Need a brag moment: I climbed Mt. Fuji! I’m not the fittest or fastest, but damn, training with 30lb plate, to carrying probably maybe 10lbs or less, made this climb easier than I expected. I’m not a good writer, but I’m just so damn proud of some achievements. I didn’t under pack. I packed everything …
Tag: Cadre
Planting the Seed of Freedom: Afghanistan 20 Years Later
I remember how I felt on 9/11/2001, as I watched in horror as the twin towers burned and collapsed. I remember wanting revenge. Plain and simple I wanted to bring justice to those responsible for such evil and cowardly acts of terror. Then, a short time later, on the ground in Afghanistan, we were …
Honoring D-Day at the DC Heavy
Back in 2018, I had been training to attempt my first HTL in September in Pittsburgh alongside my sister and quite a few other Steel City Ruck Club GRTs. I’d been in the best shape of my life since having my two sons in 2011 and 2013. Then I found out I was pregnant, and …
GORUCK Community: Enduring the 50 Miler Solo
JAX BEACH STAR COURSE-50 MILER-NOVEMBER 13, 2020 SIGH – I clicked on the link and registered…for the third time in three years. When the Star Course came out in 2018, I immediately jumped on the bandwagon. I had done 35+ events, some with nearly that many miles and a few with more. So, in November …
GRT Reunion 2020: Rucking in the Time of COVID
“Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all you can, because these things don’t last your whole life.” ― Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera It was unlike any GRT Reunion that had ever taken place before. In the weeks leading up to it, we wondered how it would …
From GORUCK Nation: Community On The Go
I first found GORUCK through Huckberry a few years ago. I was looking for exercises to help me lose weight. I would go for rucks by myself at work on my lunch break. During one of the amazing GORUCK sales I bought a GR1 and the rest is history. I started doing the monthly challenges with …