Many feared the ability group run today. Given the pace at which we have all been running, I can't blame them. We started the 4 miler today at about a medium 8:30 pace. It ended up being a 8:58 pace overall only because other groups would pass and we'd have to slow to let them in. Distance is a totally different animal. We went from running 3 miles with a break to 4 miles with no break in the course of a week is quite a change for a lot of people. We did have some fallouts, and that likely slowed us down too.
After today the only real physical activity we have is a 7 mile ruck march on Wednesday. By all indications, the 7 milers are the hardest only because you begin to ruck with all of your military gear on your body. The second march involves terrain making it the hardest one of the cycle. To me, it does not matter. I will pull myself along the ground if it kills me. This week is also tactical week, which means all the classes for the week will involve Army tactics for infantry platoons and squads. I don't have much experience leading infantry squads, but the Army feels this stuff is important to know. Only 11 days left until Christmas Exodus.
BOC Sharp
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I'll be thinking about you on Weds. And please don't die because this is really just about practice, right, not about dragging yourself by your fingernails across the dirt.
Maybe I'll send you some pipe cleaners to make antennae with :)
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