What's realistic? Sub 4:30 mile. (Read 3485 times)

well my previous mile time is 5:52, and I now I am fitter than that now, so sub 7 is just ludicrous, I know for a fact I can do sub 7 without much effort. My 10K PR is 6:50 miling

5:52 is sub 7. I never said how FAR below 7.

nice!

Continuing with the theme of this thread I'll predict you can run a 4:01 mile.

Eddy ran a 4:01 mile in college. When he says his previous best is 5:52 he means in the last few weeks.

Hey lets not argue, I have never run a 4:01 mile, I wish. I ran a 5:52 mile about 6 months ago. I ran at 3:43 pace the other day for 300m and it killed me - down a very steep downhill. The speed i hard to believe on a flat.

I have a book from 1987 called The Self-Coached Runner II: Cross Country and the Shorter Distances by Alan Lawrence and Mark Scheid. It's currently out of print, but is available used on Amazon and eBay. The book has detailed day-by-day training programs for distances ranging from 800m to 8k. The section on the mile has training schedules for the mile ranging from 4:00 up to 6:30. In the case of the 4:30 mile program, the header beginning of the section says: In other words, you need to have a certain amount of leg speed to even think about chasing a 4:30, as I'm sure you well know. You may want to to keep those numbers in making a decision to really begin serious training.

Thanks for that info! I'll look up - and probably buy - the book. Seems like a great read!

Last night at an indoor track meet, DS 15 (high school sophomore) ran the mile in 4:52. He doesn't like that short a distance, but he's still doing very well at it. He's only 5'-5" tall, 100 pounds, so it will be interesting to see how his time improves as he grows. If heart and dedication mean anything, he will go far. He must have some REALLY recessive genes.

Nice! I started my final growth spurt when I was 15. Went from about 5' 4" to 5' 11" by the time I was 16 or 17. It really helped lower my times a lot. I don't remember by how much, I just remember thinking "Being taller is great!" Dedication means a ton at the competitive level. Often, he will be up against several others with the same physical ability as him, but if he has worked harder training for the event than he'll probably come out on top. Is he lifting weights? Weight lifting makes a huge difference for the better.

Nice! I started my final growth spurt when I was 15. Went from about 5' 4" to 5' 11" by the time I was 16 or 17. It really helped lower my times a lot. I don't remember by how much, I just remember thinking "Being taller is great!" Dedication means a ton at the competitive level. Often, he will be up against several others with the same physical ability as him, but if he has worked harder training for the event than he'll probably come out on top. Is he lifting weights? Weight lifting makes a huge difference for the better.

It's good to hear you got taller! It will be interesting to see what happens with my son. My side of the family is tall, and my husband's is short. DH and I are the same height - 5'-8 1/2". I will encourage him to keep training hard. I think they do a LITTLE weight lifting at school - I trust his coach to do the right thing. He has had a long, successful coaching career and several of his kids have gone on to have college careers (Ben True is doing very well at Dartmouth).