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Just passed my PJFT today,9.34 ,instructor told me to leave it on 15.5 the whole way,just as a tip to anyone looking to do theres.

I done about 3 small runs in the last 6 weeks due to shin splints,and there JUST starting to clear up a touch,so my fitness has slipped. Was it just me that was hanging for the last minute or two?

SamForrest wrote:Just passed my PJFT today,9.34 ,instructor told me to leave it on 15.5 the whole way,just as a tip to anyone looking to do theres.

I done about 3 small runs in the last 6 weeks due to shin splints,and there JUST starting to clear up a touch,so my fitness has slipped. Was it just me that was hanging for the last minute or two?

nice one mate

Was it just me that was hanging for the last minute or two?

I think I could have pulled out another 9min run after mine.

Well done on passing though mate, being mostly inactive for 6 weeks isn't easy to come back from.

Dam, i think it was the pace that really done me. I used to run a 3 mile circuit 3 + times a week,and was getting results of about 10.30 each way,that was on the road. Im not used to running fast on a treadmill,but i felt pretty cained at the end lol. Oh well, at least now i can work towards a PRMC and hope my legs allow me crack on with more running.

Im doing a lot of Crosstrainer,but it cant replicate the intensity of a run i dont think.

Cheers anyway guys

I found myself really really knackered for the last minute or two aswell; always struggled with treadmills, not too sure why

Ah,thats made me feel a bit easier lol! I think im going to crack on with more cardio now,im doing crosstrainer, 1000m swims etc,but i need somthing intense whilst my legs get better,so im thinking of doing spinning classes at my local gym,their ment to be a killer

Well done mate, not done PJFT myself but whenever I run on a treadmill I get knackered so much quicker, I don't know why some people just seem not to get on with them, fine runner outside but on a treadmill I'm total shit.

I'm like that on a running track. Think it's to do with the mind getting bored or something

Well done mate! Nice to hear how fellow wannabees are getting on. I havent been on a tredmill for a while now so im gonna get on one when i get to my PJFT.

Spinning sessions are mental! One of my mates is an instructor of one the classes in LA fitness and she is seriously fit. Everyone always comes out of there looking like shite. 1000 meter swims are good. I used to do 500 meter sprints in a 25 meter pool. 4 lenghts with 1 minute rest every two lenghts or so. That was a killer.

Got mine tomorrow, and I'm finding that most Potenial Marines are better runners out on the ground not on a bloody treadmill, I don't see the point of the test but oh well.

Good luck mate,let us know how you get on.

Cheers pal well done on yours and you got a PRMC date yet then?

Ta mate,no not yet.Although i think they were on about either the 4-7th of September,or maybe the one after that.But to be fair i dont think im ready to go on one in just over a month or so.I need more time to go over my fitness after having taken time out for my shins

I'm usually fecked after the first mile of a run but can carry on running the same pace for another 4-5 miles.

It's not about how long you can stay fresh for it's about you can deal with working close to your limit.

Good luck mate hope it all goes well for you. Remember pain is tempory, but pride is forever.