Did I pass my CFA?

Did I pass my CFA

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Pegasus_Operator

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I took a practice CFA today and I wanted to see if these were passing scores.
I am a female (active duty AF)

BB: 41ft
FAH: 40 seconds
Shuttle run: 10 seconds
Sit-ups: 95
Push ups: 45
Mile run: 9:18

I know the run time sucks but the weather conditions are freezing with snow. My test is due January 31st, any tips would be greatly appreciated.
 
I would say everything is pretty good. I would work towards getting at least 1 pull up. If you were to fail, it would definitely be the run. The average for females is 7:30. I would try for a day that gives you the best conditions for success. The way I trained for running was running intervals. I would run for 2:00 min and jog to rest for 15 secs. To run faster you just got to keep running.
 
I took a practice CFA today and I wanted to see if these were passing scores.
I am a female (active duty AF)

BB: 41ft
FAH: 40 seconds
Shuttle run: 10 seconds
Sit-ups: 95
Push ups: 45
Mile run: 9:18

I know the run time sucks but the weather conditions are freezing with snow. My test is due January 31st, any tips would be greatly appreciated.
For the BB throw, use your abs and kind of snap your torso forward. Your core sounds pretty strong, what with 95 sit ups and all (AWESOME!), so try to use that to your advantage and don't use just your arm to launch it.
For the shuttle run, focus on your turns. Try to do a three step turn around instead of just sliding sideways towards the line. Use your inside leg as an anchor of sorts.
For the mile run, do what @BWMa suggested. It really helps, I've gotten my time down by 2 minutes in a few weeks. I always run at least a mile and a half every morning.
 
Listen, I did much worse in a number of areas and still passed. It’s possible your mile time will be too far out, I don’t know, but I’d say given you’re meeting most averages, and exceeding a few, you’re probably ok. Everyone stresses out a lot about this, it IS part of the application, but I think people tend to assume the standards are higher than they really are. Maybe that was just me, who’s to say. You definitely should try your absolute best regardless. If you want to improve your mile time, I’d recommend mixing interval training with longer runs.
I don’t know how you’re working to improve right now, but simply getting out and making your goal to run faster for longer a couple times a week, plus some longer slower runs will make a big difference. I didn’t have access to a track while I was training, but if you do you can split intervals that way, and if you don’t get out and measure some distances and try to maintain a fast pace (right now that might look like 8’30”, try to aim for difficult but doable over extended periods of time) for as long as possible, and try to increase that distance consistently. Also, how’s your breathing? Learning to breathe correctly can really help running feel less awful. There are plenty of videos on YouTube and online articles if you go looking for them. That’s not too much information, but I hope that helps!
 
Listen, I did much worse in a number of areas and still passed. It’s possible your mile time will be too far out, I don’t know, but I’d say given you’re meeting most averages, and exceeding a few, you’re probably ok. Everyone stresses out a lot about this, it IS part of the application, but I think people tend to assume the standards are higher than they really are. Maybe that was just me, who’s to say. You definitely should try your absolute best regardless. If you want to improve your mile time, I’d recommend mixing interval training with longer runs.
I don’t know how you’re working to improve right now, but simply getting out and making your goal to run faster for longer a couple times a week, plus some longer slower runs will make a big difference. I didn’t have access to a track while I was training, but if you do you can split intervals that way, and if you don’t get out and measure some distances and try to maintain a fast pace (right now that might look like 8’30”, try to aim for difficult but doable over extended periods of time) for as long as possible, and try to increase that distance consistently. Also, how’s your breathing? Learning to breathe correctly can really help running feel less awful. There are plenty of videos on YouTube and online articles if you go looking for them. That’s not too much information, but I hope that helps!
Thank you for the advice,
As far as my breathing I’ve gotten a lot better and I run 6-7 days a week, 2-3 miles on the tredmil. Weather sucks right now so I have to test on an indoor tack, and 14 laps equals a mile so it is very difficult:(
I just need to push a little harder next time and hopefully get below 9 minutes.
Thank you for your tips I will let you know how it goes.
 
That run time is very likely failing. As active duty you are likely used to the 1.5 mile run - that time would be a good pace for that test, but as others have suggested, find somewhere to do some fast intervals and work to get that time down below 8:30 - even 9 minutes is probably too slow and will be a red flag for USAFA in terms of your ability to handle the physical demands of basic
 
Even if you win offer of appointment with that mile time, double down on your workouts. USAFA sits above 6,000 feet, so expect to slow down and even struggle your first few months there. DD, who lived at high elevation at the time, attended USAFA’s summer seminar and said quite a few kids from the lowlands were throwing up into trash cans after workouts.
 
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