07/22/18 GoRuck

On Sunday, July 22nd four bad dudes and a wild Huckleberry met at Freight’s place and traveled to Crowders Mountain for a GoRuck Light.  For those of you that don’t know – light does not mean easy… just less time than the others.

We arrived to the location and found several other F3 brothers there.  Many of them were taking place in the HTL – which is insane.

The festivities kicked off promptly at 13:00 with Cadres Montreal and Pike doing roll call and an introduction.   The Cadres then checked all bags for the required equipment.

We were then lined up into four lines and instructed we will be doing a modified Murph.  As a four man team we ran, did chest presses with our ruck packs, merkins and squats.

After this concluded we saw one guy drinking beer and several guys drinking out of a flask.  These ruckers sure are nuts.

At this time the team grabbed a ton of coupons and headed towards the mountain.

What followed over the next five hours is something that’s hard to put into words.  YHC knew that this would be physically draining, but it was just as much mentally exhausting.

Up and down over the mountain, we by Freight’s watch, covered just under 7 miles.  While YHC didn’t carry many coupons (or even my own ruck sack at times) Boudin and Freight were absolute bad-asses.  I rarely seen either of them when they weren’t carrying something.  Hipaa was appointed a team leader for a while and pushed like Hipaa does.  For a few miles Roadie had the flag and was leading the entire group.  Around mile 2.5 Roadie rolled an ankle and almost took out an elephant on the way down.  He recovered and finished the event without complaining.  I’d talk about Roadie being a beast, but if you’re reading this, you already know.

We returned back to the launching point a little after 18:00.  They presented patches for the 12 that did the HTL and then to the rest of us.  I will say this was one of the coolest things I’ve ever received.   It sucked and it’s difficult to even type this back blast right now, but it was worth it.  The four men with me yesterday are a blessing to me.  They are four men I have an immense amount of respect for.

Roadie – the transformation you’ve had since January is truly remarkable.  Keep pushing and inspiring everyone around you.

Hipaa – you are a beast, brother.   You gave yesterday all you had.

Freight – you made it all the way through and didn’t even mess up your hair.  You’re a bad man, brother.

Boudin – I swear you didn’t even break a sweat yesterday.  I’m told you even posted this morning.  You sir are unreal.

Thank you all for the push and the friendship.

As a side note: if you ever think there’s something you can’t do – just remember it’s all mental.   I spent a lot of time on Saturday thinking how I could get out of this, but I’m glad I didn’t.  This was an experience I’m honored to be a part of.

Philippians 4:13

Huckleberry