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 
Big Big Chrissy  : 10 mins 15 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.

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)

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.

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.

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

Mickey123


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.

Mickey123


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

Mickey123


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.

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