“If you really want to train hard, first learn how to run. There is a right way and a wrong way to run. If you are even considering enlisting, spend about six months learning how to run. I want you to watch how a football player runs. they are big guys, and they are quick and agile. Now they don’t really have to go running for seven to fourteen mile runs at top speed. They couldn’t possibly run like they do and last. Now go watch how a deer or a gazelle runs. Its light, easy, and effortless. Watch a dog or a wolf running. They can run like that all day, because they are light and efficient, and their minds are not on the act of running. The dog isn’t thinking ‘four more miles, I only have four more miles. I wonder how many calories I have burned. My feet hurt.’ They are just running. When you are running to train, hop, turn around, skip, lift your legs and pounce and see how lightly you can land every few miles. alternate between the grass, pavement, up on rocks and down into ravines. This will get your mind used to transitioning between different surfaces without thinking. The key is to do it without thought, (mindlessly), and without effort, (lightly). Run like a gazelle, run like a wolf. You will need this in a real like situation. You will need this to save your butt. This will help you make it through any boot camp. Learn how to run.”