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<p>I used to be a sprinter, I hate running distance I just put up with it as part of my job, but I would love to serve and work towards a track career while serving. Currently their are many road running clubs for All Army, but nothing as far as All Army teams for Sprinters or field atheletes. Would anyone else be interested in an All Army/ All D.o.D team for track and field?</p><p> </p><p>If I am completly wrong, please guide me in the right direction because I have not been frutiful in my search.</p>
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I enjoy being part of the "Four Year Sport", in America we only care about track and field during the Olympic season. "My Sport is Your Sports Punishment!" I enjoyed living by that concept.
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I used to be a highschool sprinter and I played college football Battle. I wanted to get back into track and field now that I am in the Army because I have played on a few different flag football teams and I miss those track days, 4x1s, 100m, 200m, Long Jump, Shot Put!
We have so many tracks and football fields on so many bases but I have not heard of or seen anything in the form of organized competitions for sprinters, sooo many different things for runners to do but why is the sprinter not glamorized like the long distance guy is? I would want to go to war and be around the sprinters that have built up muscle rather than the long distance guys haha.
No I dont have a problem with either ones but I think the Army is just way too old school when we look at PT aspects and it needs to change and I dont now if it will change until our generation becomes the generals and policy makers, because the generation now that are generals and policy makers were not big on sprinting and bodybuilding back in their days.
They did karate maybe a little bit of boxing and jogging was big for them and that was the extent of exercise, maybe a little Richard Simmons in that mix every once in awhile too haha...
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SPC Christopher Smith
Thank you for your input, I ran in high school and college. My events the 4x1, 4x2, 4x4, 4x8 (high school coach threw me in to prove a point to one of our other runners that he was slacking, so I did it three times), 200m dash, 400m dash, 300m high hurdles (high school). I agree with you though, running a strong 400m dash you need the speed of a 100m sprinter, with the endurance of a miler. I think we should shift our though process on either including more sprint training on run days, or overall make everyone train as a mid-distance runner (400m-1 mile). I already contacted MWR to see how I can get the ball rolling.
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SPC Christopher Smith
Thank you for responding Sir, I have looked into the AWCAP, my only problem with it is, I haven't run track in about four years. I'd have to build up to a World class level, and seeing how my primary event is the 400m dash, I'd need a great coach to get me to a 45 second time in regulation competition. I don't know how familiar you are with track and field but my best personal record was a 48 high, to make that three second jump takes a good while, with proper training, and recovery. It would be great to have an All Army team to help develop people towards the World Class level.
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