The Saturday Morning of a Trainee Marine

The Saturday Morning of a Trainee Marine

The Saturday Morning of a Trainee Marine

Saturday morning we woke, got showered, shaved and changed. The atmosphere was more relaxed and we didn't have to clean the rooms. We were able to sit around for a bit and then went of for breakfast. I didn't eat much as the 3miler was going to be the first test. We had about 45mins between eating and the test.

We go to the sports field at about 0730 and did a lap of the rugby pitch to get warm. From there we had to line up and complete the first part of the battlefield fitness test. This involved completing 50 sit ups and 5 press ups. Once we had all done this we lined up at the start of the 3miler route. We jogged out in a squad. The route seemed shorted this year (though it wasn't), until the last lane. This lane seemed to go on forever. We got to the finish/start point and had time for a quick toilet break. We then lined up. This year I was determined to get to the front of the pack. The command was given to go and of we went. I started of at a good pace determined to stay with the middle pack. I used someone to pace me, but then their pace dropped, so I used my own pace. I had set myself targets to run and was achieving them. I had a slight recover at about 60% pace and then after a corner the road was down hill, so I upped the pace. I hit the 500m mark and tried stepping it up a gear, which worked for a bit, but then I dropped a bit. I didn't have anyone around me, so the challenge was in my head. I saw the penultimate check point' 200m away not knowing how far away the final part was I upped my pace slightly, then saw 2 targets'. I decided to sprint and opened up piping one lad metres from the line and just missing out on catching the next man. I came 20th out of 22, but we weren't going to be given our time.

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