Tag: Ruckhenge

The balmy gloom of Larus (aka Lazarus) Park welcomed a 10 PAX of ruck lovers to trail blaze some new ground and enjoy a wide range of topics on our 3 mile jaunt, some off trail, some on. Sandy (60#) accompanied our adventures and was shared among YHC, L Woods, Sable, and Snip. Our FNG for this morning is Snip’s brother in law who enjoys bourbon and will be hiking 47 peaks with Snip this summer – welcome STAG! Great discussion at Einstein after including the concept of a Shield Lock. Snip’s apt summary was that a man on his own is a danger to himself and others. Until next time brothers. Yours AYE! ~DTH

As Richmond thawed from its recent Ice Age, ten HIMs emerged from the thaw to do something hard. YHC aimed for Cedar Grove Cemetery, though time kept us shy at 3.6 miles at a fairly brisk pace.

Post-ruck at Coffeerama, we leaned into an article entitled “Love your Enemies; How to Get Past America’s Divided Culture of Contempt”. The theme carried into our chatter: how we show unity in the face of disagreement, one step at a time.

Announcements:

• Frozen Triangle rescheduled: February 21st.
• Latinos en Virginia Food Distribution: March 7th, 10–1 (Setup at 9 am)
• Off-the-books ruck with DTH: March 7th afternoon.
• GrowRuck: September 25–27.

Out of many, one.

1/28/2026 – Ruckhenge

Title: No Snip Slip today!

PAX: DTH, NTB, L Woods, Sable, Snip

5 dedicated HIMs battled the ice to enjoy a brisk walk around Bon Air. With no responses to the night before Slack invite, YHC wondered whether this would be a solo hike. Waiting for him in the parking lot, however, was Sable with spikes and the flag plant, lets go!!! Next up was the clown car with DTH and NTB. Finally L Woods and his space boots. We ready.

The THANG:

The PAX started out ~5:02. Immediately cross Huguenot Rd, no cars in site. Climb the mountain of ice and shoot the church gap past the library and elementary school. The Pax found a sled waiting for them 20 minutes into the hike. Was it planted, maybe, either way, it was destiny! The PAX took turns sliding the hill (all ice) while the rest performed various common F3 exercises. Two trips down the ice tower for each PAX, the last was a contest to see who could go farthest. After the thrilling flight down the crusty slope, the PAX packed up and looped around Bon Air and back to Einsteins.

Ruck BTTF for COT:

• Counterama # 5
• Namerama 
• Announcerama
• Closing Prayer

Naked Moleskin:  

• Kudos to DTH for winning the length challenge. Too bad he couldn’t have brought the same vigor to the Highland games this year.
• Shocked there were no full on face plants, well done men!
• Rucking provides ample time for getting to know your brothers, coffeeteria at the end was noice!
• NTB’s comment on the shape of our map was spot on. Maybe subconsciously I am trying to make up for all those boys that could have been.
• Einstein’s staff is nice but barely competent at 6am

Announcements: (see SLACK!)

•  Frozen triangle coming up

Prayer Requests:

• Lord show us the work you have for us to do today and give us the strength to obey.

In 20° cold and with illness thinning the ranks, four HIMs still showed up for the work. Early in the ruck, YHC shared the Atomic Habits Quote of the Day, “Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way” , a fitting theme given the conditions and the men who answered the call.

We covered 2.8 miles from Einstein Bagels through Bon Air, passing Bon Air Elementary, before looping back via Buford and the shopping plaza. Side streets delivered mailbox lunges and squats, and as we left Bon Air Elementary, rucks went overhead for about half a block.

Near the end of the ruck, YHC took an unplanned spill on the median while juggling maps and traffic. Luckily, nothing was injured except his pride.

The miles passed with plenty of laughs and solid conversation about Dealer’s childhood dog’s high-protein diet, and leadership talk that carried over to Coffeerama afterward.

Announcements: Frozen Triangle February 7, Machine Head’s first VQ this Saturday at Bon Iron. He will be bringing the storm.

A group of 10 HIMs gathered at Ruckhenge on this pleasantly cool morning to kickoff the New Year. With the New Year brings new territory on the map as we hustled our way over to Fisher Elementary to explore the grounds. At the soccer fields we “lost” Dealer and Snip to injury, giving the PAX a chance to practice our casualty carries. We then returned back to the flag for coffeerama at Einstein Bagel. Today’s discussion topic centered around how we have individually evolved from the time we were 26 years old, and some great stories were shared around the table.

Always an honor to lead the group!

Announcements:
– Clean-up day at Rock-n-Roll in the works for 1/10 but may be postponed due to weather.
– Frozen Triangle coming in early-February. Check Slack for details and sign-up!
– Happy 50th birthday to our man Bone Thugz!

YHC took us out in prayer, lifting up Thugz’ kids.

The NOS cold-weather ruckers brought along our beloved 60# Sandy for an up-hill down-dale trek across new terrain. The promise was something challenging enough that wearing brown pants might hide the fact you shat yourself in the process. The goal was to use fingers of woods behind/between neighborhoods to circumnavigate an apartment complex near SPFP – and we succeeded in that goal. Also it turns out there are some really lovely open hardwood spaces to walk through in these back neighborhood nomansland areas. Enjoyed the banter as PAX tried to figure out where they were during the ruck, and felt challenged with some deep thoughts at Einstein. Until next time, yours AYE! ~DTH

COMING UP:

• 12/23 NoToll – Rosie’s annual 12 Days beatdown down and gift exchange
• 12/25 Forge – DTH Christmas Whoopin
• 01/01 Dogpile – New Years Convergence starting at 0700