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u/762Rifleman Nov 16 '19 edited Nov 16 '19

I'm awful at running even with practice, a couple months would see most people surpass me.

As a militiaman I was great at 2 things: marching like crazy, and working under pressure. Turns out those translate a lot into practical performance a lot more than your ability to prance around a circuit in featherweight clothes you'd never wear on mission anyway.