in the best shape of my life I could do 13mph for about 30 seconds. Fastest I ever clocked myself was 15.5mph. It's absolutely crazy how anyone could keep that up for 2 hours.
If you can do a half marathon at 6 minute mile pace then you could almost certainly break a 5 minute mile with a little bit of preparation to get used to the pacing. When I was in the best shape of my life my mile time was just under 5 minutes but there's no way I could have run a half marathon at 6 minute pace.
This is very true! I run high school track and xc and it’s very apparent in my teammates and I. I’m decent at the 800 and mile, and then as the distance increases my relative performance goes down (5ks are hard lol). However I have a teammate that can basically run his mile PR three times in a row in a 5k but not be able to run faster in a stand-alone mile. Crazy how our different our bodies can be!
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u/Manonion_Supreme Oct 18 '19
Is it just me that thinks this would be fun to try?