The Latest Exercise Fad: Storming Normandy Beach on D-Day

Jun 03, 2017, 01:04 PM

Training for a marathon seems so passé. Why run 26 miles through a concrete jungle when you can storm the beaches of Normandy?

To mark the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, around 125 people – some ex-military officers, most just office-bound weekend warriors -- will descend on northern France June 2-4 to do just that in an endurance event sponsored by GoRuck, a nine-year-old U.S.