Record Mile - in EOD suit!

thats pathetic...his time with that is almost as fast as my fastest time ever....

I have a long way to go.

Props.  I can't imagine running with all that gear on.

heck of a reason to attempt that. i have a buddy that's a former EOD, and some of the $%^& that he's seen/dealt with is....amazing. those guys deserve so much respect and thanks.

Being in southern Iraq, I do not believe the claim of 120+s up north. Or am I reading it wrong. Was only 110-ish down south recently.

Otherwise, that's pretty hardcore, hot and difficult. It's hard enough in your regular gear.

Yea!  USAF.

They should have done a "before and after" to show how he could do without the gear versus with it.  Sure, running in all the gear has to be a beast but it doesn't have any "perspective" to it.  I'd bet that the guy could probably run in the upper 5's, low 6's usually.  Then people could grasp how hard it is to run with all that crap on!

Edited by Road Phoenix 2010-04-23 11:03 AM

They said:

"The host says the record was broken at an airbase in Kirkuk, which is in the northern latitudes in Iraq and this being still April, not quite in the 120-degrees-in-the-shade territory."

Meaning that up north is not as hot as the the "120 in the shade" south.

Thanks. I didn't quite get it. I figured I was reading it wrong.

Edited by Comet 2010-04-23 11:24 AM

Yeah, it's a very badly written sentence...

Ill be running with my fire gear on during the Stephen stiller tunnel to towers race(5k) later this year...not sure how my gear(about 60lbs) compares to EOD suits...I'm sure theirs is much heavier.