I did it!

Tsamsiyu Atsteu · October 13, 2014, 08:56:29 PM

So last September I took my third attempt at the Corrections department fitness test.. the last two times I failed the running portion, where I had to do 1.50 miles. I had 19:04 to do it this time.. I did it in 18:37! I am on my way to being a corrections officer! Now I have to wait for the background check, the phone interview with the investigator, a physical, a psych evaluation and a drug test before the final offer and being placed in the hiring pool.

The only downside is now I have to run that 1.50 in 16:30 at the end of the academy.. I don't know how I'm gonna do that. >.<

In other news... just a few more weeks till my fiance comes home from his Navy training!!!

archaic · October 14, 2014, 06:02:31 AM

YAY! You can start training for it right away.

Tsamsiyu Atsteu · October 14, 2014, 05:04:35 PM

Yeah I'm trying to, but no idea how to get my stamina and speed up. I suck at running.... seriously.

Quote from: archaic on October 14, 2014, 06:02:31 AM
YAY! You can start training for it right away.

archaic · October 14, 2014, 05:44:52 PM

All you can do is exercise, eat right, and push yourself as hard as it takes.

Wind12 · October 23, 2014, 06:37:24 PM

I know when I was in high school I could barely run the mile and now I can run/ jog 8 miles non-stop, it just takes time and will power( for me though it was easier to build up,by "counting to a goal rather than timeing myself, i.e. I started out doing four laps on the track, then, 8, then 12, 16, 20, 25, and I have finally done 32 laps a few times. Good luck with the training ma tsmuke!

Vawmataw · October 23, 2014, 07:33:47 PM

Seykxel sì nitram!

`Eylan Ayfalulukanä · October 27, 2014, 03:23:11 PM

I can walk 1.5 miles in 16:30, so you should be able to run it in that same time (or even a lot less) with just a little effort. With everything else it sounds like you have to do, this should be just one small obstacle.

Vawmataw · October 27, 2014, 04:27:28 PM

I think that the method to succeed that is repetition and progressively you will run that in less time.

archaic · October 27, 2014, 04:33:58 PM

Quote from: `Eylan Ayfalulukanä on October 27, 2014, 03:23:11 PM
I can walk 1.5 miles in 16:30,

That's impressive, not so much the speed, which is pretty good, but the duration.
Averaging better than five and one half miles per hour for a whole mile and one half is above average to say the least!