What is the GORUCK Challenge?

I have trained the past 6 weeks with a 20lb vest on various runs and workouts. On a few runs I've added the bricks to a backpack to simulate the GORUCK Challenge. The hardest workout was a 400 meter walking lunge with the 20lb vest.

A team event, never a race. The Challenge is significantly harder than any race because a team is capable of infinitely more than the sum of its individuals. Therefore the Challenge is greater. The team (it’s your team) starts and finishes together under the guidance of Challenge Cadre. The route is unknown, the distance is unknown and the Challenge can last longer and/or go for greater distances if the team needs it in order to fully become a team. 8-10 hours, 15-20 miles is an estimate, not a promise. Every class is different, but the bond by the end is always equally powerful.

What’s the deal with the bricks?

If you weigh under 150 lbs, bring 3 bricks, if you weigh over 150 lbs, bring 4. Wrap them in a thick t-shirt or a towel and duct tape the entire coupon that you will put in your GORUCK backpack. This allows them to sit more comfortably in your ruck – your back will thank us later. Don’t get philosophical, just bring your bricks.

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