Fastest mile possible in about two months

You can't do it in that time.

Sorry. PEDs might get you close but that would be wrong.

You are 6-8 months of speed work away

Payer of attention wrote:

You can't do it in that time.

Sorry. PEDs might get you close but that would be wrong.

You are 6-8 months of speed work away

lol I mean I have low 24 200 speed, I can bust out 25's and 26's for 200's atfer workouts during XC and my 800m was 2:00 and is surely better now.

Last year when I PR'd I could do 6X1000m with 2:30-3min rest in 3:07-3:10 average.

During XC I did the same workout and averaged 2:59.

I guess you can have your opinion but I'm pretty sure I can run the time. I may be able to run it in a month. But I want to do everything possible to be able to run it

It seems obvious to me. You're coming off of a much better base. So if you do similar workouts to what you did last track season, but with a little more intensity since you have a better base this year, you're going to run faster than last year.

I should also mention that I was 3k training and did little speed under 3k pace when I ran this time last year.

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Alright if you have a decent aerobic base start hill work, alternating with short and long hills each session. This will stimulate fast twitch fibers and help with strength. Work up your long run to a decent distance, to keep your aerobic capcity. After a few weeks do a hard long run to max out aerobic potential then take a few days of rest (however long you need). Start Vo2 max work (3k-5k pace intervals or 1-3 mile races around Vo2 max pace). After a few weeks introduce 1500m pace work, not too much but enough to get your body used to it. For a 2 month schedule it might look like

1 week getting back into running

2 weeks hard hill work with aerobic runs, maybe a threshold or Vo2 max workouts

3 weeks Vo2 max work, while still tapping into thrshold runs

3 weeks working on 1500m pace or 800m

Just an idea haha

Runfastnow wrote:

Payer of attention wrote:

You can't do it in that time.

Sorry. PEDs might get you close but that would be wrong.

You are 6-8 months of speed work away

lol I mean I have low 24 200 speed, I can bust out 25's and 26's for 200's atfer workouts during XC and my 800m was 2:00 and is surely better now.

Last year when I PR'd I could do 6X1000m with 2:30-3min rest in 3:07-3:10 average.

During XC I did the same workout and averaged 2:59.

I guess you can have your opinion but I'm pretty sure I can run the time. I may be able to run it in a month. But I want to do everything possible to be able to run it

So you have not pr'd at the mile since Jan/February ? And after 9 months you think you are 2 months away because your 8k improved by 12 sec per k. So why can't you run 4:22/4:20 now? Not arguing with you. Just seems odd that you don't just do a time trial. Either you can do it or you can't. My $ says you can't and need to shift your training and get more top speed. I'd like to see you do 4x400 at sub 1:00 on 30-45 sec rest and shoot for 4:15.

Okay so I was a 3k runner last indoor season. I ran the mile once towards the middle of the season and ran an unexpected 4:30. I ran a 3k mile double and ran 4:34 and 9:26 shortly after. Never ran the mile again after that. Decided my best chance to qualify for our ecac meet is in the mile. I ran a 24.2 on a flat indoor track last year so I know my top speed is decent. I lift and do strides. Idk if I'm two months away. I may be able to have done it during xc. But I want to qualify so doing a time trial right now means nothing. I want to do everything I can to ensure I can run this time. Maybe I'll break 4:20 and maybe I'll run 4:25. I want to start putting in the work needed asap

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when I ran my 4:22 mile back in HS (which was actually a poor performance as I could run a 3:55 1500m), I could knock out about 6 x 1K reps in about 2:50 on a grass track.

I reckon you have the speed and just need to condition yourself up to it - your body needs to laugh at lactic acid.

For sure, I would recommend lots of quality 400m reps at goal pace or faster - the shorter the recovery the better.

Not going to be easy but it's possible. However, high mileage is not really your ally here so you will have to comp your base training a bit by dropping miles for quality.