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Humbled by Sandy Hook: A Perfect Event
Community · Emily McCarthy · Humility · Tribe ·
Humbled by Sandy Hook: A Perfect Event
Over the past 14 years, I’ve participated in triple-digit GORUCK events, both as a participant and/or organizer. I consider all of these events worthwhile, with several that I would call life-changing, and two of which I would classify as perfect....
Finding Purpose as a Bodybuilder or Cyber Spiderman
Community · Emily McCarthy · Purpose · Tribe ·
Finding Purpose as a Bodybuilder or Cyber Spiderman
When it comes to motivation, few embody the spirit of reinvention like Arnold Schwarzenegger. The man has continually redefined himself, transforming from a small-town boy in Austria into a world-class bodybuilder, the iconic Mr. Olympia, a blockbuster movie star, the...
The Mercy Rule
Community · Emily McCarthy · Mercy · Tribe ·
The Mercy Rule
The Mercy Rule (also known by the lesser names of the Slaughter, Knockout, or Skunk Rule) is a concept familiar to kids, parents, and coaches across the nation. My seven-year-old knows what it means, even if it only exists in...
Reflecting on a Bittersweet Victory
Community · Emily McCarthy · Reflect · Tribe ·
Reflecting on a Bittersweet Victory
It’s hard to believe it’s been seven months since I first wrote about the dozens of proposed public school closures in my hometown — a list that included my children’s well-attended and beloved Atlantic Beach Elementary. The news of these...
Walking with Weight - Todd Torrance's Rucking Story
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Walking with Weight - Todd Torrance's Rucking Story
Video Credit: Brendan Custer // @brendancuster By Todd Torrance Growing up in Syracuse, NY didn’t lend itself to putting many opportunities in my way, especially with how well public school and I got along; so at 17 years old, with...
Training Shoes Proven By CrossFit®
Community · Rucking ·
Training Shoes Proven By CrossFit®
“The support was great. I knew they were the shoe to wear for a test like this. I've been wearing the GORUCK trainer on and off since the first rendition came out and recognized it immediately for being an overbuilt,...
I’m Told I Say Croissant Like An A$$hole
Community · Emily McCarthy · Imagine · Tribe ·
I’m Told I Say Croissant Like An A$$hole
Fun facts: The Eiffel Tower was built a couple years prior to the 1889 Exposition Universelle to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. It’s no secret that initial reviews of Gustave Eiffel’s innovative design were mixed; and by...
Right-sizing Hearts By Saving Community Schools
Community · Emily McCarthy · Nurture · Tribe ·
Right-sizing Hearts By Saving Community Schools
And yet for all the talk of budgets and numbers, I think what I’m trying to express goes beyond the numbers and our human attempts to live and work and learn together. What value do we place on a neighbor, whose own children have left the nest, painting a tire swing with words of encouragement and love for all who pass by? How does one nurture a student, a family, a school, a community? How do we continue to weave the social fabric of our locally-led lives? 
Lift Up Thine Eyes Rockwell
Accept · Community · Emily McCarthy · Tribe ·
Lift Up Thine Eyes....From Thy Smartphone

It’s tough to accept when you are wrong. 

For the past decade, Jason and I have gone round and round about solo screen time for our kids. I argue there is a time and place for it; he wants to banish their iPads to the dumpster. What about when we are trapped in an airport or car with them on long trips? Or when they’ve been playing outside all day and it starts raining and we all want a break? He shrugs and says a version of “it’s a slippery slope and I don’t like it.”

Rucking For Life
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Rucking For Life
By Gordon Meehl When I say that rucking literally saved my life, I mean just that. There’s no hyperbole in my statement. If not for my regular rucking program, the likely reality would have been that I would have ceased...
On Recovering: From Recovery RX Founder, Chad Belger
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On Recovering: From Recovery RX Founder, Chad Belger
By Chad Belger I’m Chad Belger and I’ve been an alcoholic since I was 13 years old. I’ve spent the majority of my life not giving a shit if I lived or died. One night about 4 years ago I...
GORUCK America: Tulsa Route 66 Marathon
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GORUCK America: Tulsa Route 66 Marathon
I’ve known Michael Welborn since 2017. When I founded DFW Rucking Crew, he had already begun establishing Green Country Ruckers so we exchanged a lot of ideas and best practices as we both got our clubs operational. So when Michael...
What We Have Here Is Failure
Community · Emily McCarthy · Tribe ·
What We Have Here Is Failure
By Emily McCarthy I once knew a guy in college who dove so deep into an intro level philosophy class that he told me he was going to read chapters from Plato’s Republic to his future children. He planned to...
MANAGING STRESS WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS (AND RUCKING)
Community · Jason McCarthy · Rucking · Tribe ·
MANAGING STRESS WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS (AND RUCKING)
Two years ago right now I was out of sorts. Stressed out, you might say. COVID had suited me just fine, actually — the more chaos around, the calmer I get. I was sleeping fine until I wasn’t. Two years...
10 Things I Learned Traveling Across the US with Only My GR1
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10 cose che ho imparato viaggiando negli Stati Uniti con Only My GR1
Borsa singola da viaggio Da Caitlin, progettista tecnico GORUCK 1 - Metti in valigia solo ciò di cui hai bisogno e la stratificazione è la chiave Per i successivi 5 giorni, sono passato dalla spiaggia insolitamente calda di Jacksonville, in...
Tough As Nails & Mean As A Snake: Cameron Brackett's Story
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Duro come un chiodo e cattivo come un serpente: la storia di Cameron Brackett
Di Cameron Brackett Il 10 gennaio 2021 ho completato una corsa di 10 miglia. Tre giorni dopo, il 13 gennaio, mi sono seduto nell'aula d'esame del mio ematologo e mi è stato detto che ho la leucemia mieloide acuta (AML)....