Team Assessment Outline and Scenario Phase 0 (1100 5/9/19): Admin Check-in Assign Team Roster Numbers Weigh-in Medical Administrative brief Ruck Inspection 1300hrs Phase 1(1400 5/9/19): Execution 48 Hours / 69 Miles + / One Winning Team + Finishers GATE 1: PT Test/ Welcome Party/ 12 mi Ruck – Standards – Sports Field (9.5 hrs; 17 …
Team Assessment – the first annual – is in the books and it felt like a big success to us. Two teams successfully completed 48 hours of work patterned off of Special Forces Assessment & Selection. This event is tough but doable. And very fair. Mark, Durkin, James and John inspired us all hugely and …
I have a story to tell. In 2013, I moved back from my 4-year stint in France. Fresh off a divorce, with the realization that fit modeling is not a forever job and not knowing what the hell I was going to do. I moved in with my father in Arkansas, whom I had never …
I have a bit of a reputation. I’m the teacher that does that thing with the heavy backpack. I’m also the coolest 6th grade teacher (as voted by my class every year), Knockout Champion, Dystopian genre expert, and unofficial 2nd floor bathroom monitor. All of those things give me a certain level of clout in …
Benjamin Bunn, CrossFit affiliate owner at Cigar City CrossFit in Tampa, FL, has a Special Forces background and unique respect for rucking. He spent over sixteen years in the army and about half of that in Special Forces. “A big part of training in Special Forces is utilization of the ruck. It’s hard work and …
Hands down, my all-time favorite bag is the GORUCK Echo. I had one of the first ones made and it’s been my go-to EDC and overnight bag ever since. I’ve always liked smaller backpacks that fit my frame and allow me to move like a ninja. Jason designed it for me to carry everything I …
