Participants competed individually, or in teams of two and were required to complete a distance of fifty miles while wearing a weighted bag (or "ruck") in a time of under twenty hours.
Event staff set up an awning in Folger Park for registration
Race participants register with event staff
Participants show the event staff that they have the required weights in their ruck
Participants were required to have headlamps as the race began at night and would run into the next afternoon
Participants waiting for the race to start
One of several very good doggos at the event
Participants were in good spirits at the start of the event
Cadre Mocha begins the event briefing
A participant is acknowledged for having participated in 100 events
Participants listen to instructions and advice from the event briefing
Cadre Mocha acknowledges members of the various branches of armed services, as well as community responders and teachers in a moment of reflection
Participants waited as each of three groups departed
Four-legged participant
Participants in the second group waiting to start off
Second group receiving their latitude and longitude coordinates for their waypoint
Participants plotting the coordinates to determine their routes
Participants head off towards their first waypoint in Arlington Virginia
A team taking off their rucks, having just finished the race
Race participant being embrace by Cadre Mocha after finishing the race
Participant sits down after completing 50 mile ruck and eats
Final group of participants arrive at the race endpoint
Participants walk quickly to the finish line
Participants are congratulated for finishing the 50 mile race
