Topic: Ruck Marching

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What is Ruck Marching?  I hear people talk about it but have no clue what it is.  And in your Basic how much running do you do, and how long (approx). example. Run once a week for 5 km‘s or run everyday for 2 km or what?
Thanks for your help.

Justin

[sinblox]

Ruck = big backpack with all your kit you need to survive in it.

[combat_medic]

Justin: a ruck march is a long walk with a heavy backback on. It‘s not usually very fast, and they will build you up to it, but it‘s pretty rough on the body. As for running, it will depend on your instructors. If they have lots of time and the inclination, they may take you for runs every day, or every other week.

[bobthebui|der]

we did 6 km runs every morning.

[Mr. Ted]

I don‘t know about everyone else, buy my personal favourite form of PT was the ruck march.  I will take long, drawn-out fast marches with heavy packs and a C7 any day over a sprint or quick run.  I hated running, loved ruck marching.

In fact, once you‘ve been marching for a good while, you will hit a nice endorphin rush that tends to pick up your spirits. You get that good feeling when all your kit is packed tight, nothing‘s banging around, your sleeping bag finally isn‘t falling out of your valise every time you move, you realize that your C7 has a slot between the magazine and the trigger guard that fits perfectly over the mag pouch on your webbing - so perfectly in fact, that you can balance it there to stretch out your arms and relax your hands for awhile.  Everyone‘s feet are hitting the ground in unison, you‘re marching beside your buddy, you‘re 5 klicks in with 10 more to go, you‘re doing something none of your lazy friends back home will ever do, the countryside‘s beautiful and you‘re in uniform for the best country in the world.  

Now what could be better than that?

Mr. Ted

[ab136]

Mr. Ted you sound like your really enjoyed that and it sound very appealing to me.  You should be the "poster-guy" for ruck marches.  

[ab136]

May-be Molson could do another "I am Canadian" rant with a ruck-march-twist.  

[mattoigta]

Originally posted by Mr. Ted:
[qb] I don‘t know about everyone else, buy my personal favourite form of PT was the ruck march.  I will take long, drawn-out fast marches with heavy packs and a C7 any day over a sprint or quick run.  I hated running, loved ruck marching.

In fact, once you‘ve been marching for a good while, you will hit a nice endorphin rush that tends to pick up your spirits. You get that good feeling when all your kit is packed tight, nothing‘s banging around, your sleeping bag finally isn‘t falling out of your valise every time you move, you realize that your C7 has a slot between the magazine and the trigger guard that fits perfectly over the mag pouch on your webbing - so perfectly in fact, that you can balance it there to stretch out your arms and relax your hands for awhile.  Everyone‘s feet are hitting the ground in unison, you‘re marching beside your buddy, you‘re 5 klicks in with 10 more to go, you‘re doing something none of your lazy friends back home will ever do, the countryside‘s beautiful and you‘re in uniform for the best country in the world.  

Now what could be better than that?

Mr. Ted [/qb]

Yeah I totally agree, and have also come to appreciate the space between the mag housing and pistol grip!

[GreenFace]

he would be a good spokesman for comercials with ruck marching

[Wookilar]

The stated runs on IAP (officer basic, kind of....) are 5km in about 45 minutes. Timing is very flexible as to frequency as this depends on instructor availability/fatigue/cantankerousness. Also, some staff members run like gazelles with a lion after them, some despise running with the same passion I have. Every course is different, mostly because the staff are different.

If you train 3 days a week and work your way up to 7km in about 50 minutes, you will have very few problems on course. PT wise, at any rate.

For those that think that is fast, in the first line units (GS Battalion does NOT count), 10 km runs in 50 minutes, with push-ups/crunches/lord knows what else mixed in, are not that unusual. They suck, IMHO, but not that unusual.

Oh, and running sucks (Did I mention that already?). I much prefer a nice slow ruck march.

Now, stretcher PT (or its evil cousin, jerry can PT) is a whole different beast 

[combat_medic]

You may have noticed that this topic is 2 years old. Was there a reason for resurrecting it, as I'm sure the person in question has long since had their question(s) answered.

[Lost_Warrior]

we did 6 km runs every morning.

Indeed we did.