How fast do you run the mile on a treadmill?

People who run a 4-minute mile average twice the speed I am running at. That is pretty humbling, but it also makes it realistic that I can get down to a 6-minute mile or less by spring...on the treadmill. I think I'd need to be down significantly more than that in order to be able to do it on a track. Still, shooting for these types of goals makes it easier to get up early and drag my butt onto a treadmill.

 

Definitely going to break the 8 minute mark today. I know it is not much, but every milestone is a mental boost. I want to get it down much lower over the next few months. I know my progress will slow eventually, but for now it should keep relatively steady.

 

7:53. I did this a day and a half after a night of partying, and my butt was dying on that treadmill today. ::I know I can get that time down, but to do it, I'm going to have to stop partying so much on Saturdays. I could see it going down over the next few weeks, but it is getting harder. Still, 7 minutes, here I come. :crafty:

 

If everything is feeling fine, I'll step it up a notch today. My immediate goal is to run it a bit faster than yesterday. Just a notch up on the ol' treadmill. In this part of the world, it gets harder in the mornings to hit the gym. It's a bit darker out and harder to wake up.

 

Your short stumpy fat self could never run a 6 min mile! Keep dreaming pal! :atu:

 

Slybiscuit, I could run a 6-minute mile before you could. DEFINITELY! ::

I'm aiming for it by spring, but I'm gonna have to make some adjustments like raising the incline so that the effort more closely mirrors an outdoor track. I was close to doing it when I was in high school, and I wasn't training specifically for it.

 

That aside, today I ran about 70% of a mile, but I just felt a bit dead. Maybe I should try to hike up the mile every two days, or maybe I should expand my running at a certain pace until I can do it for half an hour. Either way, I'm getting in better and better shape. That's the main thing!

 

I read this thread three days ago so I decided to see if I can run the mile in 8 minutes. I ran the mile in 8 minutes 12 seconds yesterday. I started slowly though. I started with 9 km/h and ended running 13.3 km/h.

 

I actually ran 1.62 km which is about 11 meters more than the mile.

I ran it in 8 minutes 12 seconds = 492 seconds.

If I stopped running at 1.609 km it would have been:

(1609/1620)*492 = 488 seconds = 8 minutes 8 seconds.

 

i had never ran for sports, but swam and jumped rope for a very long time.

i took two months for an 8:43 time to become a 6:16 time.

im gonna start up again soon and keep you guys posted.

any of you guys skip rope?

 

You think it would take you 4 seconds to run 11 metres?::

 

It's been awhile since I had, but I thought about starting up again and adding 15 seconds a day at a medium pace.

 

i do

im a master

 

37 minutes

 

rolling downhill I'm sure u could break world records

 

I'd rather break beds when I'm on top of your mom.

 

You crazy kids with your schoolground flirtations! ::

 

7:35 today. I had taken a few days off, and I was actually rather sore from having NOT run in 3 or 4 days, so I ran at a nice and steady 7.9 miles per hour, speeding it up towards the end.

The next immediate goal is to run it in 7:30 or less. I know I can do it. It just takes preparation. I can't run everyday either.

 

Well, I know I'm a week or two away from getting that sub 7:30 mile, but slow and steady is the course. I plan on doing a few things to change it up, including changing the angle I run at so that there is a bit of an incline. That will simulate conditions to be a bit more like the resistance of an outdoor track...which I will need during the winter so that I don't injure anything by running outside and slipping on ice.

I'll try that tomorrow.

 

I vouch for LOK. LOK's a top skipper. I saw it in the watermelon video. Hey LOK, how many calories can I burn from skipping?

 

You should incorporate crawling. I've heard that crawling intensely for a mile not only burns calories but it works your arms, shoulders and entire upper body. Try it.

 

It wouldn't be feasible for me since I run on the street. That would tire a person out though just by being so unnatural for an adult unless you're crawling out of a bar at 2 in the morning.

 

Well, I wasn't able to run today at lunch due to a meeting. I'll be trying to get er done tonight though.

 

I have run the mile in 7:53 minutes today.

 

Damn, Rainmaker is gaining on me. I better step it up over the next few days. I have to make it down to 7 minutes within the next few weeks. :fightme:

 

Actually I haverun 1600 meters in 7:53 minutes. A mile is 1609 meters so I have to add a few seconds.

Friday I will try to run a bit faster again. Thanks for starting this thread Buddy. This really motivates me to run faster.

 

Same here. A bit of competition is healthy. You're probably running about 7.5 miles per hour. I'm running at about 8 miles per hour, but I'm gonna turn that up.

 

I did a nice early morning run of over 5km in 30 minutes. I know it's not really fast, but keeping that pace for over 3 miles is respectable. I plan on nailing 7:25 or better sometime this week.:crafty:

 

today I ran 5 miles in 32minutes

 

Jesus. Unbelievable. That's just frigging sick speed and endurance. :bears: