I am in reservist for the next 2 weeks. That means I have to take the IPPT test. And as a pretty well known personal trainer in Singapore, I’m kind of expected to do well! Uh.. I’m also the author of the ippt-training.com website!

My weakest event is the 2.4km run. I never train such a distance most of the year. Why? Because in the IPPT or NAPFA, the 2.4km run is the easiest event to improve.

That is why I leave it "last minute" to work on it. Yeah I won’t be running any record timings but a 11 minute timing would be easy. I have done 9min 22sec before but that was 15kg ago:)

I train on a route about 2.8-3km long around my home. I first tried it 1 week ago. It took 14:30. Now it takes 13 flat. 90 sec improvement or about 10% in 1 week. Thats ALOT. Thats FAST thats NORMAL if you are not fat and are fit already.

Improvment is so fast, and that is why we DONT need to run most of the year. Lift heavy, eat cleanly, and leave the 2.4 to the last few weeks. You will still get your result!