100 Mile Ruck March 2025

Michael Ethier – 100 Mile Ruck March 2025

Take 2!
I attempted the 2023 100 Mile Ruck March. I finished day one at the Milk Room. I had some cramping during the day, but I finished. I was so dehydrated the nurses sent me to the ER. I was admitted for six days until my kidney levels were back to normal.
I signed up for the 2024 100 mile Ruck March. I was forced to back out when cancer struck my family. My dad, Ken Ethier was diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer, Christmas of 2023. Dad lost his battle with cancer in June of 2024.
I was moved to sign up in 2023 by seeing what Why Me has done for so many families. Children and families I know first hand. Along with some of my friends who were amazing athletes, having competed in this event.
Along with the children that benefit from WHY ME/Sherry’s House. I will be dedicating the 2025 ruck to my father. Ken was my hero. He was a machinist by trade. He was the hardest working man I ever met. He did everything for his family. He enjoyed sharing local history with anyone who would listen. He gave lectures at historical societies, national parks, museums and anywhere anyone wanted to learn about trolleys or ice harvesting or many other subjects and locations in Massachusetts.
Thank you for reading this and please consider donating to WHY ME/Sherry’s House.

The 100 Mile Ruck March Challenge is a military inspired event, where a small group of Athletes will Ruck (hike) 25 miles a day for 4 days. Camping out each night on the farm of a local brewery and continuing the march at sunrise each morning. Athletes will carry everything they will need for this 4 day event on their backs, navigate the 100 mile course, cook their own meals, set up and break down their camps each night, tend to their feet and bodies, all in an attempt to earn the coveted 100 Mile Ruck March Finisher Medal.

100% of the proceeds go to Why Me & Sherry’s House a grass roots non-profit organization dedicated to providing love and support services to families with childhood cancer. It’s run in part by parents that lived this experience first-hand, the dedicated staff and volunteers understand what families with a pediatric cancer patient need and are passionate about services provided.