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| Is a 3:30 mile possible? (Read 624 times) |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 12:44 AM |
http://in.rediff.com/sports/2004/may/06mile.htm
For more than half a century the sub-four minute mile defied the world's finest middle-distance runners.
Then, after a succession of athletes had threatened a mark once thought impregnable, 25-year-old English medical student Roger Bannister clocked three minutes 59.4 seconds on the evening of May 6 1954.
Asked in the same year what he thought the ultimate mark would be, Bannister predicted three minutes 30 seconds.
In an interview before Thursday's 50th anniversary of his epic run, Bannister saw no reason to revise his prediction, referring to the present mark of 3:43.13 set by Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj four years ago.
"I think the 3-1/2-minute mile is going to be difficult," Bannister said. "That's what I thought 50 years ago but we've got halfway towards it."
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Hefty's current log in a nutshell...
Running 6 to10 miles per day at 9:00 min/mile pace to 10 min/mile pace 4 - 5 days per week |
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finney Resident pinniped |
posted: 5/11/2008 at 12:59 AM |
| I think it's possible, but it's going to be only ONE very unique person with a mix of the right training, the right genetics, and on exactly the right day that does it. |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 1:21 AM |
| It can eventually be reached. Someone someday will come along with freakish genetics and pure talent and break it. |
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| view log House Master |
posted: 5/11/2008 at 2:14 AM |
| Yes, and you can do it Hefty. Oh yes, you can. |
| The Gaijin Samurai. a.k.a The attorney dissin' attorney.
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 2:26 AM |
| Anyone else think technology would play a large role in this? |
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| view log Future RX-7.5 owner |
posted: 5/11/2008 at 3:17 AM |
| In some way, probably. In an indoor mile straightaway, with no shoes on a perfectly tuned track. Or something like that. |
2008 Goals: 5K PB - Hopefully at CF Nationals - check!
Run another ½ marathon
Run consistant milage |
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| view log Balls of Steel |
posted: 5/11/2008 at 4:06 AM |
| Quote from DJ Marcus on 5/11/2008 at 2:14 AM: Yes, and you can do it Hefty. Oh yes, you can.
I ... I love you, man. |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 12:53 PM |
| Does this mean you've already cracked 7 then? Personally I think you'd be better of setting more intermediate goals now that 7 has been accomplished. Start with a 6:30 mile, then 6:00 etc. |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 5:07 PM |
| Not without performance enhancement drug. |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 7:48 PM |
Marcus, Jake, & Mikey don't ...troll around...
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Hefty's current log in a nutshell...
Running 6 to10 miles per day at 9:00 min/mile pace to 10 min/mile pace 4 - 5 days per week |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 11:02 PM |
| Quote from Hefty on 5/11/2008 at 7:48 PM: Marcus, Jake, & Mikey don't ...troll around...
Dude, if you have already knocked out that 7 minute mile, it's all downhill to 3:30. You should be able to do that in time for Beijing I am sure. |
| The Gaijin Samurai. a.k.a The attorney dissin' attorney.
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posted: 5/12/2008 at 1:51 AM |
| If some new performance enhancing drugs come out that are much, much better than the current ones, then maybe. |
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posted: 5/12/2008 at 1:53 AM
modified: 5/12/2008 at 1:54 AM |
Too much pollution in Biejing  |
Hefty's current log in a nutshell...
Running 6 to10 miles per day at 9:00 min/mile pace to 10 min/mile pace 4 - 5 days per week |
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posted: 5/12/2008 at 2:09 AM |
| eric :) censored this post on 5/12/2008 at 2:50 AM. Troll.
stryvynsky: Please do not abuse the site. And yes, I know about your other accounts... |
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posted: 5/12/2008 at 3:09 AM |
| I think it is definately doable. There is still lots of unkowns in regards to proper training techniques, not to mention so many "best" training techiniques. Science has yet to even come close to determine what's the best training. It will also be someone who is a physiological freak, in combination with specific training that we do not know about yet. Given that sprinters are running sub 10s 100 meters. It could even be possible that centuries from now someone could run a mile in 2:40. |
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