What does a public servant from New Zealand, a COO of a skilled nursing facilities company from California and a hotel development manager from the UK have in common? Seemingly, not much at all. They all lead different lives and have different interests and hobbies. However, look closer, and you'll find one common thread: they all completed a 100-mile trek across the surface of a frozen lake in Northern Mongolia, slept in traditional nomad camps and endured the often battled subzero conditions. And those weren't even the most challenging parts of the journey.
I signed up for Rat Race's Mongol 100 (external link) last year during a prolonged heatwave in the UK. At the time, the idea of being in a calm, cool environment sounded like a dynamite idea. I was also slightly terrified of the commitment but thought I had plenty of time to prepare myself both physically and mentally. I'm a decent runner and don't mind the cold either; therefore, the Mongol 100 felt like the kind of thing I would be into.
