Sunday, February 1, 2009

Nick Vacchio in PJ Training



I have been getting weekly texts from Nick V. I trained him for over a year to prepare for Pararescue Jumper school.....This is the Air Force special forces branch that goes in to rescue downed airmen. Have you seen Black Hawk Down? Those guys were PJ's.

Nick texts me: "What up Stephen? Extended Training Day and Hell Night complete. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. How are things?"



I have seen footage of PJ training. Even though I have done 8 ironmans and mountainous ultramarathons, the ordeal of PJ training looked like the hardest thing I had ever seen. These pictures are what we did to get him ready.





Posted by Stephen Taylor, Nashville Triathlon Coach

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