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re: If you are reasonably healthy, how fast should you be able to run a mile?
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:06 am to Street Hawk
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:06 am to Street Hawk
If you aren't already running then 10 minutes is a good start. Pretty quickly, a week or so, you should be under 8 minutes if in reasonably good health. It's more of adjusting to the breathing. The first half mile will be the challenge for a beginner.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:15 am to nc14
My wife broke under 6 minutes in the first mile of a 5k. I used to be able to barely break 8 minutes
Time to start running again I guess
Time to start running again I guess
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:26 am to nc14
I am 45 and just ran a mile last week at 8:40. I felt like I was running like the wind , my 5k pace is a little under 10 or right at it, depending the wind.
Really would like to get to a 27 minute 5, and a 10 under 1 hour and I will be happy.
My mile 18 months ago was a little over 12
Really would like to get to a 27 minute 5, and a 10 under 1 hour and I will be happy.
My mile 18 months ago was a little over 12
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:29 am to Street Hawk
A reasonably healthy person should be able to run 1 mile in under 8 minutes pretty easily and I don't think that is setting the bar very high
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:38 am to TigerBait1127
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My wife broke under 6 minutes in the first mile of a 5k. I used to be able to barely break 8 minutes
That is amazingly impressive! I'm not that connected to the running community anymore but when I was I knew less than 10 local females capable of hitting sub 6 minute splits in races. Pretty much all of them had college running experience.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:54 am to CidCock
I am not fast by any means - actually pretty slow. I think my best 5K time was only 22 minutes.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:58 am to Spaceman Spiff
A 44:00 10K will generally put you in the Top 500 finishers of the CCC.
That's pretty good, IMO.
That's pretty good, IMO.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 9:06 am to VetteGuy
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A 44:00 10K will generally put you in the Top 500 finishers of the CCC.
I don't think I could have held that pace for that long! When we were stationed in MD, there was an excellent loop on base that was exactly 5.5 miles with small to moderate hills. My best time on that was 48 minutes. Not exactly that pace, but then again it also had small to moderate hills. But, I don't think I could have made a 44:00 10K.
This post was edited on 1/28/15 at 9:12 am
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