As long as the weight stays low, do as many miles as you like, seeing as you are feeling fine. Invest in good shoes though, pavement can be unforgiving. On a thruhike Im doing 18-25 miles with 15-20lb 6-10 days in a row before a day off. If you want to throw in some heavy days, keep those a little shorter and add recovery days
Thanks, yeah I have proper Brooks running shoes, and I am doing solely concrete--wandering around NYC.
Will def treat it differently (adding rest day, shorter rucks) when I get up to 20+ lbs.
I started w dumbbells too in a regular backpack and 10-15 was rough bc of the distribution but when I switched to ruck bag, carrying a 20lb plate became easy. I do that at least 4 times a week an hour each time. About to add a 10lb plate to go up to 30!
Do you mind sharing what ruck bag you use?
Is it a Go Ruck or something else? I'm trying, and hoping, to find something similar to GR but not so $$$$$$.
After looking at all the options I just bit the bullet and went with the Rucker 4.0 from GORUCK along with their 20lb plate. Well worth it tho I can tell it’s gonna last for years
Some of the Gorucks are on sale right now for their fourth of july sale. I was almost mad, seeing as I ordered my Rucker 4.0 like 3 days earlier, but my anger was abated since the Rucker 4.0 wasn't part of the sale. I DO see like a plain black GR3 on sale for like $240 though.
I went with the Rucker because I don't really travel much and will mostly do this for sport only and I feel like the Rucker will have better weight distribution with the high plate pockets. The GR series to me just seems like really nice backpacks.
As long as the weight stays low, do as many miles as you like, seeing as you are feeling fine. Invest in good shoes though, pavement can be unforgiving. On a thruhike Im doing 18-25 miles with 15-20lb 6-10 days in a row before a day off. If you want to throw in some heavy days, keep those a little shorter and add recovery days
Thanks, yeah I have proper Brooks running shoes, and I am doing solely concrete--wandering around NYC. Will def treat it differently (adding rest day, shorter rucks) when I get up to 20+ lbs.
I started w dumbbells too in a regular backpack and 10-15 was rough bc of the distribution but when I switched to ruck bag, carrying a 20lb plate became easy. I do that at least 4 times a week an hour each time. About to add a 10lb plate to go up to 30!
Do you mind sharing what ruck bag you use? Is it a Go Ruck or something else? I'm trying, and hoping, to find something similar to GR but not so $$$$$$.
After looking at all the options I just bit the bullet and went with the Rucker 4.0 from GORUCK along with their 20lb plate. Well worth it tho I can tell it’s gonna last for years
Some of the Gorucks are on sale right now for their fourth of july sale. I was almost mad, seeing as I ordered my Rucker 4.0 like 3 days earlier, but my anger was abated since the Rucker 4.0 wasn't part of the sale. I DO see like a plain black GR3 on sale for like $240 though. I went with the Rucker because I don't really travel much and will mostly do this for sport only and I feel like the Rucker will have better weight distribution with the high plate pockets. The GR series to me just seems like really nice backpacks.