pjft announcement

[offbeatpath]

Personally I can’t believe how much fuss is being made over the PJFT (I’m sorry if this is harsh) but this should really not be an obstacle for guys who have trained. Set the machine at 16kph and run, it’s not rocket science its also not that fast (the machine I used only went up to 16kph).

You should be more concerned about the 3 miler and being able to run fast after doing 1.5 miles already, which is why I believe the PJFT is actually quite relevant now that the 3 miler is split into 2 runs. Most of the guys on my 3 miler were essentially treating it as a race and it was a fecking good one at that. To put it into perspective I got about 8.30 and came 7th so if you don’t want to be the sagging group at the back who are borderline already on the first hurdle of the PRMC get better at running fast. Just like they say in the fitness schedules etc “Although minimum scores have been stated for guidance, candidates should strive to achieve the maximum as selection is based on best performance”. Now I know this is more applicable to the PRMC but you need to be applying this and relating it to every stage of application in my opinion.

This was not written to provoke an argument but sometimes a bit more hard loving and a wake up call is more productive than relentless posts that seem to just go round in circles a lot of the time.

[cruicent]

Personally I can’t believe how much fuss is being made over the PJFT

No ones making a fuss, just discussion

[offbeatpath]

Agreed, maybe fuss was the wrong word. But my point still stands, it should not be such an obstacle for someone who has trained.

[lodgi]

He all so told me that the 3miler is done at 1.5miles in 12:30 squaded and 9:30 the rest of the way.

9mins 30?!

I hope not, I can't get that time.

[offbeatpath]

Its not 9.30 its 10.30

[jezb]

My afco rang me to let me know there had been a couple of changes to prmc, one of which was the 3m is now run at 12:30 as a troop, and then individual best effort in under 10:30. (Scored like the other tests 1-6)

[offbeatpath]

Yeah getting 10.30 would score you 1 so not a good idea to go down there knowing you can only run it around the 10 min mark

[TheRabbit]

as a side note, and not something you can do on your PJFT, for your PRMC practice sprinting, and i do mean sprinting, not just upping the pace slightly, the last 200, 250 metres, or as far as you can over the 100 mark, this can make up some pretty handy seconds at the end of the run and looks pretty good when you come belting round that final corner