What better to do with a long weekend but get a good long ruck in? 9 PAX jumped at the opportunity to wake up early, and hit a FREE door-buster fitness opportunity. Walking with weight. Banks, TBTF, Noodles, and Crunch hosted the return of Reactor and Shakespeare with (the as yet unnamed) Chris, Matt, and Don.
Turning their back on the temptation of donuts and coffee, they got down to it with a ruck start time of 0538. A quick hike up North past Geneva and the Wheaton Christian Grammar school and on over to Kline Creek Farm before heading back toward Wheaton. A quick jaunt over the bridges at the Towers and the Fairgrounds before cutting through Lincoln Marsh and heading back to Northside Park, where the donuts were a bit more tempting after 10.2 miles and three solid hours of ruck work.
Good conversations maintained the whole time, only occasionally punctuated by some ruck-shuffle. Topics ranged from good wool socks and the other virtues of CostCo to the various temperaments of pre-schoolers and the benefits self-imposed phone-time limits. Calories burned, weight moved, and the brotherhood encouraged, all before breakfast.
Average pace maintained: 17min / mile
F3 Wheaton 