I am going to go to the track and do a 1 mile run. I am 27yrs old, weight 170 and am 5'11. I run on average of probably two times a week and do muay thai. I usually just run at a slow steady pace and have not been running for very long. I did a 10k in 51:14 last weekend and last week I ran 2 miles in 15:00. So, how fast can I run a mile? I am doing this mid day sunday nov 14th.
I am guessing 6:23
How fast can you run a mile. Guess your time and then go try it.
monteaz said:
I am going to go to the track and do a 1 mile run. I am 27yrs old, weight 170 and am 5'11. I run on average of probably two times a week and do muay thai. I usually just run at a slow steady pace and have not been running for very long. I did a 10k in 51:14 last weekend and last week I ran 2 miles in 15:00. So, how fast can I run a mile? I am doing this mid day sunday nov 14th.
I am guessing 6:23
How fast can you run a mile. Guess your time and then go try it.
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Your guess for yourself sounds reasonable - somewhere around mid 6s. I can still break six. I have a comfort zone in the high 5s, but when I break 5:30, my stride really has to change radically and it breaks my cardio over distances longer than a mile.
When I was in 9th grade thru 10th.. (weighing maybe 115 lbs)
I was running a mile in 4:55-5:05..
I'd say 6:30? Run a moderate pace for the first 1/2 mile and turn it up a notch and test yourself for the second half.
I love burning out on that last 1/4 stretch or so.
Good luck!
monteaz said:
I am going to go to the track and do a 1 mile run. I am 27yrs old, weight 170 and am 5'11. I run on average of probably two times a week and do muay thai. I usually just run at a slow steady pace and have not been running for very long. I did a 10k in 51:14 last weekend and last week I ran 2 miles in 15:00. So, how fast can I run a mile? I am doing this mid day sunday nov 14th.
I am guessing 6:23
How fast can you run a mile. Guess your time and then go try it.
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I can't stand running.. horrible for your knees.. Get me in a pool anytie
) .. what's your 5000 time .. haha
EclipseAgent said:
I can't stand running.. horrible for your knees.. Get me in a pool anytie
) .. what's your 5000 time .. haha
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15:37 PR if you're talking about running.
Re: How fast can I run a mile? (with results)
Its different going out for a run and a trail or even doing a 10k in a group vs. running 1 mile as fast as you can.
I hadn't run on a track in years and I totally blew my load on the first lap (1:10 first lap). I then tried to adjust but kinda hit a wall on laps 2 and 3, I picked it up again on lap 4 to
finish at 6:54. I feel like I could run it it 6:30 or less if I would have just paced myself a little better. I am going to do this every month or so. I think a 5 min mile would be my peak.
I think I can break 6 min in 2 months if I give an attempt a week or so.
Re: How fast can I run a mile? (with results)
monteaz said:
Its different going out for a run and a trail or even doing a 10k in a group vs. running 1 mile as fast as you can.
I hadn't run on a track in years and I totally blew my load on the first lap (1:10 first lap). I then tried to adjust but kinda hit a wall on laps 2 and 3, I picked it up again on lap 4 to
finish at 6:54. I feel like I could run it it 6:30 or less if I would have just paced myself a little better. I am going to do this every month or so. I think a 5 min mile would be my peak.
I think I can break 6 min in 2 months if I give an attempt a week or so.
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Do this once a week: Run a 400 (1 lap at 1:30), then jog the next lap, then immediately repeat. You should jog the recovery lap fast enough that you're just barely regaining stable breathing by the time you start your next fast lap. Start with only five or ten fast laps your first time, and work your way up to 20x fast laps. DO NOT overdo this workout - you will get injured. No more than once a week. Trust me, mix in some distance with this workout and you will dramatically cut your mile time. You can also do a fast 800m, with a recovery 400.
I think I messed myself up a little. I have been coughing a lot. I run pretty often, but I over did it on that first lap. I do muay thai classes like 3 or 4 times a week that are really a cardio challenge, but for whatever reason that 1/4 mile load blow may have done me in. I am still motivated though.....5 min mile here i come.
