Two weeks ago I ran a "practice" PFT. As usual, I struggled to get 10 pull ups (20 being a perfect score). I only got 91 sit ups, primarily because I honestly was not trying very hard because I knew it was not for score. I ran a 21:05 3-mile--respectable, but I felt I could do better. Today, I ran for score. I churned out 11 pull-ups (weak), 100 sit ups (perfect score), and stumbled across the line in 21:36. Not a single mile split was under 7:00. I wanted to throw up in disgust.
I fully bought that slow-down in the run, though. I could not run for score two weeks ago because my weight was still slightly over my max allowable. I can keep myself at a cool 220 all year, but 214--my max--is something of a forbidden number for me. I run a lot. 20-30 miles a week. I ran a marathon two months ago. But I cannot keep my weight down. So I did what any self-respecting individual would do--I starved myself this week, and by starve I mean STARVE. I barely ate. Worse yet, I barely drank water in an effort to reduce my water weight. Wrong answer all the way across the board. I was dehydrated going into the run, and had no extra energy with which to kick. Had I not had to starve myself (thus denying my body of valuable nutrition) I would have easily had enough energy to get below 21:00. Being dehydrated did not help, either.
Alas, it is in the past now. One more year to worry about it...
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