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](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/4678637e-d661-4a12-bae0-7c8abcec00d8_rw_1920.jpg?h=6bd961be37a7df58ba528914418cc4ca)
Event staff set up an awning in Folger Park for registration
![Race participants register with event staff](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/4e1a9ba2-f3c0-40a6-b7bb-160206a47a6d_rw_1920.jpg?h=27b923d47098a846ed474d6d32f3af4f)
Race participants register with event staff
![Participants show the event staff that they have the required weights in their ruck](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/a0c0ef23-a90f-412a-9539-eae13f38f70b_rw_1920.jpg?h=3869bb7cab70a4df49eead7e2a6525be)
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](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/0ed94b1c-b45a-4333-af8b-6b2e2308e245_rw_1920.jpg?h=cbc5daf41a6d0e21bd861fd33b078506)
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](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/47a389d7-b8a6-41ac-b614-e6c2b7329a0a_rw_1920.jpg?h=78e32933f464ada734fd1f499ec93fbf)
Participants waiting for the race to start
![One of several very good doggos at the event](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/b7786e79-5ff7-4cec-a381-cfd553c68604_rw_1920.jpg?h=f5aae460f334c6380ce0ab32bb9f3595)
One of several very good doggos at the event
![Participants were in good spirits at the start of the event](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/e4e83eb6-ae4e-4e8a-b777-18e24905b4a0_rw_1920.jpg?h=f24f159ac81ddbb71e4e29ae75aa5c88)
Participants were in good spirits at the start of the event
![Cadre Mocha begins the event briefing](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/5ff60fd5-6ee1-4cd1-9202-80b4e03dced8_rw_1920.jpg?h=d3a4f4c78023fc8b81cf9875711fd11c)
Cadre Mocha begins the event briefing
![A participant is acknowledged for having participated in 100 events](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/afb100b2-1ebc-4031-98c6-f3d1676d7731_rw_1920.jpg?h=1704f203a6ab7cc134c1d32dce9f9e73)
A participant is acknowledged for having participated in 100 events
![Participants listen to instructions and advice from the event briefing](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/08b6d379-8857-478d-88a6-7ea532c87848_rw_1920.jpg?h=b944ef7806168836162ec2e78ef40fdf)
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](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/fb77deb2-60f7-4022-9125-989f6b50ff52_rw_1920.jpg?h=88261485a865244909289154185d9591)
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](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/608668e0-c665-4888-a55b-1d35e0025d07_rw_1920.jpg?h=0b43c583b9660a7ae233e0e367ab6515)
Participants waited as each of three groups departed
![Four-legged participant](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/a2773c9f-b0f9-424a-81b0-958ed43c1de8_rw_1920.jpg?h=de3755f527e51965a2ce177832b45796)
Four-legged participant
![Participants in the second group waiting to start off](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/7ea6d81c-0fbb-4b0b-8398-7a4780c440d0_rw_1920.jpg?h=16a9b4a7b009e2ea34b56438718601f5)
Participants in the second group waiting to start off
![Second group receiving their latitude and longitude coordinates for their waypoint](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/3f855350-16e8-44ee-9f75-83ac67485142_rw_1920.jpg?h=cf894521f20efa4d56159037377f43c7)
Second group receiving their latitude and longitude coordinates for their waypoint
![Participants plotting the coordinates to determine their routes](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/7c6df486-db8d-4440-b187-63f098f59fc7_rw_1920.jpg?h=2d1ac5365f9d68a17af2375df9a31c82)
Participants plotting the coordinates to determine their routes
![Participants head off towards their first waypoint in Arlington Virginia](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/937d7b5c-95a4-4123-8c48-fe82a3523a11_rw_1920.jpg?h=a39a687bc769e2eccdf0a54c1b4374d4)
Participants head off towards their first waypoint in Arlington Virginia
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/5c453efc-353f-4ca3-8e8b-97285df62c28_rw_1920.jpg?h=af14ceba0664d8d9e2629ad11a7d7769)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/a8aca8e9-c8d6-4034-b547-ea884abd289e_rw_1920.jpg?h=a715f2da5c9b7e702736285285bffdaa)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/54cea677-049b-4789-88df-d67fc07ac970_rw_1920.jpg?h=1ed0e3e8e63b8052c42e9f09653d37ff)
![A team taking off their rucks, having just finished the race](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/ade180bc-60ef-4200-893d-c1ddabe8e409_rw_1920.jpg?h=64548e08410e3036aa7a68a5695bb860)
A team taking off their rucks, having just finished the race
![Race participant being embrace by Cadre Mocha after finishing the race](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/32da0691-6370-4016-876f-1528871a46f1_rw_1920.jpg?h=f7e6e66f7374c9afc957fd483b7c75f3)
Race participant being embrace by Cadre Mocha after finishing the race
![Participant sits down after completing 50 mile ruck and eats](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/dad25691-1d1a-4d85-b6bc-2bdea9bbe975_rw_1920.jpg?h=d5bd5cd201a027c693a5b9ef2eb81b8c)
Participant sits down after completing 50 mile ruck and eats
![Final group of participants arrive at the race endpoint](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/327d6be2-76e2-4f77-a13e-cc24a9baf662_rw_1920.jpg?h=18d626843e0574f585071b60f76f1e9f)
Final group of participants arrive at the race endpoint
![Participants walk quickly to the finish line](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/206d53d6-81c4-43e0-aadc-0e5f12a8a6aa_rw_1920.jpg?h=d4ce469d35695e606692197c554b0e49)
Participants walk quickly to the finish line
![Participants are congratulated for finishing the 50 mile race](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/f01c12a5-072c-45a7-a953-9352ad5fdd16_rw_1920.jpg?h=e6aeb41ab75b3a126d02fa4eb61fc640)
Participants are congratulated for finishing the 50 mile race
![Event staff celebrating the completion of the event](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1040b6b-35a9-4d84-be94-b5dd347ac47b/d5fd9c71-dd6e-4936-aa01-565161a1bb6f_rw_1920.jpg?h=c4cd81c2cd17cb342d0a706ba1f2de11)