well you are a cross country runner... so if you didnt max out on the run part of the pft, I would be amazed.
and as an experienced runner i would expect that you wouldnt do the interval training suggested. You are at a high level of fitness because of the sport you chose, and need a different type of workout. That's just how it is. But to say that the other workouts arent good enough, or that they are just wrong, is ignorant. You are right they do need to build a base, and what has been suggested is a way for people who arent at your level of fitness to start out.
you are right, people should listen and learn from people who coach runners. best way to learn is to learn from people with experience.
i will tell you this is not a personal attack nor am I saying you are ignorant, and i understand taking things seriously, you wouldnt be on here if you werent serious about the military. But your attitude come off as ignorant. i just hope your attitude doesnt become a hinderance in the future.
i've never said other work outs are not good. any workout that get your heart beating and blood flowing is probably a good workout. I am just saying that they are not necessarily going to make you perform that much better in running. or that they might not be as efficient. in running, it's all about being efficient. efficient runners can run further and fast then inefficient runners. that's why runners care a lot about form. to do a lot of work/training and not get enough of an improvement would be inefficient. that's why these plans from the real running experts are good- they teach you how to be efficient about your training to get the best improvement from the least amount of work.
if you want to be only just good enough, then any workout might do it. there are jokes i read on here about people running a few miles the week before their annual pft. it it makes them pass, then it's good enough!
but my impression was that we are talking about getting better than mediocre at running. in that case, why not consider the advice of people who spend every working day trying to make people better runners? why not listen to those people?
now, you made a comment about being advance. well, i am not advanced. among cross-country runners, i am considered "intermediate" (at 20:45 for 5km for a girl). but your point is good. the experts have multiple plans for different levels of fitness and running skill. for example, look at the 3rd link. you will see that over time, there is a ramping up. also, even navy-prt.com's plan has a ramping up over time. if you need to ramp up, then ramp up. i've never said there isn't a transition period. no cross-country runner starts running 50mi per week! that's ridiculous. we start at about 20mi per week in high school. you are made to run about 4 mi/day for about 5 days/week if you walked in to cross-country coach's office with no prior running experience at all. (if you don't believe me, do your own research on the internet) i did suggest some one try to target 50mi on here, but only because he said he was already running twice a day. if you've already worked yourself up to two long runs a day, 50mi/wk is completely appropriate for training. but for you, i didn't say that was necessary. i just said that cross-country runners try to target 35-50mi/wk in the off season. but i will say that if you had enough time, and wanted to really try to max the running part of the pft, you'd be well to try to work yourself up to that level too to "build your base".
and you are trying to make me seem arrogant. i'll tell you right now, i don't know anything except what i learned and read and was taught. and at 17yo+7mo, that means i don't know much about anything. but of all of that, i probably know the most about running. and i can see that the little i know about running is more than most of this naive stuff i am reading here. so, as i said, i am 17yo and know nothing. follow the links and learn from the experts then!
(and by the way, never ever did i ever try to teach anyone on here about doing pushup situps or pullups, about which i know
NOTHING!)
so i will admit over and over that i know nothing about the pft or prt except the running part (unless someone teaches me something about the other parts), but about the running part, i know plenty! (just that "plenty" is still relative since compared to the experts, i know nothing about running too! lol. :icon_lol: )
) like a cramp similar to consuming too much water then trying to run with intensity. Regardless, I am feeling good and pushing as hard as ever.
(of course, you don't need any training at all to just "jog" 3mi, but i think the point of this thread is about doing the timed pft run as fast as you can!)
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