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I'm rather happy with myself. I managed to run 1.5 miles in formation today. I had to drop back a little bit, but never got back too far behind the platoon/battalion (it's technically supposed to be the latter, but it was in a formation for the former), and I finished with the rest of my shipmates.

I was sore as fucking Hell, but I finished God damn it!

Pull over to the side of the road, puke, catch the fuck back up.

1.5 miles? That was hard? What, were you doing 5-minute miles or something?

Robert Treder wrote:1.5 miles? That was hard? What, were you doing 5-minute miles or something?

I'm just out of shape/practice. I was lazy the whole summer. So yeah, at the moment, it's not too easy.

That, and I didn't properly hydrate beforehand. Big fucking mistake, I know.

You're at Annapolis, right? Doing that loop around the intramural fields and whatnot?

The humidity there is a killer, as is the heat. Drink a shitload of water

Howedar wrote:You're at Annapolis, right? Doing that loop around the intramural fields and whatnot?

The humidity there is a killer, as is the heat. Drink a shitload of water

A good rule of thumb is if you urine isn't clear your not drinking enough in the heat.

I used a different one, from my cross country coach.

If you don't have to take a piss, you're not drinking enough.

Word of wisdom from my XC coach, "The key to running faster is to run faster." Hahahahahahahahaha........He's an older Navajo man and he doesn't always make his point clear but he's a good man.(For all of you that have never seen these Navajo run, they're damn good.) The one I recall is the clearer your piss is, the better your off.

I did my 3mile run in formation. after my personal best at pullups. we also did repelling and a hideous amount of pushups.

if you dont throw up during pt, your not working hard enough ^^

Howedar wrote:You're at Annapolis, right? Doing that loop around the intramural fields and whatnot?

The humidity there is a killer, as is the heat. Drink a shitload of water

'Course if you're real thirst there is a river right there . Anyway you'll soon enough learn that runs like that are easy (after all in formation runs you can't keep a high pace since people fall out). The tough ones are indiviual effort timed runs, 'course I love running so it doesn't bother me. Nonetheless the other half of staying hydrated is to HEAVILY rehydrate for the next two days. A good PT session will actually dehydrate parts of your body for 2 days and the only way to replenish them is to pound water constantly. I say this because the common "I'm pissing clear, I'm OK" test doesn't indicate full rehydration during the day after a good PT session.

I don't think he's at Annalpolis.


Remember in The Two Towers at the start when Short little Gimli was running? That's me.

Lonestar wrote:I don't think he's at Annalpolis.

Indeed I'm not. Their 4th class midshipmen look funny.

I'm at the NROTC Unit at the University of South Florida.

Lonestar wrote:Remember in The Two Towers at the start when Short little Gimli was running? That's me.

I don't, though I can rent it now...was it funny?

Yes. DRINK WATER. Lots of it, but you probably already know that.

/grumbles about fieldwork for his ecology lab...

phongn wrote:Yes. DRINK WATER. Lots of it, but you probably already know that.

/grumbles about fieldwork for his ecology lab...

Heh... Hey why don't you come down at 0600 and watch us run next Wednesday?

race ya

RogueIce wrote:

phongn wrote:Yes. DRINK WATER. Lots of it, but you probably already know that.

/grumbles about fieldwork for his ecology lab...

Heh... Hey why don't you come down at 0600 and watch us run next Wednesday?

Fuck no. I already have to wake up at 0730 on MW and 0630 on TR and I'm sure as hell not leaving at 0500 just to watch you all run around!

phongn wrote:Fuck no. I already have to wake up at 0730 on MW and 0630 on TR and I'm sure as hell not leaving at 0500 just to watch you all run around!

Pussy.

And you'd only be watching Navy/Marine and Army, actually. We start up at 0600, Army is later than us (they didn't start to show up in any real numbers and start anything we could see until 0645). Nobody knows what the Hell the Air Force does. Nobody's ever seen them PT before.

RogueIce wrote:

phongn wrote:Yes. DRINK WATER. Lots of it, but you probably already know that.

/grumbles about fieldwork for his ecology lab...

Heh... Hey why don't you come down at 0600 and watch us run next Wednesday?

Were I not headed to Philly and my release from active duty i'd come down and show ya'll a thing or two 'bout running and cadence. 'Frikin orificer candidates...

CmdrWilkens wrote:Were I not headed to Philly and my release from active duty i'd come down and show ya'll a thing or two 'bout running and cadence. 'Frikin orificer candidates...

Hey, we got a Marine Captain, Marine Gunnery Sergeant (DI for three years) and a Marine Sergeant running our PT.

I think they know a thing or two beyond what a Corporal knows.

RogueIce wrote: Heh... Hey why don't you come down at 0600 and watch us run next Wednesday?

Why would he want to watch you suck back air and puke all over the side of the road!

RogueIce wrote:

CmdrWilkens wrote:Were I not headed to Philly and my release from active duty i'd come down and show ya'll a thing or two 'bout running and cadence. 'Frikin orificer candidates...

Hey, we got a Marine Captain, Marine Gunnery Sergeant (DI for three years) and a Marine Sergeant running our PT.

I think they know a thing or two beyond what a Corporal knows.

About PT in general YES, about running? I've been running competitively for about 9-10 years now and am currently gearing up for a 26 Km (A Metric Marathon ) road race. So about running in paticular I know a few things.

CmdrWilkens wrote:About PT in general YES, about running? I've been running competitively for about 9-10 years now and am currently gearing up for a 26 Km (A Metric Marathon ) road race. So about running in paticular I know a few things.

Well, you're just, um...crazy.

Yes, we runners are certainly that.

Why thanks for the compliment . Yes we runners just enjoy going out and working a good sweat, it really can do wonders to just cleanse the mind and the body. The months when I'm largely inactive (due to ice, snow, or too much work) are those when I'm most likely to slip back into depression.

Remind me to shot the man who decided Squids need to have 7 minute miles


I will and will remain a 8:30 minute man
100 yard dash? I'll wipe the floor with you
101 Yard dash? you win unless I can stumble the last yard