Get to know your Tough Ruckers! Jennifer Smith

Get to know your Tough Ruckers! Jennifer Smith

This is my second year participating in the Tough Ruck. I was introduced to this event last year by some amazing individuals from the US Navy (Active and Reserves) Det M from Newport. I was a Navy Reservist, so this event touches my soul. This year I am joined by a...
Get to know your Tough Ruckers! Jennah Janney

Get to know your Tough Ruckers! Jennah Janney

Highlight from training has been rucking with my dog, Netter. I rescued him in 2020 during COVID lockdown and my first ‘rucks’ were with him in a backpack while he was recovering from heartworms. I started properly rucking while I was deployed and I had been looking...
Get to know your Tough Ruckers!  Sergeant Leno

Get to know your Tough Ruckers! Sergeant Leno

This will be my second year doing the Tough Ruck. I would say my favorite part is just the community turn out and excitement and energy everyone has during the event! I ruck in honor of SGT Joshua Phillips and SGT Kevin Random two friends I’ve lost during my seven...
Tough Ruck 2023 Race Day Brief

Tough Ruck 2023 Race Day Brief

On Sunday, April 16th, 2023 we will join together for the 10th Anniversary of Tough Ruck Nation – proudly held in partnership with the Boston Marathon. Over 26.2 miles on many of the original battle roads of the Revolutionary War, you will be honoring...
Get to know your Tough Ruckers! Michael Bozio

Get to know your Tough Ruckers! Michael Bozio

My Story of how the Tough Ruck changed my life starts on April 15th, 2014, the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombing. On that day while driving home from work I was hit head-on by a drunk driver. In the crash, I broke my wrist, femur, and right ankle in...