1.5 mile run challenge , THE CHALLENGE IS ON....

well i just though i'd set this one out , hope nobody minds. I am aiming to get sub 10 mins , just want to see what everyone else does and give me some times to try and beat lol

Basically 1.5 miles in your best time

outside running please :-)

use this to plan your route www.mapmyrun.com

anyone that has a time , just post it and i can put it on this page

Thanks
                 BOAR : 10 mins 13 seconds
MACKENZIE_UK : 11 mins 15 secs
        CHEGGERS : 11mins 26 secs
          GOVINDA : 12 mins
                 BOAR : 12 mins 34 secs  (with a 31lb backpack)

12 mins, 10 is very good mate, your talking SAS selection with that.

Urban Combatives. 

http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/gb/manchester/860542947380

7 mins 23 seconds but a little under 1.5miles.

Regular army is 10:30

sas dont run they fly :-)

Integra


http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/gb/manchester/860542947380

7 mins 23 seconds but a little under 1.5miles.

a little lol your a quater of a mile under , i cant count that but thats a bloody gd time for what you did

What is @ 400m between friends?

i did it in 12:34 (with a 31lb backpack)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhycgPbxkrk

You cant really compare treamill / road and track runs. Even road v road is going to depend on the individual course.

On a 400m track I'd say sub 8 mins was decent.

No biggie like, there are a lot worse things for you than using steroids, I mean I probably shouldn't have been smoking crack or getting into bar fights at your age TBH  - drab4

Integra


What is @ 400m between friends?

So I'd extrapolate(sp) that to about 8mins 30 for 1.5miles which I reckon is good on the road.

No biggie like, there are a lot worse things for you than using steroids, I mean I probably shouldn't have been smoking crack or getting into bar fights at your age TBH  - drab4

PAGAN


You cant really compare treamill / road and track runs. Even road v road is going to depend on the individual course.

On a 400m track I'd say sub 8 mins was decent.

i know they cant compare as everyone will do it differently , like boar with a backpack. but its just a guidline and a time to look at.

PAGAN

Integra


What is @ 400m between friends?

So I'd extrapolate(sp) that to about 8mins 30 for 1.5miles which I reckon is good on the road.

its a very good time , he could have collapsed....thats why he didnt do the last 400m lol

Totally agree.  You cannot compare treadmill to proper running.

As said 10.30 is the slowest army time allowed for standard troops.  Take longer than 10.30 and you fail, simple as.  It certainly wont guarantee you a job in the SAS, maybe the SEALS though haha

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Totally agree.  You cannot compare treadmill to proper running.

As said 10.30 is the slowest army time allowed for standard troops.  Take longer than 10.30 and you fail, simple as.  It certainly wont guarantee you a job in the SAS, maybe the SEALS though haha

i will make one group for treadmill and one group for outsude running

actually dont be poofs , go out and run and i will scrap the treadmill lol

please dont start a seal debate , theres sure to be an american round here waiting to stake his claim

Yeah ok fair point with the SEAL debate.  Ill try and give them an argument they can actually win :)

I can run amazing times and distances on a tread mill compared to what I can really run in reality.  Think tread mills are great for returning after injury and def better than doing nothing.  But real running is far far harder even if it is flat.

How long you been running mate to get a 10 min time?  Can I ask your height and weight and age also? Interested for uni assignment I am doing.

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Yeah ok fair point with the SEAL debate.  Ill try and give them an argument they can actually win :)

I can run amazing times and distances on a tread mill compared to what I can really run in reality.  Think tread mills are great for returning after injury and def better than doing nothing.  But real running is far far harder even if it is flat.

How long you been running mate to get a 10 min time?  Can I ask your height and weight and age also? Interested for uni assignment I am doing.

Sorry i think people misunderstood, my aim is to get below 10 mins....ive not timed myself yet....but i reckon im at around 12-13 mins at the moment. Ive only just started running again recently as ive had pluerisy since october and only just got rid of it at the end of december. Im also losing weight aswell as i have alot of work to do hence my name onefatidiot, my journal is in my sig.

27 , 5ft 11 and coming in at 17 stone at the mo , looking to get down to 14 stone i reckon and get sub 10 mins on the 1.5 and good times on the 3 mile aswell.

as for the seal thing , americans just cant accept the fact the british forces are better and they never will....... god bless america and all that :-)

British forces are better but then we have to be.  We are a very large world power with a super small population and armed force.  Our standards therefore have to be extremely high as we cant waste one person.  America on the other hand have a huge population.  Its a quality v quantity thing I think.  Anyhow, dont want to side track your thread.

If you can get your time down to sub 10.30 then you can boast your Army fit.  This could be a great goal for you dont you think.  Also 30 seconds easier to achieve than your current goal.

Think you should change your name to onefat determined to get fit person. This would suit you better!

Any naturally fit person can be fit.  It takes balls however to run your life around and these are the people I respect most of all.  PM me when you reach 10.30

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British forces are better but then we have to be.  We are a very large world power with a super small population and armed force.  Our standards therefore have to be extremely high as we cant waste one person.  America on the other hand have a huge population.  Its a quality v quantity thing I think.  Anyhow, dont want to side track your thread.

If you can get your time down to sub 10.30 then you can boast your Army fit.  This could be a great goal for you dont you think.  Also 30 seconds easier to achieve than your current goal.

Think you should change your name to onefat determined to get fit person. This would suit you better!

Any naturally fit person can be fit.  It takes balls however to run your life around and these are the people I respect most of all.  PM me when you reach 10.30

to be better than you have to be is always the best way ,thats the way i want it

I will reach sub 10 , dont know when but it will happen

americans are always the same , everything has to be bigger and better and definetly quantity over quality. However their narrowminded mentalily doesnt usually stretch beyond the boundries of their own country. Nothing exists to them beyond america...well not all of them just a majority :-)

11.15 minutes with shin splints, was not fun at all!

Btw 10.30 minutes is only required for infantry in the British Army, for corps it is 11.30 minutes.

And 10 minutes is definately not good enough for SAS selection.

"Why Climb a Mountain, when you can become one..."

mackenzie_uk


11.15 minutes with shin splints, was not fun at all!

Btw 10.30 minutes is only required for infantry in the British Army, for corps it is 11.30 minutes.

And 10 minutes is definately not good enough for SAS selection.

the chefs have to carry their pans on a run though

onefatidiot


the chefs have to carry their pans on a run though

Lol i guess that is true, got to love the RLC.
 
Corps isnt just the chefs though. Its basically everything that isnt infantry i.e. artillery, sigs etc

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mackenzie_uk

onefatidiot


the chefs have to carry their pans on a run though

Lol i guess that is true, got to love the RLC.
 
Corps isnt just the chefs though. Its basically everything that isnt infantry i.e. artillery, sigs etc

yeah but the chefs were the first that sprung to mind that could carry something lol

@ Makenzi

Cant believe how much the standard has dropped since I left in the 1999.

You had to run 3 miles then.  First 1.5 mile out as a squad and then straight after 1.5 mile back in best effort but anything over 10.30 was a fail.  And that was for everyone, chefs, postmen, clerks ect ect

Now just 10 years later you get an extra minute to do  half the distance!!!

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@ Makenzi

Cant believe how much the standard has dropped since I left in the 1999.

You had to run 3 miles then.  First 1.5 mile out as a squad and then straight after 1.5 mile back in best effort but anything over 10.30 was a fail.  And that was for everyone, chefs, postmen, clerks ect ect

Now just 10 years later you get an extra minute to do  half the distance!!!

some of the older recruits for the corps actually get 12:30....not sure what age that starts at though

now its 800 mentre warm up then 1.5 run

you do actually do a 3 mile run but its as a squad at a normal pace , i dont think its even got a set time anymore. not 100% sure though

Yeah this was always the case with age and rightfully so.

U29 then 30-34 then 35-19 then 40+

Times didn't vary than much though. You got around an extra 30 secs each bracket approx. 

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11.15 minutes with shin splints, was not fun at all!

Btw 10.30 minutes is only required for infantry in the British Army, for corps it is 11.30 minutes.

And 10 minutes is definately not good enough for SAS selection.

12.5 minutes for the first 1.5 mile of a 3 mile run is good enough for sas selection.

Urban Combatives. 

If your talking about getting onto selection that is open to the whole British army probablies.  However, if that is your best time you will fail miserably very quickly.  Even a PTI needs to have a far better time than this.

The SAS take on a lot from the parachute reg much like the SBS take on much from the marines.  There standards is way higher than 1.5 mile in 12.5 mins. EG one of the Royal Marines end tests is in full kit 9 miles in 90 minutes. That is ten minute miles in boots, fully loaded burgan, gat, webbing etc etc. This is what your up against for SAS selection and they only take the very best.  12.5 mins I could do now as a civvy and I am not a good runner by any means!

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If your talking about getting onto selection that is open to the whole British army probablies.  However, if that is your best time you will fail miserably very quickly.  Even a PTI needs to have a far better time than this.

The SAS take on a lot from the parachute reg much like the SBS take on much from the marines.  There standards is way higher than 1.5 mile in 12.5 mins. EG one of the Royal Marines end tests is in full kit 9 miles in 90 minutes. That is ten minute miles in boots, fully loaded burgan, gat, webbing etc etc. This is what your up against for SAS selection and they only take the very best.  12.5 mins I could do now as a civvy and I am not a good runner by any means!

First Phase of the endurance phase mate, from the week long endurance BFT, I ain't saying this is a benchmark but it is what it is.

Urban Combatives. 

So the SAS get 12.30 to run 1.5 miles and the RLC chefs as previously mentioned get 11.30??  Somethings wrong here as the chefs get 1 min less than the SAS.

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So the SAS get 12.30 to run 1.5 miles and the RLC chefs as previously mentioned get 11.30??  Somethings wrong here as the chefs get 1 min less than the SAS.

LOL, Rlc can stop after 1.5 miles, sas cant!

Urban Combatives. 

mention the army and it always causes a debate , govinda are you american?lol

ive heard the sas have been using the seals as elite boot polishers again , rambo would be proud

The physical tests for our royal marines are far harder than the US seals. 

I always wonder why the americans dont just use Jack Bauer (from 24) for every situation and disband the whole US forces saving their ecconemy trillions a year.
He can single handedly do anything without breaking a sweat or getting dirty even. 

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The physical tests for our royal marines are far harder than the US seals. 

I always wonder why the americans dont just use Jack Bauer (from 24) for every situation and disband the whole US forces saving their ecconemy trillions a year.
He can single handedly do anything without breaking a sweat or getting dirty even. 

ahhhhh the marines , nearly joined when i left college....was one of my objectives back then but took a different career path. Seems shocking when i look back , i could nail well below 10 mins back then.

Royal Marines are awesome fella.

The last 4 tests they have to do cannot be passed unless your super human!!

A ridiculously high up assault course. Fall off and risk being maimed! that simple.
Next day they crawl through tunnels and nearly drowned in a set time.
Next day they yomp over tough terrain with a small Volkswagen on there back in full kit 9 miles in 90 mins.  Thats a piss take of a pace even bollock naked never mind in boots, helmet, gat, burgen etc etc
Then the next day (keep in mind thare already worn down and blistered up from the former three days) they have to yomp 30 miles in 8 hours over very challenging terrain in Dartmoor I believe. 

I bow down to anyone who has passed this course.  I shake hands and give respect to anyone who has a good crack at it yet fails

This is what I mean when people mention SAS or SBS.  They are light years ahead of the Marines of Paras who are allready super human and damn right awsome!! 

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dont forget the 30kg back pack on the squad yomp

Only messing wit you guys, you certainly know a lot ! and yes, yes I am American.

Urban Combatives. 

Im ex UK forces and know only to well the standards of the SAS having many extremely fit mates fail selection within the frst week. 

If 12.5 mins was the standard I could pass.

Anyhow, I know your only joking around mate. 

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Im ex UK forces and know only to well the standards of the SAS having many extremely fit mates fail selection within the frst week. 

If 12.5 mins was the standard I could pass.

Anyhow, I know your only joking around mate. 

Hats of to you mate, I have the greatest respect for the British Armed Forces, Always fancied maybe one day I to could be a Trooper, but I wasn't fit enough far all that faffing about.

Urban Combatives. 

Thanks for the respect for our armed forces.  Its appreciated.

When you say Trooper do you mean a SAS/SBS trooper?
Or is it just an American word for general squadie?

Its not just the extreme fitness to get in the SAS/SBS mate. They actually get physical and mental torture during selection to see if they break easy. 
Lets just say this part of selection more than breaks most human rights legislation. 
So as well as being uber fit, your mental fitness has to be even greater.
Of course you have to be part of the British forces for two years before you can even apply

Im just not that super human.

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