Who here can run under 5 minutes for a mile?

Freshman year of high school, May 1980, I ran a 4:58 full mile. Around the same time I ran an 880 in 2:20.

I'm far from running that now.

1989- ninth grade 4:53.7 and made the podium at a small invitational from the slow heat. I had only run 5:05 until that point. Ran 4:52 at the GNC liberty mile in Pittsburgh this summer at age 43. So I'm still faster than when I was 14.

Back in the 90s, I was a cross country guy in HS and did track for my Junior and Senior year. In track I mostly did the 800 and 4 by 400 with a 2 flat PR in the 800. I was put in the mile once for a dual meet and did a 442. I remember going out slow and then having a lot gas left in the tank and passed a bunch of folks the last lap which was fun. Back then, we did a lot short repeats, but I don't remember doing high mileage at all, especially for track. I don't think we ever ran for more than 30 min in track season.

That was 20 years ago and haven't run a mile time trial since. Probably could go somewhere between 530 and 5:45, but I have no idea!

Not sure if I can anymore but was able to do it for 20 years.

Year 01: 1995: 4:54.84 (Start)

Year 02: 1996: 4:54.34

Year 03: 1997: 4:50.02

Year 04: 1998: 4:34.34

Year 05: 1999: 4:24.06

Year 06: 2000: 4:26.02

Year 07: 2001: 4:51.00

Year 08: 2002: 4:28.12

Year 09: 2003: 4:23.51

Year 10: 2004: 4:15.35

Year 11: 2005: 4:04.35

Year 12: 2006: 4:01.89 (should have worked the middle laps 3:59)

Year 13: 2007: 4:31.00

Year 14: 2008: 4:27.09

Year 15: 2009: 4:23.11

Year 16: 2010: 4:30.00

Year 17: 2011: 4:42.25

Year 18: 2012: 4:52.00

Year 19: 2013: 4:46.00

Year 20: 2014: 4:58.12

Year 21: 2015: 4:48.09 (Finish)

Wish they gave a retirement pension for 20 years of this.

I broke 5 minutes my freshman year the last meet going from 5:06 to 4:55. My 800 was 2:15 in the same meet. Now I'm a sophomore in college and I recently did a progression run in which my last mile was 4:50.

Didn't run in high school but debut at 19 in 4:55 2nd to last place at a small college invite.

Last sub 5 was at 48 (4:54), and hit 5:00.x two years in a row at 50-51.

4:56 last week in a downhill mile time trial, so at least I can fake it.

LetsTroll wrote:

I was in 2:20 800m shape before I started base training the past 2.5 weeks. You guys think this schedule would get me under 5 in the next 10 weeks?

Probably not but maybe. Keep at it, you have 6 more months in the school year after December to try.

Trained as a 110HH and 400IH athlete + pentathlon in HS. Ran 2:02 800m, 4:20 1500m off of sprint training and zero distance runs. Like 300m repeats at the longest.

First attempt, 5:06 junior year of HS. Second attempt, 4:38 freshman year of college. More of a 400/800 guy

Ran 4:19 in high school, could probably get 4:59 after a couple of weeks of training.

I ran 4:55 in HS freshman year off maybe 40 mpw. I also ran 2:12 in the 800 that year.

I can definitely still do that now, although 8 years later my mile pr is only 4:35 and 800 2:04. I get injured a lot and have had a total of maybe 3 years of healthy training since then.

I ran 3-4 times a week and sat out on hard workouts.

Ran a sub 5 off of a 68 first lap.

I ran 4:58 in 10th grade. Probably ran 20 mpw, racing once a week and workouts once or twice a week.

Racked up a bunch of chronic injuries starting in 11th grade and haven't raced since (now 23 years old). Really hoping to get healthy again and see if there's anything left in the tank.

Ran a 4:55 1600m as a soph in high school.

Was training probably 35-40 mpw at the time, and had only been running competitively for a year and a half.

Ran 4:56 (first time under 5) sophomore year of high school at my conference meet. 800m PR at the time was 2:13, although I only ran the 800 once that season. Training consisted of mostly only workouts that my hs coach gave me - never ran much mileage (I was really lazy and would hide in the woods when my coach gave us long runs to do).

PRs now are 3:59 and 1:45 and I have to poop my pants twice because I've lost several bets :(

8th grade no real base training. School didn't have a track team just entered the meets and ran on the Catholic high school team.

880 time was 2:02 best but usually 2:07.

Cannot do it now. Ran first mile race in over thirty years this fall during a road/ bike path race not a track. Ran a 5:14 on 10K a week. No clue what my current 800M shape is. Mainly ride bike for working out.

I had a sub 5 streak from 1993 (HS freshman) through 2002. I started running more consistently again in 2007, have run a sub 5 each year from 2007 - 2017. I barely kept my streak going alive in 2016, running a 4:59 full mile on the track right near the end of the year. The only time I've ever barfed running (with the exception of a beer mile) was on that cool down!

This below is one of the most impressive streaks that I have heard about. I wonder what the record for most consecutive years would be?

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/college/story/2017/apr/12/ensign-stretches-streak-40-years-sub-five-min/422462/

7th grade was first sub 5. I joined a club middle school track program that year and ran under 5 in my first attempt and continued all season. I wasn't training my running at that time but I was playing soccer, basketball, and tennis, plus I was skateboarding, playing roller hockey, and commuting everywhere on my bike. I believe I ran in the 2:05-2:10 range back then for the 8.

These days (I'm 33) with really any amount of running I can go around 4:58-5:02, but it takes a lot of work to drop the 800 or 5k time. 60 MPW gets me a 2:10 800 but 20-30 with true sprints gets me close to 2 flat. I'm sure if I continued that it would be better but I haven't tried to train for anything that short for any extended period of time in adulthood. The mile also drops sub 4:50 pretty easily when practicing speed but the 5k will go from high 16s to north of 18 without the mileage.

9th grade: 5:07

10th grade: 2:12/4:53

11th grade: 2:07/4:39

12th grade: 4:47 (injured)

College Freshman: 4:13 1500m