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The first week's challenge is inspired by the UKSF military pre-training fitness tests, used to establish if the potential recruit has what it takes to hack it as an SF soldier.
1.5 mile run for time
Run 1.5 miles (2.4km) in as quick as time as possible. Walking is allowed, though the participants must be encouraged to push themselves as hard as they can.
Start and finish in the same location
To ensure that participants don't just run down a big hill to get a good time/distance, you are required to finish the run in roughly the same spot in which you started. You can achieve this by either running a looped route or by running out halfway, turning around, and returning to your starting position.
Set treadmill gradient to 2.5%
It is preferred that you tackle this challenge outside. However, if you are unable to do so, you may use a treadmill to complete the challenge. If you do decide to use a treadmill, you must set the treadmill gradient to 2.5%.
If you have purchased a Challenge Pack, you are eligible to submit your challenge evidence for review, verification and scoring. You may only submit your evidence once. All evidence is final.
Evidence Format:
e.g. Strava, Garmin, Map My Run, etc...
Before submitting, please make sure you have ready:
Found on your purchase confirmation email
Acquiring a Weblink
Unfortunately, we do not yet have the technology to allow you to directly upload your evidence, so in order for you to submit your evidence we require you to submit a weblink to such evidence. There are a number of ways to get a weblink to your evidence, you can either:
This is a brutal physical challenge for which you are responsible for your own health and safety. It is imperative that you read through, understand and follow our health and safety guidelines before you embark on your challenge attempt.
If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to get in touch.
For reference, the minimum standard to pass UK Special Forces assessment is 9m30s.
Time
9m 00s
9m 30s
10m 00s
10m 30s
11m 00s
11m 30s
12m 00s
12m 30s
13m 00s
13m 30s
14m 00s
14m 30s
15m 00s
15m 30s
16m 00s
16m 30s
17m 00s
17m 30s
18m 00s
18m 30s
19m 00s
19m 30s
20m 00s
20m 30s
21m 00s
21m 30s
22m 00s
22m 30s
23m 00s
23m 30s
24m 00s
Points
60
58
56
54
52
50
48
46
44
42
40
38
34
32
30
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
It is highly recommended that you complete the challenge within 7-days of its issue, however, we will accept submissions right up until 7-days after the end of the series. We will not accept submissions after this time.