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

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maize marvelous place of business
  01/21/20
Yes. They key to doing this, perhaps counterintuitively, is...
cerise impressive boistinker
  01/21/20
Cr. It was shocking how much faster my 5k time got when I s...
White Wrinkle
  01/21/20
long, slow runs make long, slow runners
Vivacious Shivering House
  01/24/23
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soggy indecent bawdyhouse keepsake machete
  01/21/20
Lol
soggy indecent bawdyhouse keepsake machete
  01/21/20
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maize marvelous place of business
  01/21/20
if not flame, look up couch to 5k
soggy indecent bawdyhouse keepsake machete
  01/21/20
I am actually in good cardio shape but i get insane shin spl...
maize marvelous place of business
  01/21/20
you just have to run more. i'm currently running like 25 mil...
soggy indecent bawdyhouse keepsake machete
  01/21/20
Run more, do compound weight/body lifting exercises like squ...
White Wrinkle
  01/21/20
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cerise impressive boistinker
  01/21/20
If you’re over 25, then it ain’t happening.
Misunderstood big pit goal in life
  01/21/20
lol
beady-eyed personal credit line
  06/14/25
5 minute mile is quite difficult and even most good athletes...
Ungodly church building
  01/21/20
I'm gonna do it
maize marvelous place of business
  01/21/20
good luck and god speed, brother.
Ungodly church building
  01/21/20
Is this something unathletic people strive for?? Who fucking...
poppy comical brunch queen of the night
  01/21/20
get your 40 yard dash down to 5.0 seconds. then have your le...
Peach organic girlfriend volcanic crater
  01/21/20
Assuming you're in reasonable shape, and you are not, you ca...
White Wrinkle
  01/21/20
I was joking with 11 mins
maize marvelous place of business
  01/21/20
What's your real 1 mile time?
cerise impressive boistinker
  01/21/20
I ran a 6:53
maize marvelous place of business
  01/21/20
How out of gas were you at the end of that? Gasping for bre...
cerise impressive boistinker
  01/21/20
Legs hurt is all. I could never max out my cardio running ca...
maize marvelous place of business
  01/21/20
Don't cycle if you want to run.
cerise impressive boistinker
  01/21/20
I can do 4-5 hours on the bike but 10 minutes of running fee...
maize marvelous place of business
  01/21/20
People try to cross train but a lot of serious runners think...
cerise impressive boistinker
  01/21/20
If you were comfortably trying to do this I'd do something l...
cerise impressive boistinker
  01/21/20
I’d add some long runs. If he can run for 60 mins the...
White Wrinkle
  01/22/20
What is it actually? I got into running recently and went f...
White Wrinkle
  01/21/20
Idk i haven't ran in years, ill go see
maize marvelous place of business
  01/21/20
*5 minutes later* "Well, it's a 5 flat. Guess that'...
cerise impressive boistinker
  01/21/20
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maize marvelous place of business
  01/21/20
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soggy indecent bawdyhouse keepsake machete
  01/21/20
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insecure trip rigor
  01/22/20
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rambunctious glittery lay
  01/22/20
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maize marvelous place of business
  01/23/23
How big a boy are you?
irradiated immigrant
  01/21/20
I look like Ryan Gosling IRL most people tell me
maize marvelous place of business
  01/21/20
https://www.wikihow.com/Run-a-5-Minute-Mile
Ungodly church building
  01/21/20
https://www.outsideonline.com/2167096/mission-barely-possibl...
Ungodly church building
  01/21/20
yes
Cream stag film roommate
  01/21/20
...
cerise impressive boistinker
  01/22/20
i can walk a mile in about 40 minutes give or take
Narrow-minded codepig
  01/22/20
wow
White Wrinkle
  01/22/20
...
maize marvelous place of business
  06/09/20
My best time was 5:13, and I could run 4 400m intervals at @...
Titillating lemon messiness
  06/09/20
That’s really good!
vibrant copper cruise ship
  06/09/20
For a heavy drinker, I guess so, I guess so. If u wanna do s...
Titillating lemon messiness
  06/09/20
...
vibrant copper cruise ship
  06/09/20
...
Contagious Amethyst Boiling Water Kitty Cat
  06/09/20
I can’t dunk a basketball over an opponent like u, tho
Titillating lemon messiness
  06/09/20
Down to 5:40 lol
maize marvelous place of business
  07/18/21
180
soggy indecent bawdyhouse keepsake machete
  07/18/21
180
Olive Shrine
  07/18/21
5:40 is seriously impressive for anyone over 25
motley ultramarine church jap
  01/23/23


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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:12 PM
Author: maize marvelous place of business



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2#39468275)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:15 PM
Author: cerise impressive boistinker

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: White Wrinkle

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: Vivacious Shivering House

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: soggy indecent bawdyhouse keepsake machete



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:13 PM
Author: soggy indecent bawdyhouse keepsake machete

Lol

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:13 PM
Author: maize marvelous place of business



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:15 PM
Author: soggy indecent bawdyhouse keepsake machete

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: maize marvelous place of business

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: soggy indecent bawdyhouse keepsake machete

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: White Wrinkle

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: cerise impressive boistinker



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:18 PM
Author: Misunderstood big pit goal in life

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: beady-eyed personal credit line

lol

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:22 PM
Author: Ungodly church building

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: maize marvelous place of business

I'm gonna do it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2#39468337)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:38 PM
Author: Ungodly church building

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: poppy comical brunch queen of the night

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2#39468327)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:24 PM
Author: Peach organic girlfriend volcanic crater

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: White Wrinkle

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: maize marvelous place of business

I was joking with 11 mins

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2#39468339)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: cerise impressive boistinker

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: maize marvelous place of business

I ran a 6:53

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2#39468344)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:28 PM
Author: cerise impressive boistinker

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: maize marvelous place of business

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: cerise impressive boistinker

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: maize marvelous place of business

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: cerise impressive boistinker

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: cerise impressive boistinker

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: White Wrinkle

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: White Wrinkle

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: maize marvelous place of business

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: cerise impressive boistinker

*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: maize marvelous place of business



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:47 PM
Author: soggy indecent bawdyhouse keepsake machete



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 9:18 AM
Author: insecure trip rigor



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 8:04 PM
Author: rambunctious glittery lay



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Date: January 23rd, 2023 11:43 PM
Author: maize marvelous place of business



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:26 PM
Author: irradiated immigrant

How big a boy are you?

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: maize marvelous place of business

I look like Ryan Gosling IRL most people tell me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2#39468343)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:36 PM
Author: Ungodly church building

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2#39468384)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:38 PM
Author: Ungodly church building

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

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:41 PM
Author: Cream stag film roommate

yes

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Date: January 22nd, 2020 9:17 AM
Author: cerise impressive boistinker



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 7:58 PM
Author: Narrow-minded codepig

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2#39473180)



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 9:17 PM
Author: White Wrinkle

wow

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Date: June 9th, 2020 9:11 PM
Author: maize marvelous place of business



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:05 PM
Author: Titillating lemon messiness

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: vibrant copper cruise ship

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: Titillating lemon messiness

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2#40387871)



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: vibrant copper cruise ship



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:13 PM
Author: Contagious Amethyst Boiling Water Kitty Cat



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:15 PM
Author: Titillating lemon messiness

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

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Date: July 18th, 2021 4:42 PM
Author: maize marvelous place of business

Down to 5:40 lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2#42802055)



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Date: July 18th, 2021 4:43 PM
Author: soggy indecent bawdyhouse keepsake machete

180

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Date: July 18th, 2021 4:44 PM
Author: Olive Shrine

180

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Date: January 23rd, 2023 11:50 PM
Author: motley ultramarine church jap

5:40 is seriously impressive for anyone over 25

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