You should definitely start your day (and events) with shoes or boots on your feet. Here’s some of the footwear that we’ve tested at All Day Ruckoff with most of the testing done at GORUCK events. If you’re training for an event make sure to check out the “GORUCK Tips” section at the bottom.
Footwear
GORUCK Tips
You should know that there’s no guarantee that you’ll keep your footwear on or even use your own during the whole event but there’s no way to plan for that. What you can plan for is the footwear that you’ll bring to the event. For my first four challenges I wore my old running shoes. I generally buy a new pair of running shoes every six months so the shoes I used were still in decent shape. After that I bought some boots for Heavy and have been using boots since. The one thing I really like about wearing boots is that there’s more ankle support as there have been times when I’ve thought that if I wasn’t wearing boots I would have rolled my ankle.
Either way, boots or shoes, the choice is yours. There’s no right or wrong answer and if you want to save some money use a pair of nicely broken in running shoes. Don’t do the following but I once picked up a pair of beat running shoes from Goodwill the day of an event because I didn’t want to trash my new running shoes. It worked out for me but it could have gone bad and I would still be kicking myself if it had.
It’s great with information about it. I bought a pair
At which point in the GoRuck challenges – Light, Tough, Heavy, etc – do boots become necessary? I’ve read where most people complete challenges in regular workout shoes, like Reebok Nanos or distance running shoes. Thoughts?
Here’s the RIGHT ANSWER: GORUCK MACV-1 Ruckin’ Boots. Period.
Only half joking about this. I love my MACV-1 boots for rucking, ruck WODs, hiking, wearing to work, wearing around town, etc. They are SO comfortable (most comfortable boots I’ve ever worn, and more comfortable than a lot of my other shoes) and look good (as far as I think). But I totally understand that they probably won’t work for everyone. Still, the SCARS lifetime warranty is hard to beat, too, and even better if you can find the MACV-1s on sale (which I did).
Check ’em out, people!