Seven studs set off promptly at 5 to meet our stretch goal for the morning: 4.1 miles to complete the 17.76 July ruck challenge. This is about 1 mile farther than the typical hour long ruck distance for this group. How did we do it? We didn’t drop weight. We didn’t drop packs. we added some faster intervals to push the pace and close the gap.
YHC wanted a nice flat route for this challenge, so we took a quick stroll down Huguenot, into Wayland neighborhood. Purely residential. Every 2 tenths of a mile we pushed the pace to a slowish jog. Then dropped back to a fast walk. Repeat 2 miles in we were right on pace. The runners circled back for the six each time to keep the PAX tight. Retraced steps BTTF. We were welcomed back by Last Call right before we ordered a McPain, supersized.
Total distance ended up at 4.13 miles. Goal met. 30 seconds to spare. Beautiful morning, fullish moon and red sunrise.
Good work gents!
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