Cross country

[pedro]

Today I took part in a cross country race. It was just over 6 miles long and I did it in 46 minutes. The course was very hilly and there were people around me dropping out all the time!
I am 15 years old and not particularly strong, but my stamina is decent.

Is this an OK time? I am not fishing for compliments, if it's poor please do say so, but the reason I am asking is that one day I hope to join the Parachute Regiment.

Many thanks

[maunder123]

did you walk at all during this? if not you can work out whether its a good time yourself

[pedro]

No I didn't walk at all, but I did stay with a slightly slower runner for the first lap (team tactics bullshit) but I think that only would have slowed me down by about half a minute.

I was just looking for comparisons, that's all.
Thanks for the reply anyway

[just_me]

If that was miles and not km then that is quite good going.

[gunner75]

yes very good time. (now take your time and SOD RIGHT OFF) from a very disgruntled OLD barsteward whose best time recently , over same distance/cross country, was ...... 54 minutes. ;o)

[pedro]

hahaha
thanks for the replies
you guys do make me chuckle
rabble of comedians you are

[kieran turner]

Thats a decent time mate, but you can always do better

As mentioned by others you yourself will know if it was a good time within yourself as only you will know if you gave 100 percent or if you slacked.#

Good effort anyway, keep it up!

I get the impression you are of the japanese racing snake variety though, get some press ups done! Then some more and some more and so on.

[pedro]

thanks
yep I do struggle with press-ups, am aiming to do 20 a night but obviously will aim to increase that over time

[just_me]

If you are aiming to do 20 a night why not try 3 sets of 10 with 30 seconds rest between each set, then up the reps in each set as you get stronger? This way you do more than 20 a night.

[pedro]

I will give that a go
thank you