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| ▲ | _345 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| That's about a 8:30 mile scaling for the fact that its harder when you have to cover more distance... seems pretty reasonable to me as a fitness baseline for the army. I would struggle to make that now but if I had one month to prep I could clear that |
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| ▲ | somenameforme 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I'm not sure if you're saying this as somebody who never runs, or somebody who runs so often that you've forgotten baseline levels. That's a very significant hurdle for most people. I'm in very good shape strength wise, but I'd almost certainly need to do some significant training to meet that since I just never run. |
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| ▲ | tjpnz 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | I run for weight loss and general health and at one point had a BMI in the mid-thirties. Back then I was able to make that pace for sessions of 30-40 minutes on most days. I'm not suggesting it's easy, but I would expect someone in ICE to easily outrun an obese person. |
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| ▲ | whatever1 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I don’t think someone completely untrained can do 10’ / mile. |
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| ▲ | loeg 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Depends on what you mean by untrained. I think most men who exercise regularly and don't carry a ton of extra bodyweight, even with zero running, could bang out 1.5 miles at 9:40 pace. Couch potatoes, no. | | |
| ▲ | ofrzeta 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | "most men who exercise regularly and don't carry a ton of extra bodyweight, even with zero running" - what's that supposed to mean? How do they exercise then when they are not running? I don't think many people who don't exercise running can do 1.5 miles in 9:40. | | |
| ▲ | loeg 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | > what's that supposed to mean? How do they exercise then when they are not running? Any other sport? Cycling, swimming, rowing, ball sports, team sports, weightlifting, ... > I don't think many people who don't exercise running can do 1.5 miles in 9:40. It's 1.5 miles at 9:40 mile pace; 14.5 minutes total. Much easier than 6:30 pace (what you're imagining). | |
| ▲ | sampullman 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | It's 1.5 miles in 14:25, I think most people can handle that. There are plenty of ways to exercise that aren't plain running. Biking, skating, swimming, Tai chi... |
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| ▲ | scubadude 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| A 29 minute 5K is not trivial |
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