OAKLAND -- For nearly 48 hours straight last week, Paige Bowie
shouldered a 50-pound rucksack while she ran, hiked and pumped
out grueling military-style exercises designed to break down
Special Forces trainees.  She became the first woman to complete
a grueling endurance challenge called the GORUCK Selection,
which has only been held four times in Florida, Washington,
D.C., and the Bay Area. Sixty-six other tough men and women have
attempted the challenge, but only 13, including Bowie, have
finished.  "It's pretty much designed to be a 48-hour version of
what it's like to go through Special Forces selection," said
Bowie, a 34-year-old Oakland resident and Alameda County
firefighter.  Alameda County firefighter Paige Bowie, of
Oakland, who this weekend completed a 48-hour race through the
Marin Headlands.  (Courtesy of Paige Bowie)  The five men who
started with her dropped out -- three of them after only about
six hours. By the 24th hour of the challenge, she was the last
person standing.  Wearing a headlamp