I define running by the opposite of race walking rules...so both feet must leave the ground at the same time during a stride. How slow do you think someone could run? I'm thinking somewhere around 10:30 min/mile pace on flat ground (4.5 hour marathon). Anyone capable of running slower than this?
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This is kind of a sad troll effort, but I'll answer for the sake of anyone who might read this thread and actually need the correct answer. You're actually talking about two different things: First, there is the question of what is the slowest pace that can be considered running? It's been well-established for decades that 7 minute pace and faster is running, anything slower is not. Separate from this is the question of how slow someone can "run" given the parameters you lay out above. With the understanding that this wouldn't really be running (as we've already stated, anything slower than 7 minute pace is walking), but rather a walking style where both feet leave the ground, but in an effort to humor you, I would say that the answer would clearly be 10 minute pace.
How_Fast? wrote:
It's been well-established for decades that 7 minute pace and faster is running, anything slower is not.
The hobby jogger saturation is strong on LRC these days. Now we have them coming over here and telling us how it's "well-established" that their 7 minute tempo miles are "running". How convenient with the discovery of this new cutoff.
I remember when anything slower than 5:30 was considered rightfully what it is: a warmup.
How_Fast? wrote:
It's been well-established for decades that 7 minute pace and faster is running, anything slower is not.
No it hasn't. I'm sure that *someone* has said this, but I've also heard 6 minutes per mile and 10 minutes per mile as the cut-off. Some people define it by heart-rate. Some people define it by cadence. Some people say that anyone slower than them is jogging. There is no standard, authoritative answer.
9.53 per 100m or you're jogging.
3:50/km for men, and 4:15/km for women.
Those are paces for 20K walk WR.
If someone can walk faster than you, then you are not really running.
As long as there is a point in your stride where neither foot is touching the ground, then potato.
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