Myrtle Beast Terrain Race  5K run May 21st

I was born in Myrtle Beach, SC on June 8th, 1975. I have five brothers, two of which, also served honorably in the Marine Corps. I stepped on the yellow foot prints of Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, SC on December 28th, 1994. After completing boot camp in March of 1995, I spent two weeks at Marine Combat Training (MCT) school, Camp Geiger, NC before beginning school for my military occupational specialty as an Engineer at Court House Bay in Camp Lejeune. Upon graduation I was assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion in Camp Pendleton where I spent my first 3 years in the fleet Marine Corps. During which time I was promoted twice before being transferred to Okinawa, Japan for one year. In 1999, I was assigned to the Marine Wing Support Squadron in Miramar California where I spent two years before requesting assignment to 2d Maintenance Battalion in Camp Lejeune.I have served 3 combat tours in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.As the Company Gunnery Sergeant for Head Quarters Service Company, 2d Maintenance Battalion. I planned, coordinated and supervised the activities of over 300 Marines while closing down Al Taqqadum air base Iraq in 2009.While serving as the Platoon Commander for the 2d Supply Battalion Forward, Dwyer Detachment in Afghanistan in 2012, I was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for successfully organizing 54 maintenance support teams and dispatching them to Forward Operating bases, Payne,Marjah, Geronimo, and Taghaz to provide maintenance support for 10 other units positioned in hostile combat environments.I served as a Drill Instructor at Parris Island, SC from 2005-2008. During which time I trained and transformed over 450 men into United States Marines.As a senior enlisted Marine, I volunteered to take charge of the Marine Corps Body Composition program so that I could provide a proper exercise regimen for Marines who became overweight and did not meet the height and weight standards. I helped over 100 Marines on the program successfully get their weight within standards, in doing so saving them from what would inevitably end their careers in an other than honorable discharge.I officially retired from the Marine Corps on July 1st, 2015 and moved back to my hometown Myrtle Beach. I now own a successful fitness boot camp and an obstacle course training facility. I have brought members of the community together to participate in fun bootcamp tournaments in effort to raise donations for wounded veterans and to remind people that many of our heroes still suffer and hurt from the traumatic effects of battle related injuries.As a Marine of 20 years, being part of an organization where physical fitness is just as important as your technical skills to be successful and competitive for promotion, fitness has not only become a part of my life but it is a way of life for me. Physical training was my favorite part of the day when I was in the Corps and it still is. I found great happiness in helping my fellow Marines regain their motivation, sense of achievement, and drive to live a healthy life style. Now as a gym owner and personal trainer their is no bigger reward than the thanks I get from the people I've helped reach their fitness goals.I love motivating people and getting them excited about fitness. Hosting boot camp tournaments is a great way to get people excited about fitness. The competitions are an opportunity for people who train everyday to put their hard work to the test and have fun with it. Physical competition gives people a reason to push themselves harder as they train and prepare themselves for the grueling activities they will endure.Throughout my tenure in the Marine Corps I've planned and coordinated many fitness events in which company's competed against each other for bragging rights and trophies. The excitement and fun of these events were a great way to boost morale and build camaraderie within the units.I've had friends and fellow Marines severely wounded and killed in action. I've seen how the trauma they've endured has adversely effected their lives and the lives of their family and friends. As a retired Marine I want to continue to serve my fellow service members. Our country owes them a great deal for their sacrifice. Through these events I want to honor them and help raise donations so that they may get the best care money can buy and provide for them the quality of life they deserve.www.gunnysbootcamp.com

Ryan Small

Myrtle Beast is about experiencing a challenging and fun terrain race with friends and family.  Get your beast on!

2904 Fantasy Way

Come join us for an amazing obstacle course experience like no other. The Myrtle Beast Terrain Race! You can actually view the entire 3 mile course from the start to finish. Imagine four football fields covered in mud with a giant dirt mountain in the center, and 30 lanes each a tenth a mile long, with military style obstacles and rugged physical challenges. Speakers will be set up with intense motivating workout music blasting throughout the entire course. The sounds of war and smoke grenades will provide a completely immersive military type of experience. It's like a Marine Corps Obstacle course on steroids. Competing male racers will kick it off at 8am, followed by competing female racers at 8:30am. The following heats will run every 30 minutes. There will be many other fun physical challenges like the tire flip competition. timed ammo-can press, medicine ball throwing, pull-up competition, and teams of 6 tug-a-war. Plenty of food and tons of awesome vendors will be on site for you to enjoy. Fruit and water will be staged throughout the course for all of the racers provided by The Famous Toastery. All racers get a Myrtle Beast shirt and a swag bag with goodies donated from local businesses, including a voucher for one visit to the Beast Ninja obstacle course located in Myrtle Beach. Cash prizes and medals will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. 1st place $150, 2nd place $100, 3rd place $75. Marco's Pizza is generously providing free pizza for all racers and volunteers during the event.The fun goes on at The Boathouse for the after party with live music from 4 to 6, all racers 21 and over get a free beer. The race address is 2904 Fantasy Way, Myrtle Beach, SC, 29579. Located behind Beach Church on George Bishop Pkwy. After purchasing your ticket, please send us an email to myrtlebeast@gmail.com with your ticket number, last name, first names, ages, genders, and shirt sizes, for each person and let us know if any of you are competing for time. We will send you a confirmation email. To speed up our check in process at the event, please go to the link to our waivers and print them, they can be found on the Beast Ninja Website. www.beastninjamb.com All participants must sign both waivers. Please refer to the Myrtle Beast page in our website www.beastninjamb.com for our official rules. For more details or to ask about our special group rates of 10 or more please call <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">(843) </a><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">903-7290</a> and ask for Gunny

If there is severe weather that prevents the event from being held at all on Saturday, it will be moved to Sunday. If severe weather persists on Sunday, it will be moved to a later weekend date. Rain alone will not cancel the event, muddy races are more fun. All sales are final. No refunds will be given unless the race is cancelled by the event organizer. A date or venue change is not a cancellation.We look forward to giving you an awesome race experience.

We are looking for All volunteers will be assigned a heat time to run the 3-mile Myrtle Beast course. You can even compete in the first heat for those of you who want to compete for time and possibly win one of our cash prizes. You will be given a free Myrtle Beast Volunteer Shirt, free fruit and water, and a voucher for (3) one-hour visits to the Beast Ninja obstacle course for volunteering. Volunteers for the Beaster Easter run will h. We need 50 volunteers for the Myrtle Beast Terrain Race. Please email me at beastninjamb@gmail.com if you are interested in being a volunteer. Thank youGunny

A special thank you to our sponsors. Jason Ellis owner of JTE Real Estate. Tim McGinnis owner of Famous Toastery. We greatly appreciate your support of our event and to our community.