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Originally Posted by 52Paddy

Was it freezing? Were you wearing suitable clothing?

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Is wasn't the cold that made me feel ill but the breathlessness. I really want to build up my lung capacity.

I've been skii-ing this winter, got a few exercises last March, but this winter the weather has been mostly agreeable, unless it's -20C like the past two days. I'm slowly getting to point where I can't do a 10 km exercises and not feel like I'm dying after that for the rest of the day. 1 hour with 160bpm average heart rate and a peak rate of 189 isn't yet fun though. :)

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Originally Posted by janneppi

I've been skii-ing this winter, got a few exercises last March, but this winter the weather has been mostly agreeable, unless it's -20C like the past two days. I'm slowly getting to point where I can't do a 10 km exercises and not feel like I'm dying after that for the rest of the day. 1 hour with 160bpm average heart rate and a peak rate of 189 isn't yet fun though. :)

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You still riding your bike?

Yeah, I did manage to get something done with the bike this summer. It helped a lot with skiing compared to the previous year when I had barely 100km on a bike.

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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

Is wasn't the cold that made me feel ill but the breathlessness. I really want to build up my lung capacity.

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Do you smoke? Or do you play a wind instrument? I do both which kind of qualifies my lung capacity :p :

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Originally Posted by 52Paddy

Do you smoke? Or do you play a wind instrument? I do both which kind of qualifies my lung capacity :p :

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Don't smoke or blow an instrument.

I might try and aim for Army levels of fitness. So would this be a 1.5mile run in 12minutes followed by 50 push-ups in 2minutes?

Any soldiers out there?

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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

I might try and aim for Army levels of fitness. So would this be a 1.5mile run in 12minutes followed by 50 push-ups in 2minutes?

Any soldiers out there?

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I think they do 2 miles, and it depends on if you look at minimum scores as compared to good scores. They are also age based.

Even the woman Marines have to run 3 miles now. ;)

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Originally Posted by airshifter

I think they do 2 miles, and it depends on if you look at minimum scores as compared to good scores. They are also age based.

Even the woman Marines have to run 3 miles now. ;)

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I know for entry in the British Army it is 1.5miles. It might be two miles for the US Army.

Running whilst listening to heavy rock music boosts your adrenaline. Listening to Rage Against the Machine and Muse on todays run helped me improve my PB by 20 seconds!

I ran my mile today in 6:08 (20seconds better than my PB) then I threw up. :(