Ben Tylecote

If I were to write a book, in which a child who was beaten by his farther, had to escape with his mother and brother whom his farther also beat; a child who cheated his way through school; a young man who weighed 300 pounds and yet still turned his life around - you might not believe it entirely plausible. Well Goggin's went on to lose 100 pounds in 3 months to be able to enter navy seal training, BUDS. He then went on to complete hell week, the physical training section of the course, on three separate occasions - having to leave twice on medical grounds - completing his third round of training on broken legs. Hell week is a section through which around 90% of applicants commonly drop out. During his military career he lost some of his friends in operation red wings, the story of  Lone Survivor tells the tale, after which he wanted to help these friends families by raising money for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation . To do so he looked for the toughest race in the world ...