Today I took my first APFT in 2 years. Yeah, normally taken every 6 months, but after partially tearing a tendon in my shoulder while in the M5 course I was taking any chances. The Ortho doc said surgery was a last option because it was only half torn and I didn't want surgery anyways. Did some Physical Therapy, stretched, rested, rested, rested, and did some more resting. About 6 months ago, I finally began to do some working out with my shoulder, doing push ups etc. I could have been running and working my abs the entire time but I had been severely lacking in the self-motiviation area and I really hate to run alone. So, during this deployment I did some soul-searching and as I've posted recently, I started working out again consistently. Charged hard but rested my shoulder when I needed to, no sense or desire to tear it again.
The time came for an OER for this deployment and my boss, MAJ. Marcus Lee, said I needed to take the APFT at the end of October for my eval. I was more than willing to take it, but warned him that if my shoulder didn't feel right I was stopping and getting a temp profile. Luckily he understands and isn't a stuck-up nurse.
Halloween came, APFT completed, and I must say I'm happy with my performance. 249/300 overall score: 53 (77% push ups), 73 (96% sit ups), 15:49 (76% run). Given the conditions for the run, I still a little disappointed with it but was sick for 3 days from all the Afghan dust I inhaled. When I arrived to Dwyer, I could barely do 10-15 push ups with my shoulder, 30-40 sit ups, and normally ran 2 miles in 16-17" in ideal conditions.
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