The Valor Challenge

The Valor Challenge is a 12, 24, or 48-hour endurance event hosted by Team RWB to honor those who served and those we lost. Participants will test their limits by walking, rowing, cycling, pushing, or completing functional fitness workouts every four hours for the chosen challenge duration.

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About the Challenge

In its inaugural year, the Valor Challenge kicks off with a functional fitness WOD (workout of the day) to remember Dan Manrique on his birthday, August 5. Manrique was a Marine Corps veteran and Team RWB staff member who lost his life courageously helping others at the Borderline attack in Thousand Oaks, CA. The challenge ends on August 7th, Purple Heart Day, honoring the men and women who were wounded or killed in service to our nation.

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Valor - noun - Great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle.

About Dan Manrique:
Dan was a Marine Corps veteran who served with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, as a Radio Operator, and deployed to the Middle East in 2007 with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Dan joined Team RWB in 2012 and served as a volunteer in Ventura County, CA.In October 2018, Dan joined the Team RWB staff as a Pacific Regional Program Manager. Shortly after, on November 7, 2018, Dan was killed while courageously helping others to safety at the Borderline Bar & Grill tragedy in Thousand Oaks, California. His spirit to serve his country and his community will always be remembered.

About the Purple Heart:
The Purple Heart is the oldest U.S. military decoration still presented to American service members. The Purple Heart is presented to service members who have been wounded or killed in the line of duty. Each year on August 7, our nation pauses to remember our nation’s Purple Heart recipients.

Team RWB honors Dan Manrique, our nation’s Purple Heart recipients, and their valor. When things get hard - which they will - we’ll remember why we accepted this challenge. We’ll say their names, summon their strength, then get up and go again.