A few months ago, a group of CrossFit El Paso athletes challenged themselves to enter the Bataan Memorial Death March, a grueling 26.2 mile hike with heavy backpacks across the unforgiving Chihuahuan Desert.

The CrossFitters have trained for three months, logging many, many miles in their boots over eight hikes that took them to places such as the Tin Mines in Northeast El Paso, Kilbourne Hole in New Mexico, and a bomber crash site in the mountains overlooking West/Central El Paso.

Now the time of the march has arrived — Sunday, March 21 at White Sands Missile Range. Participating in Sunday’s march will be CrossFit Coach David “Big D” Peregrino, Alexis Dowling, Brett Fowlkes, Charles and Katherine Ruhs, Michael Georges, Arturo Torres and Enrique Mirazo. Let’s wish our CrossFitters the best of luck for the event!

For more information, visit www.bataanmarch.com.