Could Jakob Ingebrigtsen complete 20x400 at 1 minute rest at mile pace?

this is a strange question, since mile pace is a moving goal post that matches however fast you are. About the only thing that would make this harder for an elite is the 60 second rest.

However I could maybe do it, because I'm lazy at the mile so my official pace is usually slower than my real fitness.

So the key to accomplishing this workout is just be lazy at the mile and have a slow mile PR relative to your higher distance ones? Thanks BW!

Kipchogue can do it

i think that professionals who are likely to be running 100-120 mpw and loaded with talent, altitude training and maybe epo (and other things) would be more efficient with a ridiculous workout than the rest of us mortals. Add on that they should have better recovery methods, more rest, and better nutrition.

And we're obviously not talking about people without a true idea of their mile capability.

Depends on the rest. If 90 seconds then no. Maybe 7 or 8. Some here are saying 12. Not sure about ingeberger, but if I did a workout where I ran 12 400s @ 56 point with 90 seconds rest I would probably think I could run close to 12:35 5,000m. If he was able to haul in 20 then, yeah, sub 12:30 5,000m.

Kipchoge could probably do 20 * 400 at mile pace with 1 min rest right now. Kiplimo and Cheptegai too. But nobody in peak mile shape could.

Our 2man 10 mile relay we did quarters for the 1st 5 miles but then we went to halves. Did this twice per season. Once early on and another 2-3 weeks later. Good workout.

Again, no way. If they can do that, it's not their actual mile time. Nobody whose true mile best is, say, 4 minutes flat, can run 60 seconds in a 20 x 440. If they could do that workout, they would be 3:45 guys, or something like that.

Jim Ryun was a famously hard worker, and when he was a sub-4 minute miler his 20 x 440 workout target was 62.5. You can look it up.

The real question is whether he could do 20 x 1 mile repeats at 400 meter race pace.

8 km of work done in 400m segments at approximately 2400m pace seems reasonable for an elite athlete. Although it's not an easy workout I could it done as a cut down from 65 to 59