Posted on May 18th, 2009 by kethridge under Race review, workouts.
Tags: Police test, training
Welcome back!
It may seem trivial but having name-plates is AWESOME
Hearing that the Vancouver PD is looking to hire new officers in the next few months got me motivated to sign up for the next local hosted Washington public safety evaluation test. It consisted of a written test followed by a physical test. The written was extremely easy as was the physical test. The - were the only event I didn’t get max points because the form they want requires you to completely touch the back of your head to the pad. I am still in Air Force PT mode where you just have to touch the backs of your shoulder blades/traps. So I did 50 reps but only 30 counted, lol. The run was total decimation. Out of the roughly 150 people there no one could match my triathlon fitness. The 300m sprint was the closest but the 1.5 mile run on a track left my closest competitor a good 300m behind and 3/4 of the field lapped.
I’m hoping that I can get such a position to keep funding my motivation for triathlons. Off to the gym for lifting and swimming.
Posted on May 7th, 2009 by Chris under Uncategorized.
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Posted on May 4th, 2009 by kethridge under Upcoming Races.
Tags: race, re-cap, Upcoming Races
Lubbock/Twenty-12 Talent ID was a good experience but the race was quickly over for me. I took a heel in the adam’s apple at the first buoy/250m. That took the breath out of me and I couldn’t recover aerobically. I came out of the water in the last group which was caught by the leaders and lapped on the loop; disqualifying us. Lame, but it happens.
Right now I’m getting ready for the ‘heart of the valley’ triathlon outside of Corvallis, OR. Its a AA Sports race so there should be a good number of competitors. The swim is an indoor swim so I should be able to avoid another heel. For this race I get to go back to the time trial back and dump the draft legal rules. I’m looking forward to it.
