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Army Soldier Broke World Record for Running a Mile in a Bomb Suit
YB WEB DESK. Dated: 4/20/2021 12:43:04 PM
AUS Army soldier broke the world record for fastest woman to run a mile in a bomb suit in April, Guinness World Records has announced. Capt. Kaitlyn Hernandez, commander of the 717th Ordnance Company, 52nd Ordnance Group (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) ran the mile in 10:23, shattering the previous women’s record of 11:06. She broke the record at the 2nd Annual Bomb Suit Run and Family 5K at George Mason University in Virginia, USA, on April 3. ‘As soon as it was done it was kind of a whirlwind, so I didn’t really have a chance to take it in at first,’ she told the Army. ‘But I was very happy and excited. The whole process has just been great.’ Running a mile in a bomb suit is no easy feat. They’re designed to protect the wearer from close-range blasts, resulting in suits that are incredibly heavy, putting wearers ‘at significant risk of thermal strain and decreased work capacity,’ according to a US Army study.