run&ruck

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Lately I’ve been training up for my stint in Fort Benning coming this July. The main thing that has worried me is the 20K Ruck March in 3 hours. It’s the last event before graduation. If you fail it, you get one more chance, but if you fail twice, you don’t graduate.

I’ve been on a kind of program… at the moment I’m training with 45lbs in my ruck, and with my combat boots. I’ve been going to the track and pretty much rucking for an increased amount each time. I did 5 miles on Wednesday, in 01:05. That’s a good time, considering that means I was 10 minutes under what 5 miles would be if I was doing 12 miles in exactly 3 hours, 01:15. I went again today, did 3 1/2, well under, too.

My current strategy consists of running for the first 10 minutes, then walking until I could feel my calfs again, then running until I can’t. I give myself a good buffer by pushing and running the first 10 min. By around 6 miles, I run again for an extended amount of time, then repeat the process.

I was looking for interesting photos, but I guess there really aren’t any regarding this stuff…

I’ll be heading to the track more and more… the only thing holding me back are my shoulders/upper back… pretty sore in the AM - just got to give me a little more recovery time I think.

Cool.