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Ruckin' Ruck
Apr. 13th, 2020 11:43 am You all know I like doing stupid shit, right?
Anyone wanna ruck next weekend?
Yes, I said "Ruck," with an R.
Recently I started ordering stuff from a Finnish military surplus outfit called Varusteleka, so I wound up on their email list, the Propaganda Machine. And apparently in the spirit of the Quarantine Backyard Marathon, they are hosting a virtual rucking event coming up next week. I'm pretty clear on how everything works, except for whether I can do 25k, or if I have to do the whole 50k. I think I'm allowed to "just" do 25, which translates to about 15.5 miles, or a little more than a half marathon. So this would be a bit like when I ran my first half marathon and weighed fifty pounds more than I do now.
I was mentioning to Fox that it would be pretty cool to have a trail running all the way around our property in a loop. I could trail run without needing to go anywhere, and without as much worry as using the Belmore Forest logging roads, which suck even for a trail run or rucking event. On the other hand, there's a major loop in Belmore that goes eight miles, so twice around that and maybe see if Fox will pick me up at the service road. You don't have to RUN this thing, so I could walk as much as needed to avoid twisting my ankle in one of the eighty-billion gopher holes.
And as far as social distancing is concerned ... I'm not going to see anyone out here. I will be shocked if I see another living soul out here. And the more I think on it, I think I'll just help Fox finish cutting a trail around our property. That way if someone shoots me thinking I'm a weirdly-colored deer, he can at least get them arrested for trespassing. It might help if I also avoid wearing the brown hat with deer antlers on it.
So, what the hell, right? It's not like I've got a Spartan race to do in May. Plus I get a nifty patch that says something in Finnish. SISU.
Anyone wanna ruck next weekend?
Yes, I said "Ruck," with an R.
Recently I started ordering stuff from a Finnish military surplus outfit called Varusteleka, so I wound up on their email list, the Propaganda Machine. And apparently in the spirit of the Quarantine Backyard Marathon, they are hosting a virtual rucking event coming up next week. I'm pretty clear on how everything works, except for whether I can do 25k, or if I have to do the whole 50k. I think I'm allowed to "just" do 25, which translates to about 15.5 miles, or a little more than a half marathon. So this would be a bit like when I ran my first half marathon and weighed fifty pounds more than I do now.
I was mentioning to Fox that it would be pretty cool to have a trail running all the way around our property in a loop. I could trail run without needing to go anywhere, and without as much worry as using the Belmore Forest logging roads, which suck even for a trail run or rucking event. On the other hand, there's a major loop in Belmore that goes eight miles, so twice around that and maybe see if Fox will pick me up at the service road. You don't have to RUN this thing, so I could walk as much as needed to avoid twisting my ankle in one of the eighty-billion gopher holes.
And as far as social distancing is concerned ... I'm not going to see anyone out here. I will be shocked if I see another living soul out here. And the more I think on it, I think I'll just help Fox finish cutting a trail around our property. That way if someone shoots me thinking I'm a weirdly-colored deer, he can at least get them arrested for trespassing. It might help if I also avoid wearing the brown hat with deer antlers on it.
So, what the hell, right? It's not like I've got a Spartan race to do in May. Plus I get a nifty patch that says something in Finnish. SISU.
I'm killing time before my daily run here, as there is a squall line moving through from the west. Or there might be - it might fizzle out before it gets here. But if it doesn't, I don't want to be in the middle of running on the treadmill when the treadmill suddenly stops. But I'm using the time to organize my digital notebook on Google Drive and clean up my email, which I like to do once a week anyway. If I stay on top of it, most days I get the pleasure of looking at a totally empty mailbox! YASSSSssss.
I guess it now comes down to - should I stick with the 25k ruck, or go for the gusto and try the 50, and what color should I paint my nails for it.
