I know we're going way OT here, but 9 minutes? I used to dream of nine minutes - especially when I was struggling along at 11:29... "You've got no stamina staff." was the serious dressing down I got from the CO when I just scraped in (age 29 ish)
Stamina and speed are different things, so I changed my sport to marathons. Three hours twenty was my best time in four "paid" runs and a dozen training runs... stamina... the CO never managed that! I ran the marathon faster than the BFT! It was those "Boots DMS" (for "Dem's My Shoes") that slowed me down...
Not too bad for a REMF (F not E... work it out)
We REME peoples were allowed to play sodjers occasionally. I loved being the bad guy on E&Es and normal excercises. Those red armbands went nicely with my hair... Clashed with the blue beret though...