Faster Marine!!

1.5 mile run - 11mins 45secs

My friend in Cardiff is having a bit of a slightly early mid-life crisis and wants to join the Royal Marine Reserves!! He's been doing a bit of running and we were talking about the running test that he'll need to complete - 1.5 miles in under 10mins 30secs.

I was telling him how a lot of guys in military post on Dragondoor and how they are still fit for tests despite only using KBs. Even though I haven't even been using my KBs again for long he called me out. So after yesterdays marathon and no warm up I put my heart into it and fell a little short. Wore my HR monitor and recorded a Max HR of 192bpms which I recall was my max when I used to run a lot years ago.

I reckon with a little bit of rest and a bit more KB training I'd nail that no worries. Switching to the 36:36 protocol with 16kgs for KB stuff now. The 24kgs is too big a jump for 15:15 - it takes a massive toal on my wrists and grip.....the 36:36 should help with this. Back to the barbell stuff next week sometime I guess.