2135 New Castle Road, Arrington TN
Saturday, March 1st, 2025
🏃♂️ Race Overview
- Date: Saturday, March 1st 2025
- Duration: 2-Hours
- Course: .75-Mile Loop
- Event Type: 1-Epic Event!
🌟 Event Details
- Inclusion: This charity event is open to all ages and fitness levels, including active-duty military, veterans, Gold Star families, and civilians.
- Participation: Walk or ruck, with or without weight.
- Laps: Complete as many or as few laps as you prefer. The choice is yours!
🎖️ What Makes Red White & Ruck Special?
- Unity: Red, White & Ruck strives to unite the military community, Gold and Blue-Star Families, and our civilian population to pay tribute to our fallen heroes.
- Race Type: 2-Hour Time Trial - Military Style Ruck March Race on a closed course. Every participant will be given a bib containing the name of a fallen service member to ruck in their honor and memory.
💖 Supporting Gold Star & Surviving Families
- Proceeds: The event's proceeds will fund our Enduring Heroes Program, which grants Gold Star family members the opportunity to partake in our annual "active" retreat at the Bataan Memorial Death March.
- March Details: During the retreat, they can honor their loved ones by conquering a challenging 14—or 26.2-mile march through the high desert at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
📏 What to Expect
- Course Structure: The course for this event is a short loop, structured as a time trial criterium, about 3/4 of a mile long.
- Laps: You will do as many laps as possible within the three-hour time limit.
- Staging Area: There will be a staging area where you check in after each lap and tag off to your teammate.
- Nutrition: You may bring your preferred nutrition, but we will also have a supply of water and snacks in the staging area.
🏅 Event Categories
- Participation: Everyone is welcome to participate in all divisions, regardless of age, gender, or fitness level.
- Types:
- Competitive Solo Ruck
- Competitive 2-person Relay Team
- Competitive 4+ person Relay Team
- Honorary - No weight, lap card, or awards. All fun!
⚖️ Divisions
- Light: 20 > lbs ruck or vest
- Heavy: 35 > lbs ruck or vest
🎁 What You Get
- Participation Benefits: Each Ruck Participant Receives a Fallen Hero Memorial Bib (contains the name of a fallen service member).
- Commemorative Items: Commemorative Event Bib and Commemorative Patch.
- Opportunities: Chance to win gear & swag from our partners and to win a FREE entry to the Bataan Memorial Death March.
🗓️ Event Day Schedule
- 7:30 AM: Registration & packet pickup opens
- 8:50 AM: Briefing | Announcement | National Anthem
- 9:00 AM: Start
- 11:00 AM: Course closes
- 11:20 AM: Top finisher recognitions
🔗 More Information
For further details and registration, visit the official race page: Red White & Ruck Nashville.
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