Woohoo Made my run time!

[dp88]

After 3 years of doing nothing faster than walking I finally got my 2 mile run down to 15:30, just faster than the slowest allowed by the Army... But I got it! Almost there on push ups, got the sit ups. I wish they did pull ups I could max out.

 

[mn_smokeater]

Good deal! it dont matter if you make it in x amout of time it matters if you make the cut an ya got it.

 

[strvger]

yep, been there, done that. real pia, but every year had to do it. i feel your pain. congrats to you there.

 

[bcost882]

you haven't gone to basic yet? cause they will get it down there haha I had 13:20 at the beginning and was down to 10:20 by the end haha and that was only 6.5 weeks of airforce basic. have fun with it and good on you man.

 

[dp88]

Thanks guys no no basic yet doing ROTC but also plan on duing the SMP so National Guard and college. Im about to become busy lol.

 

[darkspork]

Good luck to you. I barely meet the new AF pt standards, and I had to cut back on smoking to get there.

 

[crbnunit]

Ran cross country in HS. Did 2 miles in 11 minutes flat one day. Got beat badly too! I think the course was a bit short though. Used to be able to knock out 15 pull ups or chin ups with my mountainbike clipped to my feet. Of course, that was "back in the day" when I rock climbed almost every day and trained almost constantly... That kind of crap would kill me now.

Good on you man! 15:30 is respectable!

 

[Hopman]

Good luck to you. I barely meet the new AF pt standards, and I had to cut back on smoking to get there.

On the bright side, the money you save on smokes can be put towards goodies for your Ranger!

 

[darkspork]

On the bright side, the money you save on smokes can be put towards goodies for your Ranger!

It's put towards beer, I turned 21 around the time I cut back. Any other money saved goes in to our (my wife's and mine) project car (1988 VW). The goodies I'm buying for the Ranger is a new set of tires before winter (Michelin LTX M/S2) and a hard folding tonneau cover (I hate having a camper shell, leaning towards the extang solid fold). I can't justify dumping money into upgrades because I don't drive the Ranger that much anymore (about 300 miles a month). The money for the Ranger "goodies" is already set aside from the 2009 tax return I just need to sell the camper shell.

 

[dp88]

Yea i quit smoking and drinking when I started getting in shape, I have so much more money! lol

 

[Nater]

I always thought about driving a 5 speed when doing my 2 miles. I actually cut my times doing that. Best 2 miler was 12.45. I thought was doing good till I got passed my my 1SG.

 

[dp88]

I just keep calling myself, well put nicely a wuss and various things to motivate me.

 

[darkspork]

I just keep calling myself, well put nicely a wuss and various things to motivate me.

That used to work for me. Now whenever I do it I start thinking about where I'm stationed and how I "earn" my paycheck. Then I become overwhelmed with "de-motivation".

 

[01_ranger_4x4]

o man i sure feel your pain. i always struggled with the run, im just not a runner. i had no problem with the push ups and sit ups but the run was a killer for me. my best time was 13 flat in AIT but it quickly dropped off after that. beer will do that. lol