I am sure you will get those who say you run alot and run many miles and every day. Well this is just a great misconception about USMC boot camp.
I just interviewed a Marine who graduated Parris Island 2 two weeks ago and I asked him about running in boot camp. He said what I also went through in boot camp, so this is called "confirmation".
You do not run on Sat or Sundays. You run every other day if that, and as you progress (2nd, 3rd phases) you run less and less.
You never run more then three miles for PT and you start at 1.5 miles and work up. You run at a very controlled pace and its not made to torture you.
