MADISONVILLE, KY REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
In-Person Registration
Join your community on September 7 at 8:00 PM at Downtown Madisonville for the 2024 Madisonville, KY 9/11 Heroes Run.
Race Details
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Additional Race Details
Packet Pick Up Information Coming Soon
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GORUCK RUCKING DIVISION
Travis Manion Foundation is proud to partner with GORUCK again in 2024, bringing rucking divisions to every 9/11 Heroes Run. Rucking is a sport grounded in Special Forces Training in which participants carry weighted rucksacks. All participants registered for the GORUCK division will receive this year's exclusive TMF GORUCK patch. Please read the rules and requirements carefully as they have changed since last year. Learn more about GORUCK here.
2024 Gold Sponsors
COMMUNITY BENEFACTOR
A portion of the proceeds from this 9/11 Heroes Run event will support Patrick Rudd Project.
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SGT William Patrick Rudd
The Madisonville 1-mile run/walk is dedicated to the memory of Patrick Rudd.
While on his 8th tour of duty, SGT William Patrick Rudd, of Madisonville, Kentucky, was killed by small arms fire on October 5, 2008 in Mosul, Iraq during a ground assault raid in which U.S. Forces killed the No. 2 leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. SGT Rudd completed over 800 combat missions before being KIA.
Rudd was assigned as a team leader to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, Georgia. Patrick, known to his peers by the name Ricky, enlisted in the Army on October 2, 2003 and was a dedicated Army Ranger. SGT Rudd completed numerous military leadership schools as well as Airborne and Jumpmaster training and Ranger school. He served 2 tours in Afghanistan and 5 tours in Iraq.
For his service, SGT Rudd was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters, and the Army Good Conduct Medal. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star Medal, and the Meritorious Service Medal.
A 1999 graduate of Madisonville-North Hopkins High School, Patrick Rudd is remembered by his comrades as a great Ranger. Fellow Ranger, SGT Mark Williams, remembers that “Anything he did, he did with excellence.”
SGT Rudd is a hero to us all. He lived - and ultimately died - by the Ranger motto: Rangers Lead the Way.
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