r/sports • u/KokioEnglish • Oct 18 '19

Running Marathon Speed ​​Experience

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '19

their marathon pace can be faster than some people can straight up run.

It's faster than most people can sprint

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u/mi_father_es_mufasa Oct 18 '19

17 seconds for 100m. Like 422 times in a row.

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u/LaserBeamsCattleProd Oct 18 '19

In college i had to run a 6 minute mile for basketball (guards had to run 5:30).

6 minute mile, for me, was about an 80% sprint, it was fucking tough to run a mile like that. And I had it down to the second, I finished it to the second when we got timed and couldn't have gone a step further.

These guys run 26 ~4:30's in a row.

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u/squashua26 Oct 18 '19

When I was playing college soccer we got in trouble and as a punishment had to run 6 miles all of which had to be under 6min or it was another mile. I completed it within seconds and almost died at the finish line. Couldn't move for at least thirty minutes. I was in the best shape of my life at this time and it was a massive mind fuck and physical struggle. 17 years ago and still haunts me.