Why do military guys feel the need to lie about their mile times?

They lie because they seek validation because their fathers don’t love them.

Kind of like a lot of letsrunners do.

Sort of the same reason you have to compensate your low income salary and lake of any running credentials by bashing peoples spelling. I despise people like you. It is a message board who gives a crap what they miss spelled for all you know they wrote there post the same way as I am writing this one by cell phone voice recorder. So keep attempting to look smart by correcting people idiot.

Possibly true wrote:

I think maybe he did it (5:58 for 1590 m). Last year he did 5:57 and now he weighs 10 lbs more. He says he started too fast so he was dying at the end. It looks slower maybe because he is tall.

If he's that big and only 225 lbs, he must be quite short.

Why do so many milers lie about their military experience? Happens all the time.

toxic masculinity. the same reason men come on here and say stupid things about women.

Real4:04miler wrote:

I entered the Navy and went through Basic Under Water Demolition ( BUD/s). The majority of men in the course are more fit pound for pound then any runner I ever raced against.

So you are a SEAL?? What was your BUD/s class # and what team were you deployed to and where? And don't tell me that "it's classified", its not. And unless you are currently deployed, in work up, or still an active duty SEAL, it doesn't matter to tell.

Also- because I think you are full of sh!t, what was your best PST score and your individual best for swim, push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups (I am assuming you took the PST more then once)?

Well, that takes aeway from true fast 2-mile APFT Army guys like me because I did my 2 miles in 9:36 during my last APFT at a standard 200m indoor track. This was a week after coming from Army 10 Miler where I completed the race in 52 minutes (of course slower than usual). It has been unusually hot during army 10 miler in DC for the last two years in a row. See you guys at USATF Cross Country Championships. Go Army!

I was a DOR in BUDs class 292. Good thing I had a heart condition. My best PST score was 635, 500 combat side stroke 8:48; Push Ups 84; Sit Ups 109; Pull ups 24, 1.5 mile 7:24. At prep the test was longer 1mile fins swim 17:48; 4mile run 23:16. Push; Sit ups ; Pull Ups around the same. Best O course was 8:53 I sucked did it faster as weapons tech with the teams. I never once said I was SEAL I said I went to BUD/s some of my best friends are SEALS I WOULD NEVER TAKE THAT TITLE. I was honored to have had a chance to work with them.

Military liars wrote:

Why do military guys feel the need to lie about their mile times?

Why do distance runners feel the need to lie about their bench press?

Reading threads here it seems that the average posters has BMI 20 and "used to" bench 1.5x their bodyweight.

Same difference.

I, for one, found this interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Back when I was 60, went to DC for a week. Jogged around the corner to the track at Robert E Lee high school.

Army recruiter was getting his squad ready for a 2 mile run.

Asked him if it was ok if I ran too and pointed out it was a public track

Ok he said but try not to get in the way.

I was only running in the 7 - 7:20 range, and I lapped the whole group twice.

The recruiter shook his head when I left and said have nice day SIR.

gsimmons2005 wrote:

Yeah...I tend to agree most exaggerate their claims, but I imagine almost all of the rangers would destroy most of the letsrun posters in any kind of endurance, 100lb rucksack run/exercise. Better to be tough with them killer eyes than fast when in special forces.

All that said, wouldn’t think of ever picking a fight with a ranger. A scrawny xc racer on the other hand...

"Xc racer"....cringe. who even says that?

same old story wrote:

Military liars wrote:

Why do military guys feel the need to lie about their mile times?

Why do distance runners feel the need to lie about their bench press?

Reading threads here it seems that the average posters has BMI 20 and "used to" bench 1.5x their bodyweight.

Same difference.

I've never seen anyone brag about bench press here? Btw my BMI is 19 and I benched 20lbs more than my bodyweight lol.

Areyoustoopid wrote:

same old story wrote:

Why do distance runners feel the need to lie about their bench press?

Reading threads here it seems that the average posters has BMI 20 and "used to" bench 1.5x their bodyweight.

Same difference.

I've never seen anyone brag about bench press here? Btw my BMI is 19 and I benched 20lbs more than my bodyweight lol.

Try the search function. Let me explain something to you: just because something hasn't entered your limited experience doesn't mean it hasn't happened.

There have been countless max lift brag threads on LRC.

Finally, unless you are 40 pounds, 20 pounds is not 1.5x your bodyweight, you idiotic weakling.

I rarely run into military personnel lying. I have often crossed paths with life long civilians claiming prior military service. Often civilian weapon contractors. Civilian weapon contractors who never served think they know enough about military to get away with lying about military service.

former USMC rifleman wrote:

I have often crossed paths with life long civilians claiming prior military service. Often civilian weapon contractors. Civilian weapon contractors who never served think they know enough about military to get away with lying about military service.

How often?

Weapon contracts, a lot. Lying weapon contractors who I have caught lying, three. More than you liars on here claiming you guys know lying military personnel claiming incorrect running performances.

The reason why this guy is lying about running a sub 6 minute mile is because he's a highly successful YouTube vlogger who appears to be making a nice income from his channel, which is all about bull$hit like this. He has over 1/4 million subscribers. As long as he doesn't get de-monetized for making a poor taste Hitler joke, or misgendering a transsexual celeb or something, he probably has a steady $xxx,xxx income from vacuous videos like this one.

Who really gives a shiit... there are 12 year old girls who could run 5850 metres or whatever it was in 6 minutes.