The Piraña Brothers would like to introduce you to a Piraña-In-Training (PIT). Cadet Corporal David Swanson is currently at West Point training to be all he can be. When he is home we work on his Piraña training and we have high hopes for him. He keeps us posted on all things West Point and sometimes we even count what he is doing there toward his training here.
Recently he completed a 30K ruck march/run as on the way toward earning his German Proficiency Badge. What the heck is a 30K ruck march/run you ask?
Here it goes: 30K with a 22 lb. pack (his actually weighed 24 lb.) The course was three 8.3K laps (3 significant hills each lap) and one 5K lap. Lap times were 1:10, 0:53, 0:53 and 0:32 (he ran the first lap with a Navy girl which he claims cost him 17 min, but whose counting anyway?) The Gold standard requires a 5:00:00 finish but our boy cruised in at 3:27 and change. Hooah!
2 weekends from now he is doing a 50K trail race (North Face Endurance Challenge) and then the Jersey Marathon (hoping to get his BQ.)
PIT Swanson signs all his emails to us as follows:
Rape, pillage, and plunder.
Take all you can, give nothing back. Hooah.
We think he is going to make a great Piraña!