9:10 1.5 mile run..."That's a very quick time"... Marine takes Navy Seal physical fitness test...

bartholomew_maxwell wrote:

Trump wrote:

How many high school girls could run sub-9:00 for a 1.5 mile run?

A bunch.

How many 50-60 yr old dudes can run that fast?

A bunch.

"A bunch"? Umm, I think not. Relatively speaking, not a bunch. I'd say maybe the top 50 female distance runners in each state.

Dear lord help us all. Top 50?

No, it's not fast.

It's not fast because this guy is lugging a sh1tload of weight with him. If he is 5'10" at a minimum he weighs in at 175-180, probably more like 190...there is some chub there. Slash his weight by a reasonable factor of 20% to bring him down towards 150 and he is running 7:00 +/- for 1.5M.

If we use Rupp, who is allegedly around 130-135, that's a 30% difference in weight if he was trained himself into an elite distance frame. That brings 9:00 down to around 6:20-6:30 That's pretty damn good......

wait a minute. The US military uses metric, what is a marine doing running miles?

Maybe this is a navy thing, in which case, maybe it's 1.5 nautical miles, which makes sub 9 much better.

Jeffy wrote:

High school cross country coach, I just used the "500 high school girls" just as a comparison factor since the factor was brought up earlier but nothing bad against the girls and or anyone of any age who can run faster. The times ran by military personnel aren't fast at all. We are just cross trained individuals. Too bad my comment came out like a pissing contest

It's all relative. Within their context, i think what they do is very impressive.

Happy New Year, Jeffy

Happy New Year ya'll

Your comments need to be re-written. Marine infantrymen are not attempting to win a 50K or 50 mile race. Often U.S.M.C. infantrymen are flown in, dropped by helicopter, escorted into beach by some mechanized craft, then the fight begins. Your high school girl comparison is not wise. You seem to be implying high school girls would be a legit substitute for U.S.M.C. infantrymen. U.S.M.C. machine gunners give off significant heat. Aircraft, artillery, mortars and snipers are drawn toward U.S.M.C. machine gunners. Doing one's job under said conditions has absolutely nothing to do with running ability.

1775 Pre-USA, I agree with you. I don't know if you understood my comment

Happy New Year.

Enjoy your time with your family.

Trump wrote:

How many high school girls could run sub-9:00 for a 1.5 mile run?

A bunch.

How many 50-60 yr old dudes can run that fast?

A bunch.

How many people ever break 6 in the mile?

Not many.

Add another half mile on...

That probably puts you in the 95+ percentile in the world.

If he ran the entire 6 laps in lane 4, that's about 2,535m or 1.57 miles... or about a 5:49/mile pace

fisky wrote:

If he ran the entire 6 laps in lane 4, that's about 2,535m or 1.57 miles... or about a 5:49/mile pace

Do world track and field records take into account the lane the record was run in? Is the mile world record actually a mile or longer? I guess someone would have to analyze the race footage.

Very impressive. But I doubt Daniel Komen is losing sleep over it.

Lane 4 for 6 laps is 2515 ~

In college I had this 8am jogging class and my track coach was the professor, which was great because he usually just let me run easy to get my mileage in. Or do speed workouts under his watch.

I had just run a meet that week and we had a 1.5 mile fitness run on our indoor track for class. I figured I’d run 6-minute mile pace, but right before the start he looked at me and said, “you’d better be under 7-minutes for this thing.”

I was a 400-800m guy in high school with a 4:26 mile pb. Never broke 10:10 in the two mile and ran 16:19 in XC. I wasn’t even sure what the pace was to run 1.5 miles under 7 minutes at first without doing some math the first lap.

But I ended up running 6:49. I ran very afraid and fortunately my body felt good. One of my favorite pbs from college actually.

I always ran best when my coach told me what time to run versus straight competing, aside from 4x400’s

Oh look another thread where runners talk smack about how slow Military folks are. Cute.

Alan

fisky wrote:

If he ran the entire 6 laps in lane 4, that's about 2,535m or 1.57 miles... or about a 5:49/mile pace

Yeah, WTH? How has no one mentioned that before you? Why would anyone run laps in lane 4?

So, not fast, shows decent fitness for a bigger guy, but perhaps both are a bit dumb.

Runningart2004 wrote:

Oh look another thread where runners talk smack about how slow Military folks are. Cute.

Alan

Yea, it's dumb.

1) They don't train 10+ hours a week specifically to run fast

2) They do train for other things that add muscle mass, which slows down your running speed

As stated before, this guy at a minimum has a D1 engine in that frame, probably more.

I have a tremendous idea! All 500 girls ans 3000 boys who can better this time should enlist in the USMC and other recognized military organizations.

bartholomew_maxwell wrote:

Skip to 15:00 to see the run. Dude has nice stride and I agree his time is good for a big guy his size.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN28joyTLwE

LM wrote:

Runningart2004 wrote:

Oh look another thread where runners talk smack about how slow Military folks are. Cute.

Alan

Yea, it's dumb.

1) They don't train 10+ hours a week specifically to run fast

2) They do train for other things that add muscle mass, which slows down your running speed

As stated before, this guy at a minimum has a D1 engine in that frame, probably more.

When I was in, it was awhile ago. Se.A.L.s on land were not at the level then they are today. At least for land missions. Missions that Se.A.L.s do today, Marines did then. People would be surprised how much classroom training there was then. People must think even after basic training is completed Marines are running & swimming every day all day. Back then, some classroom training for cartography and infantry tactics.