Actually my daughter did carry her own and some guys for the final few miles. She was a D1 middle distance runner and in great shape.
Actually my daughter did carry her own and some guys for the final few miles. She was a D1 middle distance runner and in great shape.
My D1 daughter is considering OCS, I hope she does the same.
She is headed off to mountain training next and has been selected for jump school if women will be allowed.
If you don't mind me asking, what does your daughter do that would require her to go to jump school and MWTC?
NOTHING that a females does in the Marine Corps would REQUIRE her to go to jump school. lots of naval academy dickheads get to go for no reason. she's probably going to MWTC with whatever unit she is with. when i went through summer mountain leaders course there were no females.
I ran 14:16 in 1988
John Ruiz
The numbers wrote:
Only 20% make it out of OCS. Only 30% make it out of MCRD. Some people are so ashamed they go to their grave w/o ever telling others they wimped out of the Marines.
I am only on page 2 and some of the numbers, stats and times that people are throwing out are hysterical. This one is particularly funny.
PFT run times vary like they would in your high school or college because that is the pool for MCRD or OCS. There are some good runners occasionally, but otherwise it is probably like having your HS baseball team go out and do a 3M race, guys are in shape and often decent athletes but nothing that impressive.
oic wrote:
Semper Fi wrote:
... Someone mentioned the ironman award goes to someone who does it multiple times, that's bogus. Whoever scores highest in their graduation class gets it, I got it with a perfect score of 300 of course....
I mentioned the Ironman award. In the summer of 1995 at MCRD PI, to the best of my recollection, that is how the Ironman was determined. Things change. I guess it was different whenever and wherever your recruit training was.
Semper Fi.
"Iron Mike"
In boot camp 1975 we did not run every day and we did not do any speed training. We wore our combat boots when we ran. I weighed 140lbs at the start, January. They put me on a diet and weighed 170lbs at the end, April.
I placed 2nd on the final PT test. 17:10 3-mile. 1st place was 16:20.
Almost forgot. We had to wear a water canteen full of water attached to a web belt.
Look at the Marine Corps Marathon. Guess how many winners in the past 15 years ran sub 2:20. If you guessed more than 1, you guessed wrong. And odds are that one guy wasn't a marine.
If the entire marine corps can't field a 2:20 marathoner of any age, I doubt they've got any sub-16 5k recruits.
Retired Gunny Farley Simon ran well under 2:20 and was the DI that paced me to the 14:16. I would have broken14 if I had not been slowed down by my Sr DI over the last 200 mtrs for photos. I also ran 1.5 for initial PFT in 8:36.
Retired Gunny Farley Simon ran well under 2:20 and was the DI that paced me to the 14:16. I would have broken14 if I had not been slowed down by my Sr DI over the last 200 mtrs for photos. I also ran 1.5 for initial PFT in 8:36.
6:36 vice 8:36
non-certified course. Where's your certified sub-15 5k?
I was a 3:48 1500, 1:49 800,24:40 8k XC, 1:06 half marathoner. Didn't know I could run a good 3 mile until I joined. Marine Corps certified PFT course.
I wonder what the oldest anyone has scored 300 is? I can do 18:00/20/80 on any given day, and just turned 57. Kind of hilarious considering how different my lifestyle is from the Marines....
I've seen a couple of senior officers over 50 run under 18:00. I'm 50 and currently doing 50-60 miles a week and training for a sub 17:00 for my last PFT mid next year.
But the question is...what about your pullups?
CWO4 JOHN RUIZ wrote:
I've seen a couple of senior officers over 50 run under 18:00. I'm 50 and currently doing 50-60 miles a week and training for a sub 17:00 for my last PFT mid next year.
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CW4 JOHN RUIZ wrote:
I was a 3:48 1500, 1:49 800,24:40 8k XC, 1:06 half marathoner. Didn't know I could run a good 3 mile until I joined. Marine Corps certified PFT course.
5/10 up until this ridiculous comment. What did you expect, 16:30?
And a marine course is as "certified" as a high school XC course. I'd say prove otherwise if I believed you were a marine at all.
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