Responders Ruck
About this race
FREE event at Bells Mill Park in Chesapeake, VA! Come on out and enjoy the morning with fellow first responders on the same mission to be the best version of themselves 🔥
Feel free to bring your heavy ruck or just yourself and walk with no ruck! All first responders, family, friends, and support are welcome to come out for an easy ruck at around 3 miles! Each ruck is kicked off with a thought provoking topic so that we start off the day with intentionality. Walking and talking can be a powerful tool of healing, growing, and connecting, and we take advantage of it!
Registering for this FREE event is an RSVP! If you are on this page, you are welcome to attend!
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Responders Ruck January
FREE event at Bells Mill Park in Chesapeake, VA! Come on out and enjoy the morning with fellow first responders on the same mission to be the best version of themselves 🔥 Feel free to bring your heavy ruck or just yourself and walk with no ruck! All first responders, family, friends, and support are welcome to come out for an easy ruck at around 3 miles! Each ruck is kicked off with a thought provoking topic so that we start off the day with intentionality. Walking and talking can be a powerful tool of healing, growing, and connecting, and we take advantage of it! Registering for this FREE event is an RSVP!
Responders Ruck February
FREE event at Bells Mill Park in Chesapeake, VA! Come on out and enjoy the morning with fellow first responders on the same mission to be the best version of themselves 🔥 Feel free to bring your heavy ruck or just yourself and walk with no ruck! All first responders, family, friends, and support are welcome to come out for an easy ruck at around 3 miles! Each ruck is kicked off with a thought provoking topic so that we start off the day with intentionality. Walking and talking can be a powerful tool of healing, growing, and connecting, and we take advantage of it! Registering for this FREE event is an RSVP!
Responders Ruck April
FREE event at Bells Mill Park in Chesapeake, VA! Come on out and enjoy the morning with fellow first responders on the same mission to be the best version of themselves 🔥 Feel free to bring your heavy ruck or just yourself and walk with no ruck! All first responders, family, friends, and support are welcome to come out for an easy ruck at around 3 miles! Each ruck is kicked off with a thought provoking topic so that we start off the day with intentionality. Walking and talking can be a powerful tool of healing, growing, and connecting, and we take advantage of it! Registering for this FREE event is an RSVP!
Responders Ruck May
FREE event at Bells Mill Park in Chesapeake, VA! Come on out and enjoy the morning with fellow first responders on the same mission to be the best version of themselves 🔥 Feel free to bring your heavy ruck or just yourself and walk with no ruck! All first responders, family, friends, and support are welcome to come out for an easy ruck at around 3 miles! Each ruck is kicked off with a thought provoking topic so that we start off the day with intentionality. Walking and talking can be a powerful tool of healing, growing, and connecting, and we take advantage of it! Registering for this FREE event is an RSVP!
Responders Ruck June
FREE event at Bells Mill Park in Chesapeake, VA! Come on out and enjoy the morning with fellow first responders on the same mission to be the best version of themselves 🔥 Feel free to bring your heavy ruck or just yourself and walk with no ruck! All first responders, family, friends, and support are welcome to come out for an easy ruck at around 3 miles! Each ruck is kicked off with a thought provoking topic so that we start off the day with intentionality. Walking and talking can be a powerful tool of healing, growing, and connecting, and we take advantage of it! Registering for this FREE event is an RSVP!
Responders Ruck Chesapeake - August
FREE event at Bells Mill Park in Chesapeake, VA! Come on out and enjoy the morning with fellow first responders on the same mission to be the best version of themselves 🔥 Feel free to bring your heavy ruck or just yourself and walk with no ruck! All first responders, family, friends, and support are welcome to come out for an easy ruck at around 3 miles! Each ruck is kicked off with a thought provoking topic so that we start off the day with intentionality. Walking and talking can be a powerful tool of healing, growing, and connecting, and we take advantage of it! Registering for this FREE event is an RSVP!
Responders Ruck Chesapeake - September
FREE event at Bells Mill Park in Chesapeake, VA! Come on out and enjoy the morning with fellow first responders on the same mission to be the best version of themselves 🔥 Feel free to bring your heavy ruck or just yourself and walk with no ruck! All first responders, family, friends, and support are welcome to come out for an easy ruck at around 3 miles! Each ruck is kicked off with a thought provoking topic so that we start off the day with intentionality. Walking and talking can be a powerful tool of healing, growing, and connecting, and we take advantage of it! Registering for this FREE event is an RSVP!
Typical race-day weather
Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Chesapeake, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:15 AM and sets at 5:14 PM local time (EST) in Chesapeake on January 17, 2026 — 9h 58m of daylight.
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Find upcoming events by distance:
- Chesapeake 5K Races 24 races
- 10K Run Events in Chesapeake 3 races
- Chesapeake Running Calendar 2026 31 races
Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 32 Chesapeake events
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