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Feasible to run a 5 minute mile? Can currently do one in 11 minutes

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Stirring ticket booth
  01/21/20
Yes. They key to doing this, perhaps counterintuitively, is...
Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry
  01/21/20
Cr. It was shocking how much faster my 5k time got when I s...
Elite racy office
  01/21/20
long, slow runs make long, slow runners
Talented hissy fit area
  01/24/23
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Laughsome hall dragon
  01/21/20
Lol
Laughsome hall dragon
  01/21/20
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Stirring ticket booth
  01/21/20
if not flame, look up couch to 5k
Laughsome hall dragon
  01/21/20
I am actually in good cardio shape but i get insane shin spl...
Stirring ticket booth
  01/21/20
you just have to run more. i'm currently running like 25 mil...
Laughsome hall dragon
  01/21/20
Run more, do compound weight/body lifting exercises like squ...
Elite racy office
  01/21/20
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Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry
  01/21/20
If you’re over 25, then it ain’t happening.
galvanic free-loading box office
  01/21/20
lol
multi-colored sanctuary potus
  06/14/25
5 minute mile is quite difficult and even most good athletes...
cerebral henna death wish mexican
  01/21/20
I'm gonna do it
Stirring ticket booth
  01/21/20
good luck and god speed, brother.
cerebral henna death wish mexican
  01/21/20
Is this something unathletic people strive for?? Who fucking...
Startling impressive mad cow disease
  01/21/20
get your 40 yard dash down to 5.0 seconds. then have your le...
pea-brained diverse abode puppy
  01/21/20
Assuming you're in reasonable shape, and you are not, you ca...
Elite racy office
  01/21/20
I was joking with 11 mins
Stirring ticket booth
  01/21/20
What's your real 1 mile time?
Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry
  01/21/20
I ran a 6:53
Stirring ticket booth
  01/21/20
How out of gas were you at the end of that? Gasping for bre...
Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry
  01/21/20
Legs hurt is all. I could never max out my cardio running ca...
Stirring ticket booth
  01/21/20
Don't cycle if you want to run.
Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry
  01/21/20
I can do 4-5 hours on the bike but 10 minutes of running fee...
Stirring ticket booth
  01/21/20
People try to cross train but a lot of serious runners think...
Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry
  01/21/20
If you were comfortably trying to do this I'd do something l...
Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry
  01/21/20
I’d add some long runs. If he can run for 60 mins the...
Elite racy office
  01/22/20
What is it actually? I got into running recently and went f...
Elite racy office
  01/21/20
Idk i haven't ran in years, ill go see
Stirring ticket booth
  01/21/20
*5 minutes later* "Well, it's a 5 flat. Guess that'...
Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry
  01/21/20
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Stirring ticket booth
  01/21/20
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Laughsome hall dragon
  01/21/20
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fantasy-prone excitant jewess son of senegal
  01/22/20
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Claret Telephone
  01/22/20
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Stirring ticket booth
  01/23/23
How big a boy are you?
razzle-dazzle police squad resort
  01/21/20
I look like Ryan Gosling IRL most people tell me
Stirring ticket booth
  01/21/20
https://www.wikihow.com/Run-a-5-Minute-Mile
cerebral henna death wish mexican
  01/21/20
https://www.outsideonline.com/2167096/mission-barely-possibl...
cerebral henna death wish mexican
  01/21/20
yes
supple travel guidebook wrinkle
  01/21/20
...
Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry
  01/22/20
i can walk a mile in about 40 minutes give or take
navy center electric furnace
  01/22/20
wow
Elite racy office
  01/22/20
...
Stirring ticket booth
  06/09/20
My best time was 5:13, and I could run 4 400m intervals at @...
snowy community account
  06/09/20
That’s really good!
House-broken Digit Ratio Idea He Suggested
  06/09/20
For a heavy drinker, I guess so, I guess so. If u wanna do s...
snowy community account
  06/09/20
...
House-broken Digit Ratio Idea He Suggested
  06/09/20
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orchid stage
  06/09/20
I can’t dunk a basketball over an opponent like u, tho
snowy community account
  06/09/20
Down to 5:40 lol
Stirring ticket booth
  07/18/21
180
Laughsome hall dragon
  07/18/21
180
crimson nursing home
  07/18/21
5:40 is seriously impressive for anyone over 25
Indecent emerald yarmulke
  01/23/23


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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:12 PM
Author: Stirring ticket booth



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:15 PM
Author: Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry

Yes. They key to doing this, perhaps counterintuitively, is to focus first on mileage--you need to be doing at least three runs per week, maybe targeting 10 miles total. Once you have that in place, then gradually up your pace. If you can get your general runs down to 6 minutes per mile, you're within spitting distance of doing a 5 minute mile. None of this is that difficult to achieve. You could probably be at a single 5 minute mile within a year starting at an 11 minute pace if you're dedicated. Good luck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468288)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:33 PM
Author: Elite racy office

Cr. It was shocking how much faster my 5k time got when I started running much longer distances and longer times. Adding a 60 min run at a leisurely pace once a week shaved two mins off my 5k time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468370)



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Date: January 24th, 2023 12:00 AM
Author: Talented hissy fit area

long, slow runs make long, slow runners

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#45832991)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:47 PM
Author: Laughsome hall dragon



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:13 PM
Author: Laughsome hall dragon

Lol

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:13 PM
Author: Stirring ticket booth



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:15 PM
Author: Laughsome hall dragon

if not flame, look up couch to 5k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468287)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:16 PM
Author: Stirring ticket booth

I am actually in good cardio shape but i get insane shin splints from running. Any way around this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468301)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:18 PM
Author: Laughsome hall dragon

you just have to run more. i'm currently running like 25 miles a week but if i take more than like 2 days off in a row i get crippling shin splints

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468306)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:25 PM
Author: Elite racy office

Run more, do compound weight/body lifting exercises like squats, jumps, pullups.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468336)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:18 PM
Author: galvanic free-loading box office

If you’re over 25, then it ain’t happening.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468304)



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Date: June 14th, 2025 7:19 PM
Author: multi-colored sanctuary potus

lol

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:22 PM
Author: cerebral henna death wish mexican

5 minute mile is quite difficult and even most good athletes can never come close. but it's worth trying.

as you do your training cycle, see if you can get someone fast or someone on a bicycle to pace you over 1/8th mile intervals, then build up toward 1/4, etc., so you can see the speed it takes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468324)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:26 PM
Author: Stirring ticket booth

I'm gonna do it

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:38 PM
Author: cerebral henna death wish mexican

good luck and god speed, brother.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468393)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:23 PM
Author: Startling impressive mad cow disease

Is this something unathletic people strive for?? Who fucking cares

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:24 PM
Author: pea-brained diverse abode puppy

get your 40 yard dash down to 5.0 seconds. then have your legs and lungs extrapolate that to a mile. enjoy your 3.7 min mile.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468329)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:24 PM
Author: Elite racy office

Assuming you're in reasonable shape, and you are not, you can train yourself to do close to a five minute mile in a year or so.

If your current mile time is 11 min, you're looking at more like 2-3 years depending on how much weight you need to lose.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468333)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:26 PM
Author: Stirring ticket booth

I was joking with 11 mins

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry

What's your real 1 mile time?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468342)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: Stirring ticket booth

I ran a 6:53

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:28 PM
Author: Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry

How out of gas were you at the end of that? Gasping for breath? Felt like you could do another half mile? Somewhere in between?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468354)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:31 PM
Author: Stirring ticket booth

Legs hurt is all. I could never max out my cardio running cause shin splints. I was a serious cyclist for years and only there could i really get my HR maxed out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468363)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:32 PM
Author: Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry

Don't cycle if you want to run.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468365)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:33 PM
Author: Stirring ticket booth

I can do 4-5 hours on the bike but 10 minutes of running feels like forever

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468368)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:34 PM
Author: Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry

People try to cross train but a lot of serious runners think that cycling is counterproductive because you're engaging the muscles in different, non-cumulative ways.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468375)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:39 PM
Author: Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry

If you were comfortably trying to do this I'd do something like:

Wk. 1: 1 mile @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 2: 1.5 miles @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 3: 1.5 miles @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 4: 2 miles @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 5: 2 miles @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 6: 2.5 miles @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 7: 2.5 miles @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 8: 3 miles @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 9: 3 miles @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 10: (1 @ 6:30, 2 @ 7:00) x3

Wk. 11: (2 @ 6:30, 1 @ 7:00) x3

Wk. 12: 3 miles @ 6:30 x3

Wk. 13: (1 @ 6:00, 2 @ 6:30) x3

Wk. 14: (2 @ 6:00, 1 @ 6:30) x3

Wk. 15: 3 miles @ 6:00 x3

Wk. 16: (1 @ 5:30, 2 @ 6:00) x3

Wk. 17: (2 @ 5:30, 1 @ 6:00) x3

Wk. 18: 3 miles @ 5:30 x3

Wk. 19: You can go out and do your one mile @ 5.

So start this next week and you'd hit a 5 minute mile by early summer.

Godspeed.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468395)



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 10:39 AM
Author: Elite racy office

I’d add some long runs. If he can run for 60 mins then five minutes starts to feel like nothing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39470019)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:29 PM
Author: Elite racy office

What is it actually? I got into running recently and went from not being able to do an 8 min mile to doing a 6 min mile (on a treadmill) in six months. I can do a quarter to a half mile at a five-min pace so if that was my goal I'm sure I could do it. I'm working on the endurance part rather than speed right now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468356)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:32 PM
Author: Stirring ticket booth

Idk i haven't ran in years, ill go see

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468366)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:32 PM
Author: Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry

*5 minutes later*

"Well, it's a 5 flat. Guess that's done."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#39468367)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:33 PM
Author: Stirring ticket booth



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:47 PM
Author: Laughsome hall dragon



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 9:18 AM
Author: fantasy-prone excitant jewess son of senegal



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 8:04 PM
Author: Claret Telephone



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Date: January 23rd, 2023 11:43 PM
Author: Stirring ticket booth



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:26 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle police squad resort

How big a boy are you?

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: Stirring ticket booth

I look like Ryan Gosling IRL most people tell me

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:36 PM
Author: cerebral henna death wish mexican

https://www.wikihow.com/Run-a-5-Minute-Mile

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:38 PM
Author: cerebral henna death wish mexican

https://www.outsideonline.com/2167096/mission-barely-possible

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:41 PM
Author: supple travel guidebook wrinkle

yes

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Date: January 22nd, 2020 9:17 AM
Author: Fuchsia Range Dingle Berry



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 7:58 PM
Author: navy center electric furnace

i can walk a mile in about 40 minutes give or take

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Date: January 22nd, 2020 9:17 PM
Author: Elite racy office

wow

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Date: June 9th, 2020 9:11 PM
Author: Stirring ticket booth



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:05 PM
Author: snowy community account

My best time was 5:13, and I could run 4 400m intervals at @ 63 secs, that’s all I had in me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#40387796)



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:12 PM
Author: House-broken Digit Ratio Idea He Suggested

That’s really good!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#40387856)



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:14 PM
Author: snowy community account

For a heavy drinker, I guess so, I guess so. If u wanna do some hills with me, just holler.

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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: House-broken Digit Ratio Idea He Suggested



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:13 PM
Author: orchid stage



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:15 PM
Author: snowy community account

I can’t dunk a basketball over an opponent like u, tho

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Date: July 18th, 2021 4:42 PM
Author: Stirring ticket booth

Down to 5:40 lol

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Date: July 18th, 2021 4:43 PM
Author: Laughsome hall dragon

180

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Date: July 18th, 2021 4:44 PM
Author: crimson nursing home

180

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Date: January 23rd, 2023 11:50 PM
Author: Indecent emerald yarmulke

5:40 is seriously impressive for anyone over 25

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2:#45832950)