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The Runner's World Show

Episode 66: Air Force Tested

The Runner's World Show

Runner's World / Panoply

Sports

4.3530 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Staffers Robert Reese and Christine Fennessy head to the Pentagon to take the Air Force Physical Fitness Test. The unusual opportunity provides them some surprising insight into their individual fitness regimes (plus an update since we first aired this segment). (1:37) Conversations with two members of the Air Force—a female B52 Bomber pilot and a pararescueman, a member of the military’s elite special operations community—about how running helps them better do their jobs. (34:32) The Runner’s World Show is brought to you by Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses. Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by going to Casper.com/run and using the promo code “Run.” Episode Credits: Host: Brian Dalek   Producers: Sylvia Ryerson, Christine Fennessy and Brian Dalek. The Runner's World Show is a proud part of Panoply. Check out our show page here. Follow us on Twitter (@rwaudio) and Facebook (Runner's World Audio). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:09.0

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0:12.0

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0:13.0

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0:15.0

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0:17.0

At the end of all of this...

0:20.0

We're going to have a little baby.

0:21.6

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0:27.2

18 plus subscription required T's and T supply.

0:32.6

Welcome to the Runners World Show, where each week we entertain, inspire, and inform you about all things running.

0:39.9

I'm Brian Dalek, one of the producers of the show, and your host for this episode.

0:44.9

Today, we've got a return to the Pentagon and the Air Force Physical Fitness Test,

0:49.9

an update on how my colleagues Christine Fennessy and Robert Reese have or have not progressed

0:56.4

since taking that test. Plus, Christine's conversations with two members of the Air Force, she spoke

1:03.1

with a female B-52 bomber pilot and a pararescueman, a member of the military's elite special

1:09.3

operations community about how running helps them better do their jobs.

1:14.2

So a lot of times if we're running, it's more like, you know, you've got to drag a patient behind a piece of cover or, you know, you're kind of sprinting for your life to get somewhere.

1:22.4

So probably you're running fast from a job standpoint.

1:25.6

It's more important than running long, but you still need to have that

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