Fastest 2 mile time for Military guys??

I've run 8:30 for 3k...

the marine test is three miles.

Nice job on your P.T. test. The pushups and situps are impressive.

By best P.T. test make me proud. I did 68 pushups and 71 situps plus a 10:12 for two miles while in the Army National Guard, after serving as an Active Duty Air Force man. Your performance is really outstanding! The hard part about doing the 2-mile run for the P.T. test is not having a chance to run a warm-up. I always went into oxygen debt in a hurry until I learned to start slower.

I know that Dan Browne is in the National Guard (or Reserves) in Portland, OR. I bet he cranks a mean 2 mile time.

99 pushups, 86 sit-ups and 9:25 for the 2 mile

I scored 371 on the extended scale with 103 push-ups, 101 sit-ups (I think those are the right totals - I was just over 100 in each) and a 10:14 two-mile. Footmote: The half-mile track at Fort Sam Houston was (supposedly) later found to be significantly long.

EG,

Who are you? Did you ever run in the Army 10 miler?

Ersatz Genius wrote:

I scored 371 on the extended scale with 103 push-ups, 101 sit-ups (I think those are the right totals - I was just over 100 in each) and a 10:14 two-mile. Footmote: The half-mile track at Fort Sam Houston was (supposedly) later found to be significantly long.

For the record, it is 50 feet long per half mile. I certified it one time for Roger Soler when he was getting things ready for a Pentathlon Competition.

The fastest I've ever run for a 2 mile was 9:28 on an out and back pt course in 1988.

I ran 9:32 in 1994 in Germany for my first PT test of the year (May) and then in Nov 1994 we took the second test and I ran 9:42, my Platoon Sergeant in typical military genious tried to give me a negative counseling statement because I had gotten "slower".

Hey Marine are you still active? Nice 3k time, that should bring you in around 14:00 for 3 miles

Once upon a time, rolled up 107 SU, 105 PU and ran an 8:51. Scored right about 400 on ES. 17-21 age bracket.

4mer marine wrote:

Hey Marine are you still active? Nice 3k time, that should bring you in around 14:00 for 3 miles

That's a solid time, but 8:30 in the 3k won't bring you anywhere near 14:00 in the 5k. I'd say 14:30-35 at best. My PR is 8:34 and I've only run 14:48(and I'm a better distance guy)

lates

yeah, he said 3 miles, not 5k... so, the two of you are pretty close in prediction times.

4mer Marine,

I am a reservist. I've run 14:44 for the 5k as well, so my 3k time isn't really an indication of where I was at. My times will drop, I am certain of it.

One of my former roomates ran 9:12 in Germany during his 2 mile PT test in 1993.....he would have run faster if he didn't have to lap so many lard asses.

In the Know,

4mer marine was referring to a 14:00 3 mile time. 3 miles is what is tested for the USMC physical fitness test. He wasn't writing about a 5k. But yes, a 14 flat 5k is a little out of my reach (for right now).

Liam Collins - West Point '92 - Current Army MAJ - has the most impressive PT performance I've ever heard from the Best Ranger competition several years back. I won't even list his scores here because no one will believe them.

list 'em.

we'll decide whether to believe them or not.

My personal best's are 95 pushups, 100 situps, and a 9:15 two mile. I scored that at my AIT at Fort Jackson two years ago.

I knew a guy who ran it around 9 flat. Was a 820 3k runner. He ran the army 10 miler and was the first Rotc runner to finish. I think he came in 16th or something in 51 minutes and had ran a marathon in 236. As for pushups ive seen as high as 114 and situps about the same.

Specter GS wrote:

Liam Collins - West Point '92 - Current Army MAJ - has the most impressive PT performance I've ever heard from the Best Ranger competition several years back. I won't even list his scores here because no one will believe them.

I could tell some stories about Liam that would but the Rexing thread to shame!!