Sp00led Ya

I am taking my PT test for contract on wednesday. I usually get between 65-80 push ups and 60-67 sit ups but I have not run in forever. I have been training for the past few weeks on a treadmill because the weather is too cold to run in an I had pneumonia a month ago.

I ran a 14:45 two mile on the treadmill sunday night. I have to run on an indoor sport complex track wednesday @ 7am in under 16:36. I am worried I won't make it.

Variables:

Treadmill is easier on the legs (but my legs are pretty tough anyway)

Treadmill also restrict your stride more because you have to stay in a little box worth of space

Treadmill keeps your pace better but I also have a grader telling me my time each lap

Indoor track I am told has very dry air, but is it similar to gym/treadmill air? It is a multi sport complex

It is 16 laps, they say a lot of turning will hurt my time.

What do you think I will hit for a time? Should I bother worrying? Dammit!

slowmc

Its all Mental. Dont sweat it. Dont start making excuses already. Your just going to syke yourself out.
Hard to tell what you will get for a time but I dont see your times changing too much. I dont think you will lose 2 minutes just cause its a different enviroment to run in. Just go out and do your best.
And Good Luck!

1gen

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its still mental man, I had to take my last one on an indoor that was 18 laps and the track had sharp corners because all 4 sides were flat. It's ok, most people did better as opposed to running in 32* weather

S.O.M.Z28

I dont think the difference between and indoor track and a treadmill are significant enough to throw your time off by more than a couple seconds.
We have all done enough PT tests to know that they are all mental, just like the other guys said.
Good luck though, that 16:36 mark is totally reachable man.

Sp00led Ya

I'm sure it is, but I have so much riding on this one.

brad8266

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It easier to run off the treadmill, I hate those things, I ran a 13 flat indoors at 4500 feet elevation last year in Utah.

Sp00led Ya

Compared to what on a treadmill. I have heard that a treadmill can slow you down simply because you can't really open up, youre running in a little space.

brad8266

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I run like crap on the treadmill, put it that way. I can haul *** on the treadmill but its a lot easier for me to run on the earths surface.

krusemj

Wow dude a 16.36 I could do that with a rucksack on. If you can run a 14.45 I dont think you have anything to worry about.

1gen

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I dont think you'd have anything to worry about I suck on a treadmill because I'm so focused on not falling off an my stride has to be so much shorter

Nacho SS

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You'll be able to do it easily.....16:36 is no sweat.

StoleIt

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I hate the treadmill. I drop atleast 30 seconds on a real track and feel more energetic after than the same distance on a treadmill.


And all but 3 of my PT test have been done on an indoor track. It sucked. The air was dry as hell, but I still managed to get bottom 11 minute 1.5 miles (yes I am slow, but that is flying for me).

Sp00led Ya

73 push ups 65 sit ups 15:17 run = 254 pts = PASS

StoleIt

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Beat the run by more than a minute! Good job.

Sp00led Ya

It was an indoor track but not the one I anticipated, the floors were concrete and glossed like a gym floor and it was a rectanglular track, corners were SQUARE wtf.

S.O.M.Z28

So I guess that means your going to lose the SPC insignia and wear a big circle in the middle of your chest?

capn smokey

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sorry but 15:17 is pitiful, you can do way better IMHO. I run a 19:20 3 mile and Im not even a great runner, I smoke 2 packs a day and eat nothing but junk food. Start running long distances and the short ones will be alot easier, damn i should have joined the Army!

StoleIt

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Some people just aren't good runners. Just be happy for the guy, he beat his goal by a minute. Good for you that you can run 3 miles in under 20 minutes. Hell I can't do it. But that doesn't mean everyone else is sub par just because they can't.

brad8266

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Umm, you are on active duty (PT everyday) and you are 21 years old. 19:20 was pitiful for 3 miles when I was 21 on active duty. I would have done it in under 18:00. Give the guy a break, hes in school and probably doesnt work out nearly as much as he would on active duty. Plus some people just arent runners.

capn smokey

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Exactly I work with alot of people that run way quicker than me, 19:20 isnt fast to me nor am i bragging. I started out running a 24:30 when i joined the Marine Corps and I just pt alot. Im also glad that you were part of the .001% that can run under 18 when you were 21, I will stay happy with my 285. Boots n utes runs is what did it for me though, the op should just pt a lil more. We have enoough **** to be stressed about in our lives, Pt shouldnt be one of them.