How fast can you run a mile?

[SilkyJohnson]

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STEP 1: Clothing; make sure you have running trainers or trainers you're comfortable running in. Wear sports clothing, whether it's zip tops, t-shirts, jumpers, vests, shorts, tights or bottoms.

STEP 2: Timing; make sure you have a timing device that can be easily accessible. One time, I used a phone that reduced me to a fumbling wreck as I finished the run, desperately trying get my mobile phone out to stop the time, which I had stuffed down my socks because I had no pockets and holding it back in those days was tantamount to gripping a brick. Maybe it was a one-off occurrence? I sure as hell didn't want to find out next time, so I got me a watch.

STEP 3: Google Earth; find a stretch of road, countryside, pavement or area you'd like to run and measure it using the appropriate tools.

STEP 4: Try and use correct running technique. Don't sway your shoulders, arms, hips and legs side to side. Always breath in using your nose and out through the mouth or nose. Youtube is a good place to visit if you'd like video demonstrations regarding correct posture, technique and the like.

STEP 5: The last step...post them times up, yeee haaa!

[ace23]

About 6:30

[NBA4EVER]

About 6:30

same here...that's the fastest time I've ever run. And ive only tried once

[ThaSwagg3r]

I have not ran a timed mile in a while but If I had to take a guess it would be somewhere in the 6:30-7:15 range. I haven't ran a timed mile in like 5 years.

[VishaltotheG]

7:52

[niko]

37 seconds.:D

[Presence]

Easily 20-25 minutes

[L.Kizzle]

Easily 20-25 minutes
Run not walk pal.

[Presence]

Run not walk pal.

Light jog. Don't get smart with me.

[rezznor]

haven't timed my single mile but I run my 3.1 mile park in about 25 minutes. my single mile should be alot faster though, i suck at long runs.

[IlliniFan]

Fastest I've ever run it is like 6:15 back either during freshman or sophomore year of hs.

[d.bball.guy]

I have joined a marathon and ran 6.21371 mi(10 km) in almost an hour. I can't compute it because I walked too long after I forgot I'm on a race. I'll just probably use 6 mins lol.

[LJJ]

My long distance pace is about at 7,5 mph, don't know how fast I could run a mile though.

[N0Skillz]

When I ran on my schools track team I ran a 5:10ish 1600m.
You have to run 4:30 just to qualify.
A mile is 1609m.

I never won anything :facepalm , I just did it so it would look good for my college application, didn't even do it in my senior year.

[code green]

I ran a 5:13 when i was on my track team in high school. I'll never, ever, ever break 6 minutes again, never mind match that.

[Lucifer]

Fastest I've ever run it is like 6:15 back either during freshman or sophomore year of hs.


Same here. I was like 5'7, 115 pounds then.

I'm like 5'9-5'10, 170 pounds now and a smoker, so i'm guessing my mile time is like 9 minutes now :lol .

[Doranku]

Probably about 7 minutes. Never really tried to run one as fast as possible, but I used to do 7:30 miles daily just to keep in shape so I feel like if I tried for an actual speed mile, I could do around 7 minutes.

[KeylessEntry]

when I was playing HS basketball I could run a mile in about 6 mins. Havent timed myself in over a decade so I have no idea now but I would guess around 7 mins.

[ace23]

Fastest I've ever run it is like 6:15 back either during freshman or sophomore year of hs.
Where have you been? The league playoffs start Saturday.

[Eat Like A Bosh]

I honestly don't know I never timed myself when running.

I'm just gonna say 10 mins cause that sounds good

[Tarik One]

I know I can do 7:00 on a treadmill. Outside it's different

[the_chosen_1]

Fastest time 5:45 two years ago. Ran alot (4 to 5 times a week, bout 25 miles a week) and played ball alot then.

Now I have had reconstructive surgery on my left knee and haven't played full court bball more than ten times since and only run two miles maybe once a month. Pretty sad now. I run two miles in the 8:30 range per mile.:facepalm

[Jimmy2k8]

When I ran on my schools track team I ran a 5:10ish 1600m.
You have to run 4:30 just to qualify.
A mile is 1609m.

I never won anything :facepalm , I just did it so it would look good for my college application, didn't even do it in my senior year.


When I ran track during my high school career, a 4:30 1600 would ALWAYS win a 1600m race in a small meet.

I haven't ran the 1600m race since my sophomore year, because I always ran in the open 800m. If I had to guess what my time would be for a mile, it'd be around 4:55.

[tpols]

My fastest 3.1 mile time was 18:30 something in HS. That was during CC but I cant remember my mile time..

[Black Joker]

my fastest is around 5 (college soccer coach expected everyone on the team to run sub 5. Nowadays, probably 530ish to 6

[Jasper]

when I was running 50+ miles a week in my hay day -

I did a 10k in 40 minutes

[LA_Showtime]

I have no idea. I run for pleasure, not because I want to get super fast or run a marathon or anything. I can run at least 3 seven minute miles, though.

[No Name]

6:04 cept our mile is torture

we have to run a lap, run up stairs, run a lap on another field, run up a hill, run thru a park, run back thru the first lap place and finish -_-

[QuebecBaller]

37 seconds.:D

I think we have the same shortcut :oldlol:

[baseketball4life]

fastest I've ever ran was 5:26.... haven't ran it in years though I can get sub 6 now I believe because I'm in good shape again playing soccer 3-4 hours 5 days a week.

[WadeRekeforlife]

remember the last time i ran the mile was in middle school and i didnt give a shit :lol got like 12:00.

[KingBeasley08]

my best is 6:35

[Premeditated]

I did track and cross country in high school. In my prime I was around late 3 minutes early 4 minutes. Not that good.

I was more of a 100, 800 meter and long jump.

[baseketball4life]

my fastest is around 5 (college soccer coach expected everyone on the team to run sub 5. Nowadays, probably 530ish to 6
did you guys have to pass the cooper test as well? our coach required 2 miles under 12 minutes before even taking part in a session. took a lot of guys several tries, but I got myself in shape and passed the first time. that test is a killer tho.

[JerrySteakhouse]

Not sure about 1 mile but 1 km took me about ~3 min back in middle school. 1 Mile is like 1.6km so probably take about 5:45 ish

[Black Joker]

did you guys have to pass the cooper test as well? our coach required 2 miles under 12 minutes before even taking part in a session. took a lot of guys several tries, but I got myself in shape and passed the first time. that test is a killer tho.
depended on the year, coach liked to switch things up

[clipps]

Not a mile, but it's a mile and a half for bi-annual Air Force PT tests. My run time is usually between 11-12 mins.

[Stuckey]

i use to be able to do it in under 7 minutes

but my cardio is shot, the only running i get is during bball or the very occasional 25 minutes job at night

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

I did track and cross country in high school. In my prime I was around late 3 minutes early 4 minutes. Not that good.

I was more of a 100, 800 meter and long jump.

LOL!

Nice try bruh.


I haven't touched a treadmill in years but I can still knock down a 5:15 :oldlol: Jeez all you guys gotta do is really get in a trance at a moderate fast pace, take big steps, get a 3 turnover rate, and ignore the pain in your chest.

[Joshumitsu]

Damn. Am I'm the only slow one here?

I get late 7's, early 8's.

Would increasing my weekly mileage to say, 25-30 miles a week help me achieve 6 minute miles?

[talkingconch]

fastest was about 5:48

[Saintsfan1992]

Im like a 5:50 back in highschool was my fastest that was freshmen year.

I always beat my team mates in the mile. :pimp:

[chains5000]

Never tried that short a distance. I usually run between 8 and 13 km when training, and 20km or half marathon at organized contests (amateur obviously).
1:26 at 20 km and 1:29:59 (yeah) at half-marathon are my best times.

[Lakers Legend#32]

My fastest mile ever was when I was in middle school and I did it in 6:19.

That was a long time ago. Although I still run, now I probably do it in 10 minutes.

[Jackass18]

I was never a fan of running just to run. My best time was somewhere between 6:30 and 7:00.

[Take Your Lumps]

Damn. Am I'm the only slow one here?

Didn't you know? ISH is a breeding ground for future olympians and professional athletes.

[gotbacon23]

if i ran one mile only, i can probably get around 7 minutes on a track or flat run.

i ran the cherry blossom festival 10 mile race in DC in April which was a) 10 miles and not one mile and b) definitely not flat or on a track, and i did it in one hour and 24 minutes, so that was an average of 8:24 per mile for the ten miles.

[LA_Showtime]

I did track and cross country in high school. In my prime I was around late 3 minutes early 4 minutes. Not that good.

I was more of a 100, 800 meter and long jump.

What the ****. A 4 minute mile is ****ing insane. LMAO @ not that good. You clearly can't run a 4 minute mile if you don't even know how ****ing godly that is...

[bballer]

ITT: E-Stats

[Black Joker]

ITT: E-Stats
:no:

other than Premeditated's retarded claim, i thought most of these seems pretty legit. i mean any half-way athletic person should be able to knock out a mile in 6 minutes and change imo

[AboveTheRim.]

4:33 last spring

[alenleomessi]

thats a lot of running , i would rather waste that energy playing basketball

[Rake2204]

So, I just ran an officially timed mile for the first time since probably 1997. I've been a basketball player for life and miles and miles have been run over the years, they've just never been timed with a stopwatch.

The last time I ran a mile was probably in April. Since then, I've been biking a lot and playing a good amount of basketball. However, I easily turned in the worst mile time in this thread, aside from Joshumitsu.

My time: 8:46.

I'm embarrassed but I figure putting it down on paper (er, computer) will be a good reference point. My saving grace is that the mile was run on a hilly terrain (with an awful hill right at the end) but even then, we're probably still talking 8:30 on flat at best.

I can almost guarantee I could have never broken the 7:00 mark, even in my athletic prime, yet somehow, I've often felt like I could outrun/outwork the vast majority of my opponents on the basketball court.

Is there a significant disparity between sprint/stop/sprint ability and non-stop endurance jogging/running?

[24-Inch_Chrome]

Got bored and tried this a few weeks ago, did 7 minutes fairly easily. I could probably hit 6:30 but I haven't found the motivation to go out there and do it, I prefer sports to running by a huge margin.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Before a leg injury in beginning of high school, best I ever did was 6 mins 7 seconds. After the injury? I couldn't get faster than 7 mins 50 seconds. Never fully healed. Injured it during freshman year, was told by a physical therapist that it might need surgery in order to fully heal. I wasn't no star athlete so I didn't bother.

[DCL]

Is there a significant disparity between sprint/stop/sprint ability and non-stop endurance jogging/running?

huge disparity cuz im good at the former but suck at the latter too lol

[Bandito]

I use to run the mile in 4:47 but now I can barely do it on 8:36.

[1987_Lakers]

I jog alot, I use to go 5 miles without taking a breather in just over 46 minutes all the time. I never really ran a mile to see how fast I can do it, but my fastest time was exactly 7 minutes, that is amazing considering I was a fat slob a few years back.

[That_Admiral]

If my calculations are correct, I could have run it just under 5 minutes. But i'm so unfit now :lol

[Bandito]

I tried this morning and did it in 11:28...I am so unfit and fat :'(

That's it, I am starting exercising tomorrow at 5:30...

[Le Shaqtus]

In season I ran 4:55.

Now if I'm in decent shape I'm anyhere in 5 minutes.

Right now I'd be 6-7 minutes.

[TripleA]

4:30 but the 1500 not my event its the hurdles.

[24-Inch_Chrome]

I'm curious to see how quickly I could run it, 7:00 was fairly easy and it's not like I'm in good shape. I'll give it another shot at the end of the summer, see what I can manage.

[Rake2204]

Didn't feel great about my time a few days ago (8:46). The road I ran on was relatively hilly but I didn't think it'd make that much of a difference. I decided to give it a shot on an actual track this afternoon.

New time: 8:13

Obviously, still amongst the worst times in here, but it's all relative for me, since it beats the heck out of 8:46. Also, the wind was coming out of the south at 19-20 miles per hour (there was a tornado 30 miles north of me today), so with the track running north-south, one half of the run felt like I was running into a wall. I knew things were rough when an abandoned soccer ball began rolling from a standstill 120 yards diagonal across the entire field, picking up speed as it went along.

I might be overestimating, but I'm wondering if a wind-free day could allow me to get into the seven's.

[KyrieTheFuture]

I highly doubt I could get under 9 minutes

[oarabbus]

At the end of high school I ran a 4:58. There were dudes on my team in the same race running under 4:30, but coming in as a slow fat kid and improving to a sub-5 mile is one of the accomplishments I am most proud of, at least from my childhood.

[Type 2]

About 22 minutes.

[rezznor]

best i could do for awhile was under 24 minutes for 3 miles, didn't really push how fast i could go only 1 mile though but if i had to guess it would be just under 7 min. Can't do that currently though.

[Bigsmoke]

with or without the cops chasing me?

[BlazerRed]

Probably about 3.50

[ShackEelOKneel]

with or without the cops chasing me?

Well, with cops chasing you, you don't even complete the mile. You'd do a sprint to get away, and then you would collapse in fatigue way before a mile. So lets say without cops chasing you.

[ShackEelOKneel]

Probably about 3.50
:coleman:

[BlazerRed]

:coleman:
:confusedshrug:

[ShackEelOKneel]

:confusedshrug:

I don't believe you. Nobody guesses about 3:50. That is within 7 seconds of the world record. If you were that fast, you would be running competitively in the Olympics and would know your exact time.

[Derka]

33 years old, only just started getting back into shape last September...I do a mile in about 8 minutes and am perfectly happy with that.

[plowking]

How far is a mile? About 1.6km?
I might try this on my university track. I haven't ran that long in ages. I was always more of a sprinter and explosive movement type guy.

[riseagainst]

back when i was younger and less than 120 pounds, i could run a mile in 6 flat. Now probably 12 minutes.

:lol

[Bosnian Sajo]

Hella fast.

[Doctor Rivers]

4:08