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Air Force Tested

August 11, 2017 · 56 min

Show notes

Staffers Robert Reese and Christine Fennessy head to the Pentagon to take the Air Force Physical Fitness Test. The unusual opportunity provides them some surprising insight into their individual fitness regimes (plus an update since we first aired this segment). (1:37)

Conversations with two members of the Air Force—a female B52 Bomber pilot and a pararescueman, a member of the military’s elite special operations community—about how running helps them better do their jobs. (34:32)

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Episode Credits:

Host: Brian Dalek

 

Producers: Sylvia Ryerson, Christine Fennessy and Brian Dalek.

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