U.S. Navy 1.5 Mile run time

You have plenty of time on your side. Doing miles builds the endurance. We had guys that would come out and do our 3 mile PFT runs, and longer platoon PT and such with us. When you get into the Fleet, it's more a mental thing when humping gear. You just have to get your head into it and do it. We had minimums to carry, but usually the Corpsmen had some options, often carrying minimal medical stuff but extra water to look out for people getting dehydrated. Just remember, on the long humps... "Ounces equal pounds, and pounds equal pain."

wolfsbayne wrote: »

JoRocka wrote: »

kcjchang wrote: »

Unless things change a lot since I enlisted, your will be doing PT as part of the basic training. I went from unable to run for more than a few feet to 13:54 for my 2 mile test in eight weeks (Army). The training consist of progressive longer run and faster pace. Don't waste your time sprinting.

Cosign- I wouldn't stop running between now and then- but get close and don't sweat it- you have a lot of training ahead of yourself.

Secondly- whats with people signing up for stuff and not being physically prepared? That one girl a month ago with her police academy thing? What do you people do from the time you apply to the time they go "hey by the way you're going in 1.5 months?"

True that. My son wants to be a Navy Seal when he graduates college in a few years and has already done tons of research on what he needs to do and has begun training for it.

I was running two miles (sometimes four if I can work it in) almost every other day and doing pushups and sit-ups constantly three months before I even spoke to a recruiter. I leave in the next three months and that just gives me more time to prepare. If people are remotely THINKING of joining any branch, I imagine they'd already start working on endurance and resistance. Basic is more a mind game than anything, that's my understanding, and Being fit before you ship is half the game.

Making good progress Sarnold.

And good point about adding some other stuff Jenn. But then again, when I went to boot camp if nobody dropped they still made us do more stuff!

Good luck and thank you for volunteering your service to the country. Everyone seems to be giving you great advise so I won't pile on.

1.5 mile in under 12.30 should be a bimble for a 21 year old. I was never a runner, it was always my weakness and I was one of the slower ones in my platoon in army training (back in 2002), and I was still getting 1.5mile in around 9 min 30 sec. 12.30 was the minimum for females if I remember right.

British Army standard is under 10.30 for 1.5 mile after a 1 mile warmup.
Parachute regiment are expected to get 9.30 minimum.

If you aim to get around 10 min for the 1.5 mile then it's an ok pace.

sarnold958 wrote: »

7:05!!!!!!!

Well done, you've shown considerable improvement and commitment, which sets you on a solid course for success.

I'd make a couple of observations that you might want to take on board. You're focussing on your mile time, which is fine, but your physical fitness is much more than that.

In my service a new entrant to training will do the Basic Fitness Test on day one, the first full day of training. Everyone should be expected to pass that, and you'll find that your Directing Staff and Troop/ Platoon Commander will observe. For me, in a Troop Commander role, I'd be looking at those who gave everything to that test, so if you fade in the last 400 metres I'll be noting that.

On day two, in my service, it'll be a six mile run at about a 9 minute mile. The DS will be all over the Troop, watching how you're doing. That'll include your Troop Commander whose got in mind who he or she is interested in following the first day fitness tests.

Whilst I might have been impressed by a 10-11 minute 2.4km time, with a fade at the end, I'm not going to be impressed if you can't complete the six miles in under an hour. That will put you on my watchlist as vulnerable. there is no point in being able to run fast for short distances, if you don't have the endurance, as much more of what we do in the deployed environment is about endurance.

The point I'm trying to get across here is, you need to think about more than just your 2.4km time. Very few of your runs in training will be that short.

It's worth looking at the lessons identified in the USMC following Gulf 1, what I'd call Operation Granby and my US colleagues would have called Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The USMC that I worked with subsequently in Iraq and Afghanistan were very different from those I'd worked with in the early 90s, much more focus on endurance than bulk.

sarnold958 wrote: »

6:54 mile today after taking 3 weeks off from running but doing other cardio in the gym

Good job. Being the time keeps going down, I'd keep doing what you are doing unless some of the runner heavy types on here have some solid suggestions.

But from something I've played with lately that might help... If you are doing other cardio in the gym, using machines that monitor HR might be handy. By using the HR monitor on the elliptical machine we have, and watching HR vs work load output (in this case I can display calories/minute on the machine) it's put me much more in touch with when and where to expend the effort on the bike. And it's also helped me understand where the upper limits of my steady state output is for a given period of time.

jeromeloresco05 wrote: »

Also you will be running on your boots and uts. So start training with them. keep in mind running on boots are really bad so keep your running on them at a minimum..

fwiw my service recommend not trying boot runs until you get to training. We did some research a few years ago on pre training attrition and identified that candidates who did try boot runs before training had a higher injury rate resulting in a higher proportion of either no shows, or early injury related retreading.