West Chester Ruck Club

The ruckers of the corn 🌽 Thanks Brantlee Underhill. Can't wait to do the loop in the other direction next week. 🌽

Join WCRC for an hour-long (approx.) evening ruck on the Timber Top Farm Trail Tuesday, July 14, starting at 6:15 p.m.

We’ll keep a conversational pace, making it a great opportunity to get outside, move, and connect with others.

All experience levels are welcome.

Begin from the parking area on the southwest side of Downingtown Pike (Route 322).

Weather permitting.

What a beautiful morning for a ruck! 👊

Perfect weather, great company, and an awesome turnout to start the day. A big welcome to our newest joiners, Chris and Jeff - we’re glad to have you with us!

Thanks to everyone who came out and put in the miles. Looking forward to the next one! 🥾☀️

Join cofounder J-Cogs for a mid-morning ruck. We’ll meet at CrossFit West Chester and head over to the walking loop at West Goshen Community Park and back.

Start time: 9:00am
Distance: Approx 3 miles
Pace: Conversational

All fitness levels are welcome - just bring your ruck (or simply come walk).

Event is weather permitting.

CrossFit West Chester is located at 917 Old Fern Hill Rd, Unit 500, West Chester, PA 19380.

Hi, I'm Jess, one of the co-founders of West Chester Ruck Club.
My love for rucking started during the pandemic with a backpack loaded with a bag of bolts and a Himalayan salt lamp. Not fancy, but it got me moving.
That simple habit grew into better gear (), countless miles, and an incredible community of people who love being outdoors and doing hard things together. Along the way, I've tackled the 50-mile Green Beret Project, rucked through Costa Rica with GORUCK, completed workouts like CHAD1000X at CrossFit West Chester and logged plenty of local miles on our team's favorite, the East Branch Brandywine Trail.
Rucking is for everyone. You don't have to be the fastest or strongest to belong — it's simple, accessible, and a chance to move, connect, and challenge yourself alongside others.
For me, it's never just been about carrying weight. It's about pushing through and finding strength together.
I'm so glad you're here — see you on the trail.

Shoutout to West Chester Ruck Club member Jane for getting after it with a 2-mile ruck today! 💪🎒 Every mile, every step, and every ruck adds up. Keep crushing it, Jane! 👏

Want to be featured too? Tag us in your ruck photos or send them our way so we can highlight your rucking adventures and celebrate the miles you’re putting in! 🔥👊

Co-Founder Intro! Hi, I’m Jen (aka J-Cogs), co-founder of the West Chester Ruck Club. What started as an after dinner walk with a weight vest, quickly turned into a passion for creating opportunities for others to experience the physical and mental benefits of carrying weight, spending time outdoors, and tackling hard things with others.

Last year, Jess and I attended a GORUCK Women’s Retreat in Costa Rica. When people asked, “You’re going on vacation to ruck?” our answer was simple - I guess we’re just built different 🤪. The experience only deepened our love for rucking, and our appreciation for the GORUCK community.

I am a certified personal trainer, a CrossFit coach, and a medical communications consultant. I’m currently competing in the Ruck Race League alongside several of our West Chester Ruck Club members. It’s one of the most demanding and rewarding competitions I’ve ever participated in, pushing me physically and mentally in ways few other events have.

My hope is to get more people hooked on rucking - I’ve even been known to gift Spy Rucks to friends to help them discover the benefits of walking with weight. If you’re lucky, you might be next! 😉

For me, rucking is fitness without the gym walls. It’s about finding a community of people who show up and inspire you to be better. It’s about finding that 2% that chooses their hard. And being amongst other like minded individuals that ask themselves, “why are we like this?” 🤣. That shared mindset is what makes our rucking community so special. We hope you feel the same way too.

Join us this Saturday! It’s going to be a hot one, so we are trying to stay in the shade.

Distance: 6 miles.

Meet in the Sugars Bridge parking lot: 1085 Downingtown Pike.

See screenshot message from Coach Brantlee with updates regarding the route.

Comment below with questions. See you there!

Ruck led by Brantlee Underhill

About to take off!