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Well lads i passed, was certainly a daunting experience (a huge chunk on the lads bottled it on the second day 10 minutes before being ordered outside for bottom-field and after for gym test 2). I fooking loved the phys as for some sick reason i find the whole being thrashed with your buddies a good laugh - i think i was the only one though! Hardest part of the course for me was getting up early and cleaning

The cold was depressing to say the least and at some stages we were stood outside in tee-shirts for 20 minutes at a time (COLD!!!!!)

The lads were a good bunch, really good laugh and all supportive of each other. Admin is SHOCKING and made me question my motivation to join at some stages but i suppose all of us were thinking the same thing at some stage.

I'm exhausted at the moment so ill give you a diary tomorrow lads

Cheers

WELL DONE MATEY

Glad you passed....and that you enjoyed it

Just a few questions if its ok

Was it was tough as you thought it would be ?

How many passed/failed and on what parts of the course ?

Lol anymore info about the mass exidus before bottom field ?

Was it less scary than the first time or still turtle heading

Congrats buddy - you thoughly deserve it - sleep well, must be wacked!!

hey fella! well done on passing. . . did you guys have a load of college kids sitting in on your gym test 1 and the end of ya gym test 2?? if so i was one of them

good effort mate

Andy

Thats GREAT stuff fella i'm realy chuffed to bits for ya pal, well done . Great to hear you enjoyed it as well. I must say that getting thrashed about with your buds does sound like fun and just cant wait until its my turn. Anyway lad congrats on passing and have a nice long relaxing sleep mate

Thanks mate, appreciate the support.

It was as tough as i expected but i'm now used to the feeling of being exhausted but then putting the extra effort in as you have to drill that feeling that it doesn't last forever. It's alot of mental prep as it is physical.

17 passed out of 42 (i think)
A few failed the 3 miler (some failing to finish the 1.5 sprint) - effing poor prep!
A few were told they hadn't run fast enough
About 10 lads were told they were required to reach level 11 but most didn't and as a result failed.
A few lads bottled the second day upon waking up, one lad bottled the death slide and the plank walk (which is HIGH, i almost shit myself but did it fine)
Lots of mind-f**ks on bottomfield and some lads wrapped 5 minutes before the end (thinking there was 30 minutes to go)
Gym test two, 2 failed as they were borderlined anyway (gutted for them)

The night before leaving for Lympstone i barely slept and probably never been so effing scared as i knew what was coming. My cardio was 10x better this time so i was just paranoid in the end.

The PTIs are scary blokes and you are always constantly alert, you do everything at 100mph. The first night most of our room were jumping out of their skins everytime the bed squeeked (thinking it was the pti crashing in screaming at us because we'd all over-slept )

I'll give you some more thorough answers tomorrow

AndyR wrote:hey fella! well done on passing. . . did you guys have a load of college kids sitting in on your gym test 1 and the end of ya gym test 2?? if so i was one of them

good effort mate

Andy

I could hear ya all laughing

Well done JCAP !!!

Rich.

Well done JCAP3 !!

JCAP3 wrote:A few failed the 3 miler (some failing to finish the 1.5 sprint) - effing poor prep!

So the 3 miler wasnt run as a group the whole way ?

digitalfreefall wrote:Well done JCAP3 !!

JCAP3 wrote:A few failed the 3 miler (some failing to finish the 1.5 sprint) - effing poor prep!

So the 3 miler wasnt run as a group the whole way ?

Nope, 1.5 miles as a group then the rest was run as individual effort.

Did a Pti keep pace so that you knew you were on target ?

JCAP3 wrote:

digitalfreefall wrote:Well done JCAP3 !!

JCAP3 wrote:A few failed the 3 miler (some failing to finish the 1.5 sprint) - effing poor prep!

So the 3 miler wasnt run as a group the whole way ?

Nope, 1.5 miles as a group then the rest was run as individual effort.

They've changed it again then by the sound of it?!

Big congrats JCAP! You deserve it mate.

digitalfreefall wrote:Did a Pti keep pace so that you knew you were on target ?

All-out 110% effort for the 1.5 miles back but the PTI ran with us for the first 1.5 mile.

They havn't changed it i don't think, it just depends on the PTI i think.

Well I have 94 days to get myself in top condition, by then I plan to be a proper racing snake !


Once again congratulations mate, now go get yourself a well deserved beer !

WELL DONE GEEZ!!

Nice to hear you've passed it all. Good on ya. All the best for RT, keep strong ok.

Congrats Jcap!

What was your scores lasttime and what were they this time?

- Andy