Official GORUCK club
Est. 2020
Do The Work.
An official GORUCK ruck club. Weight on your back, miles under your feet, and nobody left behind.
Rucks, sandbags and club patches 
Mt. Tammany, Delaware Water Gap 
The Giant Stairs, Palisades
What is rucking
Rucking is walking with weight on your back. That is the whole sport. It builds strength and endurance at a pace where you can still hold a conversation, which is why we do it together.
The rucks we do
Four kinds of ruck
Every ruck we post is one of these four, so you know what you are signing up for before you show up. New here? Start with a Group Ruck.
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Group Ruck
No one left behind. A fun ruck for all.
Distances vary and we move as a group, at a brisk casual pace: the target is under 20 minutes a mile. Team weight and a little PT may show up from time to time, so everyone gets to enjoy some good livin'.
Carry whatever weight you want, or none. If you need additional good livin', just add weight.
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Training Ruck
Fixed distance. Your goals set the pace and the weight.
These are how we train for Team Challenge Rucks and Events. Not everyone has the same goals, so this is not a group ruck. We start together and hang at the finish together. In between, do what you need to do.
Pace, weight and good livin' suggestions are always available.
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Team Challenge Ruck
Team based, and a challenge for everyone.
Distance and time vary. There are weight requirements, coupons, and good livin' for all. If you are preparing for a GORUCK event or a Hurricane Heat, or just enjoy some good old-fashioned shared suffering, these are for you. We start together, stay together, and finish as a team.
Before you come: train with the required weight, and hold under 18 minutes a mile for at least 3 miles. Not there yet? See 1 and 2.
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Event
This is what we train for.
Competitive and endurance events of every kind: GORUCK Challenges and Star Courses, Spartan races, Hurricane Heats and more. Wherever you are in your training, set a goal, find an event, sign up, train, and go get it.
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”
Where we ruck
Boardwalk, trail and city
Most of our rucks and events are in the Freehold area and along the Jersey Shore, from Sandy Hook on down. Weekends sometimes go further. These are some of the places the club has rucked.
Belmar Boardwalk
Flat shore miles, about a 5K.
Michael Tighe Park, Freehold
Our regular 3-mile weeknight loop.
Mt. Tammany, Delaware Water Gap
Red trail up, Blue trail down. 3.5 miles.
The Giant Stairs, Palisades
4 miles of uphill, downhill and giant rocks.
Sea Girt Lighthouse to Manasquan
Rucks loaded with food for the Free Little Pantry.
The perimeter of Manhattan
30 miles, 8 hours.
Every year
What we show up for
Every Veterans Day
CHAD 1000X
1,000 box step-ups with a weighted ruck, done as a team, with a partner or on your own. The workout honors Navy SEAL Chad Wilkinson, who died by suicide in 2018, and raises awareness and money for veteran suicide prevention. We step up for it every year.
chad1000x.com
Every year in Freehold
Marine Corps Run for Freedom 5K
A 5K you can run, walk or ruck, hosted by the Corporal Reynolds Detachment of the Marine Corps League. Proceeds support the Marine Corps League, the Marine Raider Foundation and Semper Fi & America's Fund, and help local veterans here in New Jersey. We ruck it.
mcrff.org
If you or a veteran you know is struggling, the Veterans Crisis Line is there day and night: dial 988, then press 1.
Join us
Show up. We’ll do the rest.
Every ruck is posted in our Facebook group and on Sandlot. Join, pick a Group Ruck, and bring a backpack with something heavy in it. Or nothing heavy in it. Just come.