Marathon Training as an Infantry Officer?

[RunForrest]

Hi everyone,

I am an amateur runner trying to figure out if I can realistically train for races as an infantry officer. I currently train about 90-120km a week, with about a 25%/75% split between hard and easy miles, respectively.

Specific Questions:

• What does daily PT consist of, and is there any way running could be incorporated into it?
• How physically taxing is the rest of an officer's day?
• How many weeks/months a year are spent on field exercises?
• How close are field exercises grouped together, and how far in advance are they scheduled?
• How much time does a new officer spend on courses/training before they are posted to their unit?

Basically, I want to know whether it's feasible to train for ~1-1.5hrs/day for most of the year, on top of everything else.

Thanks very much for any insight you can provide.

 

[AmmoTech90]

There will be times you can and times you can't.

There is often running in PT, usually as a group.

When you are in garrison, normal day hours 7 to 430, maybe 8 if you are an officer looking after a platoon, you still have 10 to 16 hours. Do what you want during this time.

Lots of people in the CAF do marathons. It comes down to your priorities.

As an young infantry officer you should be fit enough to just get off the couch and do a half without any significant training. I did one as a mid-40s loggie and my longest training run was 13 km. Fitness become ingrained, or it should.

 

[dapaterson]

I know one officer who did this race: 6633 Arctic Ultra - Toughest, Coldest & Windiest Race