Founded by a Green Beret, GORUCK is an American brand with Special Forces roots. Excellence, toughness, and adaptability are the pillars of our way of life.
My First Event I found GORUCK through their Instagram. I follow all sorts of adventure races and GORUCK has quickly climbed to the top of those. I started rucking because I had recently moved to Neptune Beach, Florida from Raleigh, NC and wanted to make friends that enjoyed what I like to do. I decided …
It was the morning of Saturday, February 15, 2020 – the dawn was cold and crisp with clear skies in North Carolina. The Cadre of GORUCK were here to run the Bragg Heavy (The King of All Rucks), one of the premier events in the GORUCK series of Tier 1 events run around the country. …
It’s springtime, the trees are budding, the birds are chirping, and you’re itching to put some miles on those new I/O Cross Trainers. Your trusty canine companion has been locked up all winter, tired of running into the backyard to relieve himself and then dodging freezing rain and icy patches while he darts back into …
When I was living in Oklahoma City one of my closest friends there, Gena, told me about GORUCK. Her husband was deployed and she asked me to participate in an event with her. I started rucking specifically to train for my event. A trainer at my gym, and a former Marine, programmed workouts specifically to …
I was deployed to Iran after an Iranian Air Defense unit mistakenly shot down a civilian flight over Tehran killing 176 people, 17 of whom were either Swedish citizens or Swedish residents. My foreign affairs team’s mission was to retrieve some of the bodies to return to Sweden for a worthy funeral and establish contact …
I bet most of you have heard of packing cubes, and maybe some of you have heard of field pockets. Aren’t they just the same thing? In some ways, they are. But there are a few key differences which is why they are named differently and why GORUCK sells both Packing Cubes and Field Pockets. …
