It’s been a decently long week and I’m ready for rest. Unfortunately, I’ll only have about 10 hours rest from the time I get out of of my nine to five job and head down to Southern Maine to fulfill my Army Reserve Duties. For the Warrior Trail Runner, progress has been slow and it’s been a doing of my own. I find that I take a reactive approach to marketing instead of a proactive or aggressive approach. Today, I changed that. I have the first flyers printed out for WTR and hope to distribute them Monday and get some feedback through out the week.
On a much different note, it’s been a good week for trail running and keeping healthy the spirit of the adventurer. I’ve travelled an approximately meager sixteen miles by foot this week, but I’ve also accomplished awesome things with awesome friends. I’ve been through the cloud cover atop a frigid Cadillac Mountain, through rocky gorges, sloshed through knee-deep water and mud in the greater Bangor area and brought out one of my favorite workouts of all time–
THE RUCK MARCH!
Outside of military circles, you may recognize ruck marching as throwing a backpack on and filling it with heavy things and then walking for awhile at a brisk pace. It may not seem hard, but I guarantee you– a 30lb. pack for 4 miles will wear you down. Too easy? Go ahead and pack more weight in there.
(disclaimer: don’t actually do it if you’re not medically qualified, I take no responsibility for uncalculated risks to yourself.)
In any case, aside from weekly regimin of trail runs, log drills and body-weight exercises, I will again be adding in ruck marches to the mix for some variety! It’s too easy to do. You go out and get a relatively strong bag and fill it with rocks wrapped in a towel or old blanket because you don’t want the rocks to rub up against your pack and wear it down. It happens.
Your body expends a lot of energy to keep you going, to keep your core straight and not to mention it’s a great back workout. I was definitely feeling it the next day! So, if you’re feeling up to it, load your ruck up and go out for an hour and tell me what you think!
 What would you do to add to to the intensity or make it a better workout?
Warrior Athlete 