Running at OCS and while in Flight School

[aburg22]

Hello everyone, I dream of being a pilot in the Navy. The only obstacle in my way is one bad knee. I can tough out the 1.5 miles for the initial physical fitness screening, but I'm worried about how often and how long you run in OCS and flight school. I've recently learned that the Navy is allowing people to swap the run for exercise bike or rowing. Do these new substitutions apply when you are in flight school? I'm just really trying to understand the day-to-day physicality of OCS and pilot school. Thank you for any information or insight you can offer!

 

[allegroreyees]

There's a pretty significant amount of running at OCS. On top of running for PT in the morning, you'll be running any time that you're in Nimitz Hall. for the first 3 weeks of training. RDCs or DIs might also make you do wind sprints for RPT sessions, etc. During flight school, you'll really only have to run for the PRT. You'll still have to run in flight school, you're not allowed to do any of the alternative cardio until you get to the fleet.

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

Hello everyone, I dream of being a pilot in the Navy. The only obstacle in my way is one bad knee. I can tough out the 1.5 miles for the initial physical fitness screening, but I'm worried about how often and how long you run in OCS and flight school. I've recently learned that the Navy is allowing people to swap the run for exercise bike or rowing. Do these new substitutions apply when you are in flight school? I'm just really trying to understand the day-to-day physicality of OCS and pilot school. Thank you for any information or insight you can offer!

You can only choose alternative cardio once you're in the fleet (i.e. doing your actual Navy job) and even so, may not be granted.

OCS you're going to be running, whether it's the 1.5 mile timed run or 3-ish mile runs as part of physical training. If you can't handle that... I'm sorry but perhaps the military isn't in the cards.

 

[werty0621]

Hi @aburg22 ! Did you end up going through OCS? Did you make it through? I only ask because I also have an orthopedic issue that hinders my running. I really like to run (I’ve run a couple of half marathons) but am slow (and I know it - I can run 3 miles around a 10:15 min/mi pace). My 1.5 mile run time is ~14:20 - any words of advice maybe from you or others on the forum would be greatly appreciated!
EDIT: I’m in the 25-29 years female range.

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

Hi @aburg22 ! Did you end up going through OCS? Did you make it through? I only ask because I also have an orthopedic issue that hinders my running. I really like to run (I’ve run a couple of half marathons) but am slow (and I know it - I can run 3 miles around a 10:15 min/mi pace). My 1.5 mile run time is ~14:20 - any words of advice maybe from you or others on the forum would be greatly appreciated!
EDIT: I’m in the 25-29 years female range.

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