SLE C.F.A. Mile Run Question

[user501]

Hi, I'm about to go to SLE later in June this year. Does anyone here know if the cfa mile run facilities at USMA are indoor or outdoor? I'm currently training, and I want to know what to expect because if it's too hot the temperature'll slow me down.

 

[WishfulThinking]

Great question! I’m wondering myself. But the humidity in New England isn’t as bad as the south. So if you are living more down south, I believe it will be a mild temperature in your opinion.

 

[MidCakePa]

But the humidity in New England isn’t as bad as the south.

West Point is in upstate New York, which is not New England.

Does anyone here know if the cfa mile run facilities at USMA are indoor or outdoor!

Outdoors unless the weather is bad.

 

[GoCubbies]

My DD said it’s on a road 1/2 mile down and then 1/2 mile back.

 

[billyb]

Probably down by the dreaded water treatment plant.

 

[UHBlackhawk]

Probably down by the dreaded water treatment plant.

I think they changed it this year. Up Stony Lonesome. It’s a straight 1 mile.

 

[USMA 1994]

You start at the River Courts and run to Stoney Lonesome Gate.

 

[shock-n-awe]

The running course at West Point (New York) is uphill both ways.

 

[MidCakePa]

The running course at West Point (New York) is uphill both ways.

At USNA, they run (actually, walk) on water.

 

[user501]

The running course at West Point (New York) is uphill both ways.

Wait, I thought the cfa instructions said that the running surface had to be flat.

 

[Walman888]

The running course at West Point (New York) is uphill both ways.

Wait, I thought the cfa instructions said that the running surface had to be flat.

The natural laws of physics, and grading change at USMA....

 

[MidCakePa]

Wait, I thought the cfa instructions said that the running surface had to be flat.

Indeed. Hence at USNA, they do it on the Severn rather than in the Chesapeake. The Severn is relatively calm, while the Chesapeake can get a bit choppy, especially in the afternoon.

 

[GoCubbies]

I suppose if you tilt your head just right, the running surface will appear flat. [emoji106]

 

[WishfulThinking]

I think they changed it this year. Up Stony Lonesome. It’s a straight 1 mile.

Is it a flat, or hilly terrain?

 

[UHBlackhawk]

Is it a flat, or hilly terrain?

Stony Lonesome? It’s just a little hilly. Nothing too bad.

 

[WishfulThinking]

Stony Lonesome? It’s just a little hilly. Nothing too bad.

Wouldn’t that affect our track times mile? Should I train these last few weeks on hills?

 

[UHBlackhawk]

Wouldn’t that affect our track times mile? Should I train these last few weeks on hills?

Sorry. I’ve been yanking your chain.
Stoney Lonesome is about a 2 mile, very steep grade hill from the main part of West Point to a high point that over looks the Hudson and is so named because in the days of the Revolution it was a stoney and lonesome outpost. While used for physical training it would NOT be used for a PT test.

 

[Walman888]

You don't even want to run DOWN Stoney Lonesome.....

 

[Walman888]

Stony Lonesome? It’s just a little hilly. Nothing too bad.

Wouldn’t that affect our track times mile? Should I train these last few weeks on hills?

Prepare for a 2 mile run in moderate terrain in very hot, humid weather.

 

[WishfulThinking]

So in a serious question, what will we be running?