Starting this week, we will meet every Sunday at 9:00 AM at Buzz Mill (Riverside). Same start point. Same finish point. Different route variations each week through the Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike Trail and downtown corridor.
You’ll be pounding this exact trail system during the GORUCK event — whether you’re tackling the 12, 25, or 50. So it makes sense to train where it counts.
THIS WEEK — 6 MILES
Rain is in the forecast, which actually makes this a perfect training opportunity. Those who participated in last year’s 50 remember the rain starting within minutes of kickoff. Not everyone was ready.
This week is your chance to test your gear:
– Rain shell
– Pack cover
– Socks
– Layering
– Hydration
Better to learn what works now than seven minutes into a 50-miler.
This week’s patch:
– THE GRACKLE
This week’s patch features the grackle, one of Austin’s most recognizable — and resilient — creatures.
If you’ve spent any time in this city, you’ve seen them. Loud, fearless, and everywhere. They thrive in parking lots, parks, stadiums, trails, and anywhere else the city throws at them.
They don’t wait for perfect conditions.
They adapt.
That’s the mentality for this week.
Rain, crowds, noise — adjust and keep moving.
THREE WAYS TO EARN YOUR PATCH(S)
Moving forward, there will be three ways to earn your weekly training patch:
– Sunday at 9:00 AM — RUCK with the group leaving from Buzz Mill
– Virtual — Complete the assigned distance on your own and show proof
– Thursday Night Extra Credit — RUCK with & Terrence Project Grit
Terrence is kicking this off TONIGHT at 6:00 PM at Buzz Mill, running the same Lady Bird Lake trail route we’ll be training on Sunday at 9 AM if you can’t join us over the weekend.
All three options will get you your patch, only two of them will get you face to face with other Americans.
As always if you want to join and need a ruck, please reach out, if you want to join without a ruck, you are welcome to do so!
See you on the trail.