Humbled by Sandy Hook: A Perfect Event

Over the past 14 years, I’ve participated in triple-digit GORUCK events, both as a participant and/or organizer. I consider all of these events worthwhile, with several that I would call...

Finding Purpose as a Bodybuilder or Cyber Spiderman

When it comes to motivation, few embody the spirit of reinvention like Arnold Schwarzenegger. The man has continually redefined himself, transforming from a small-town boy in Austria into a world-class...

The Mercy Rule

The Mercy Rule (also known by the lesser names of the Slaughter, Knockout, or Skunk Rule) is a concept familiar to kids, parents, and coaches across the nation. My seven-year-old...

Reflecting on a Bittersweet Victory

It’s hard to believe it’s been seven months since I first wrote about the dozens of proposed public school closures in my hometown — a list that included my children’s...

Walking with Weight - Todd Torrance's Rucking Story

Video Credit: Brendan Custer // @brendancuster By Todd Torrance Growing up in Syracuse, NY didn’t lend itself to putting many opportunities in my way, especially with how well public school...

I’m Told I Say Croissant Like An A$$hole

Fun facts: The Eiffel Tower was built a couple years prior to the 1889 Exposition Universelle to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. It’s no secret that initial...

Right-sizing Hearts By Saving Community Schools

And yet for all the talk of budgets and numbers, I think what I’m trying to express goes beyond the numbers and our human attempts to live and work and learn together. What value do we place on a neighbor, whose own children have left the nest, painting a tire swing with words of encouragement and love for all who pass by? How does one nurture a student, a family, a school, a community? How do we continue to weave the social fabric of our locally-led lives? 

Lift Up Thine Eyes....From Thy Smartphone

It’s tough to accept when you are wrong. 

For the past decade, Jason and I have gone round and round about solo screen time for our kids. I argue there is a time and place for it; he wants to banish their iPads to the dumpster. What about when we are trapped in an airport or car with them on long trips? Or when they’ve been playing outside all day and it starts raining and we all want a break? He shrugs and says a version of “it’s a slippery slope and I don’t like it.”

Rucking For Life

By Gordon Meehl When I say that rucking literally saved my life, I mean just that. There’s no hyperbole in my statement. If not for my regular rucking program, the...

On Recovering: From Recovery RX Founder, Chad Belger

By Chad Belger I’m Chad Belger and I’ve been an alcoholic since I was 13 years old. I’ve spent the majority of my life not giving a shit if I...

GORUCK America: Tulsa Route 66 Marathon

I’ve known Michael Welborn since 2017. When I founded DFW Rucking Crew, he had already begun establishing Green Country Ruckers so we exchanged a lot of ideas and best practices...

What We Have Here Is Failure

By Emily McCarthy I once knew a guy in college who dove so deep into an intro level philosophy class that he told me he was going to read chapters...

MANAGING STRESS WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS (AND RUCKING)

Two years ago right now I was out of sorts. Stressed out, you might say. COVID had suited me just fine, actually — the more chaos around, the calmer I...

10 Things I Learned Traveling Across the US with Only My GR1

Single Bag Travel By Caitlin, GORUCK Technical Designer 1 - Only pack what you need and layering is key For the next 5 days, I was going from the unseasonably warm...

Tough As Nails & Mean As A Snake: Cameron Brackett's Story

By Cameron Brackett On January 10th, 2021, I completed a 10-mile run. Three days later on January 13th, I sat in the exam room of my hematologist and was told...