what I mean is a 4:20 miler is in the top % of competitors...What is the equivalent for a 70.3 Ironman? Somewhere around 4:30 (Hours:minutes)?
what I mean is a 4:20 miler is in the top % of competitors...What is the equivalent for a 70.3 Ironman? Somewhere around 4:30 (Hours:minutes)?
I would say about 4:15:00.
I think I felt a budge in the back of my head. This a troll, but I'll feed you. Ironman isn't just running so your running times are 1/3 of the equation. Maybe if you listed swim and bike times you could get an estimate.
4:15 is a pretty good call. You need to be at the sharp end of each discipline, so I'd say definitely sub-30 swim, 2:15 bike and 1:25 run off the bike. Throw in 5 minutes for transitions and you're there. Maybe that's a bit too slow to compare to a 4:20 mile. Could be closer to 4:05 (25, 2:15, 1:20). Somewhere in between the two is probably right. IMO a 4:30 70.3 is more like a 5-minute mile.
4:20 mile takes god given talent (I know some of you dont think that on LRC) whereas a sub 5 hour 70.3 is more an indication of tons of training.
RejectRunner wrote:
I think I felt a budge in the back of my head. This a troll, but I'll feed you. Ironman isn't just running so your running times are 1/3 of the equation. Maybe if you listed swim and bike times you could get an estimate.
Someone is an idiot and doesn't understand basic English....he asked for the equivalent not when you thought he could do...
A 4:20 miler is pretty slow.
Jonathon Brownlee 5K 14:01
70.3 aint an ironman, bro.
If your want some hobby trier comparos I'm a no-talent runner but went 5:45 at wildflower (Jesse Thomas won it same year in 4:12) and I've got. 6:03 mile and 20:55 5k to be ashamed of
My 100m free was fast enough to swim in d1 tho, which unfortunately translates almost precisely nada in a 1.2 or 2.4m swim
I think there is virtually zero comparison between a mile run and a 70.3 as a sidenote
Probably bowling and mine craft have as much in common
Personally, I have a mile PR of 4:20 and after 8 weeks of training for triathlons I went 4:34 in a hilly 70.3 (Lake Stevens).. So given better training for tris I would say 4:20 mile = 4hr15min 70.3HIM.
Don't know about averages, but I can give you an n=1 example.
My own mile PR was 4:17 / 5K of 14:48.
Started my athletic career as a swimmer, then went to triathlon, and ran on the side.
my times for half-ironman distance races were typically in the 4:10 to 4:30 range depending on the course....at the fast end in Panama City (really flat),
slower in Vermont.
As others have said, really depends on one's abilities in the other sports. I was almost always in the top 5 getting out of the water.
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Jonathon Brownlee 5K 14:01
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