and this year, there is a great event with room still open that makes for a great trainup - I can't make this do to a family committment, but complete this and you'll be ready:
http://www.meetup.com/the-Suck/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NawJlQ2BzGM
In preparing during 2012, we did some rucking, lots of general PT, but both had an endurance background. I've had PM's asking for advice, so rather than answer them individually, I'll summarize my answers here. If you have other questions, ask.
Questions I've answered in PM's from 2012:
-What Pack did you use: Kifaru KU. It might have been too light, I think 24 hours in, the lightness of the KU probably influenced my subconscious decision to skip an attempt at the field crawl, and cost us a critical 25 points. I regularly roll around rocks and parking lots with my kifaru zulu and never worry about it, so it's an area where I will probably go heavier this year, as the terrain appears even rougher.
-How did you carry your rifle: I carried a suppressed SRS in a last minute 'scabbard' holder - The holder It worked OK, but not that well. This year I have a custom molle mount from tactical textile that will clip the rifle to molle, and keep it out of the way but offer quick disconnect with mollestix. I'm testing this now. My teammate used an elberlestock pack, which makes the rifle carry nice, but you can't sit down with the pack on your back.
-What other hints - Have your food and water dialed well before hand. Take care of your teammate, and resist 'pushing' through blisters or nutrition/hydration/personal problems. If you keep pushing, instead of fixing it, you'll jack up the rest of your race, when a 10 minute stop to fix a hotspot becomes 10 separate 30 minute stops to rest a bleeding staph infected missing heel. Manage your pace carefully, it's easy to speed up later, it's hard to continue if you blow up in the first hour. Make sure you know how to read a map, and practice your land nav. Making those hits count is important, we needed 18 points if I recall to move up a place, but didn't shoot some stages well.
Having done 24 hour to multi day races all over, I think the SAC is a pretty unique event - If you put your mind to it, you can compete in the SAC, and you don't have to train 18 hours a day to do it.
ETA:
Last year we did a GoRuck challenge, and this year, there is a great event with room still open that makes for a great trainup - I can't make this do to a family committment, but complete this and you'll be ready:
http://www.meetup.com/the-Suck/
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