Red White & Ruck Nash

🏃‍♂️ 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.