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

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free-loading partner
  01/21/20
Yes. They key to doing this, perhaps counterintuitively, is...
arrogant internet-worthy nowag
  01/21/20
Cr. It was shocking how much faster my 5k time got when I s...
dashing garrison shitlib
  01/21/20
long, slow runs make long, slow runners
Bespoke cyan clown doctorate
  01/24/23
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irradiated costumed giraffe
  01/21/20
Lol
irradiated costumed giraffe
  01/21/20
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free-loading partner
  01/21/20
if not flame, look up couch to 5k
irradiated costumed giraffe
  01/21/20
I am actually in good cardio shape but i get insane shin spl...
free-loading partner
  01/21/20
you just have to run more. i'm currently running like 25 mil...
irradiated costumed giraffe
  01/21/20
Run more, do compound weight/body lifting exercises like squ...
dashing garrison shitlib
  01/21/20
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arrogant internet-worthy nowag
  01/21/20
If you’re over 25, then it ain’t happening.
Erotic property
  01/21/20
lol
charismatic church building pisswyrm
  06/14/25
5 minute mile is quite difficult and even most good athletes...
Jade Center
  01/21/20
I'm gonna do it
free-loading partner
  01/21/20
good luck and god speed, brother.
Jade Center
  01/21/20
Is this something unathletic people strive for?? Who fucking...
Honey-headed tattoo
  01/21/20
get your 40 yard dash down to 5.0 seconds. then have your le...
Navy bull headed telephone twinkling uncleanness
  01/21/20
Assuming you're in reasonable shape, and you are not, you ca...
dashing garrison shitlib
  01/21/20
I was joking with 11 mins
free-loading partner
  01/21/20
What's your real 1 mile time?
arrogant internet-worthy nowag
  01/21/20
I ran a 6:53
free-loading partner
  01/21/20
How out of gas were you at the end of that? Gasping for bre...
arrogant internet-worthy nowag
  01/21/20
Legs hurt is all. I could never max out my cardio running ca...
free-loading partner
  01/21/20
Don't cycle if you want to run.
arrogant internet-worthy nowag
  01/21/20
I can do 4-5 hours on the bike but 10 minutes of running fee...
free-loading partner
  01/21/20
People try to cross train but a lot of serious runners think...
arrogant internet-worthy nowag
  01/21/20
If you were comfortably trying to do this I'd do something l...
arrogant internet-worthy nowag
  01/21/20
I’d add some long runs. If he can run for 60 mins the...
dashing garrison shitlib
  01/22/20
What is it actually? I got into running recently and went f...
dashing garrison shitlib
  01/21/20
Idk i haven't ran in years, ill go see
free-loading partner
  01/21/20
*5 minutes later* "Well, it's a 5 flat. Guess that'...
arrogant internet-worthy nowag
  01/21/20
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free-loading partner
  01/21/20
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irradiated costumed giraffe
  01/21/20
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Cruel-hearted passionate rigor
  01/22/20
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Topaz outnumbered wrinkle church
  01/22/20
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free-loading partner
  01/23/23
How big a boy are you?
Coral Stage
  01/21/20
I look like Ryan Gosling IRL most people tell me
free-loading partner
  01/21/20
https://www.wikihow.com/Run-a-5-Minute-Mile
Jade Center
  01/21/20
https://www.outsideonline.com/2167096/mission-barely-possibl...
Jade Center
  01/21/20
yes
hyperactive jet laser beams stead
  01/21/20
...
arrogant internet-worthy nowag
  01/22/20
i can walk a mile in about 40 minutes give or take
yellow stock car death wish
  01/22/20
wow
dashing garrison shitlib
  01/22/20
...
free-loading partner
  06/09/20
My best time was 5:13, and I could run 4 400m intervals at @...
opaque soul-stirring therapy
  06/09/20
That’s really good!
Self-centered nibblets
  06/09/20
For a heavy drinker, I guess so, I guess so. If u wanna do s...
opaque soul-stirring therapy
  06/09/20
...
Self-centered nibblets
  06/09/20
...
lavender hot stag film prole
  06/09/20
I can’t dunk a basketball over an opponent like u, tho
opaque soul-stirring therapy
  06/09/20
Down to 5:40 lol
free-loading partner
  07/18/21
180
irradiated costumed giraffe
  07/18/21
180
Histrionic roommate base
  07/18/21
5:40 is seriously impressive for anyone over 25
saffron aromatic meetinghouse filthpig
  01/23/23


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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:12 PM
Author: free-loading partner



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:15 PM
Author: arrogant internet-worthy nowag

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: dashing garrison shitlib

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: Bespoke cyan clown doctorate

long, slow runs make long, slow runners

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:47 PM
Author: irradiated costumed giraffe



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:13 PM
Author: irradiated costumed giraffe

Lol

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:13 PM
Author: free-loading partner



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:15 PM
Author: irradiated costumed giraffe

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: free-loading partner

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: irradiated costumed giraffe

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: dashing garrison shitlib

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: arrogant internet-worthy nowag



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:18 PM
Author: Erotic property

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

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Date: June 14th, 2025 7:19 PM
Author: charismatic church building pisswyrm

lol

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:22 PM
Author: Jade Center

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: free-loading partner

I'm gonna do it

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:38 PM
Author: Jade Center

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: Honey-headed tattoo

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

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:24 PM
Author: Navy bull headed telephone twinkling uncleanness

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: dashing garrison shitlib

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: free-loading partner

I was joking with 11 mins

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: arrogant internet-worthy nowag

What's your real 1 mile time?

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: free-loading partner

I ran a 6:53

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:28 PM
Author: arrogant internet-worthy nowag

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: free-loading partner

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: arrogant internet-worthy nowag

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: free-loading partner

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: arrogant internet-worthy nowag

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: arrogant internet-worthy nowag

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: dashing garrison shitlib

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: dashing garrison shitlib

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: free-loading partner

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: arrogant internet-worthy nowag

*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: free-loading partner



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:47 PM
Author: irradiated costumed giraffe



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 9:18 AM
Author: Cruel-hearted passionate rigor



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 8:04 PM
Author: Topaz outnumbered wrinkle church



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Date: January 23rd, 2023 11:43 PM
Author: free-loading partner



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:26 PM
Author: Coral Stage

How big a boy are you?

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: free-loading partner

I look like Ryan Gosling IRL most people tell me

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:36 PM
Author: Jade Center

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

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:38 PM
Author: Jade Center

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

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:41 PM
Author: hyperactive jet laser beams stead

yes

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Date: January 22nd, 2020 9:17 AM
Author: arrogant internet-worthy nowag



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 7:58 PM
Author: yellow stock car death wish

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

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Date: January 22nd, 2020 9:17 PM
Author: dashing garrison shitlib

wow

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Date: June 9th, 2020 9:11 PM
Author: free-loading partner



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:05 PM
Author: opaque soul-stirring therapy

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

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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:12 PM
Author: Self-centered nibblets

That’s really good!

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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:14 PM
Author: opaque soul-stirring therapy

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: Self-centered nibblets



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:13 PM
Author: lavender hot stag film prole



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:15 PM
Author: opaque soul-stirring therapy

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

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Date: July 18th, 2021 4:42 PM
Author: free-loading partner

Down to 5:40 lol

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Date: July 18th, 2021 4:43 PM
Author: irradiated costumed giraffe

180

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Date: July 18th, 2021 4:44 PM
Author: Histrionic roommate base

180

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Date: January 23rd, 2023 11:50 PM
Author: saffron aromatic meetinghouse filthpig

5:40 is seriously impressive for anyone over 25

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