If the distance for the PT test run was 2.13 miles, am I still allowed to dispute it and request a retest?

I think thy get madder for you makeing excuses

POG's LMAO!!!!

First of all, the track must meet the standards for two miles. Not 2.1, 2.13 or any other number than 2.0.

Second, if you are training to meet the standards, you are wrong. You need to train to exceed the standard.

Pass it and then you have a leg to stand on about contesting it because 0.13 should not be enough to make you fail your run! You should consistently Run 2 miles in less than 14 minutes and if you know you can run 2 miles in 14 minutes consistently, and it takes you longer than 14 minutes to finish you know there's a problem!

Yes you can, but do it appropriately and also again if you failed, all you had to do was run a little bit faster, if your a PFC, assuming younger, shouldn't be passing by seconds like that. You need to better prepare yourself for test. Not agreeing with it being longer then it's supposed to. It would honestly be in your best interest to let it go and keep working out.

Source: APFT Coordinator

If you passed the run and did very well overall in your PT score, I say leave it alone. In twenty years, whether you make the military a career or not, IT won't make a "hill of beans" difference. You'll be lucky if YOU remember that score.

When you read "2.13", it sounds small, until you do the math and realize that it's almost another 700 feet. So many times (not all, but many), I crossed the line right on the last second. Unless running at a higher altitude, which I grew up in, I was terrible at running. Good at so many things, but just not running! Kudos, PFC, for checking into the rest of the Unit and trying to get accountability from Command to all your fellow soldiers. I know rocking the boat can make you unpopular, but without someone willing to do so, all sorts of major and minor mistakes can go unchecked.

Seems to me that if your organization insists on holding everyone to a standard, then they need to ensure that the measuring device they are using is correct. .13 mi = 686 feet, 228 yards, we're not talking "just a few feet." If someone will be subject to administrative sanctions for failing their run, the reason shouldn't be because someone couldn't be bothered to get the distance right.

Suck it up buttercup!

That .13 makes it look small, but think of it this way. In order to meet the youngest male age bracket 90pt cut off (from when I was in) of 12:50, you would have to run 48sec faster. For comparison, see how far you can run in 48sec. It's pretty far. I would have been screwed. I was always a sprinter my whole life, and no matter what I did, I always struggled to meet that godly pt patch score. Some people just aren't built for long distance speed. Now, let's scale up to the good ol' 8min mile. That .13 equates to an extra min. added to your time, and it just scales up from there. These are big discrepancies. That .13 is an eighth of a mile. Just like customs and courtesies, standards are not to be messed with or skimpied around.