I know plenty of folks that can run marathons when healthy — and run them fast — but can’t cover the firefighter distance of 1.5M in the required time when injured.

Perhaps it is a legitimate hit job on her, or perhaps it’s just the NY Post being the NY Post with its own agenda and skewing the story the way the like it.

Impossible to tell due to the limited info.

Bob

For safety reasons, firefighters are not supposed to run on the fire ground.

1.5 mile run is supposed to be a test of overall aerobic fitness. I have long argued that it is a poor measure. I used to run Cross country in high school. I find it easy to do. I know other guys who don’t have any running skills, find it extremely difficult, but they are in really good shape. I have seen them walk 3 miles in 45 minutes carrying a 45 lb pack. That is the national wildland firefighter standard. Personally, I find it difficult to walk that fast for that long, without running. But I also feel it is a better test than the 1.5 mile run.

Put her on a bike, or swim, or walk, there are lots of other good tests of physical fitness. She doesn’t look very tall. Maybe she doesn’t have the stride to make that run in 12 minutes.