What is a 6 minute mile pace to you?

I'd have to guess, but probably 800 pace right now. I'm just now getting back into training, so hoping to get that pace for a mile soon. Lifetime it's a little slower than my 2 mile pb from the one year I ran track in high school. I'm almost 50 and would like to think that with some serious training it could be my 5k pb.

At some point it was my mile PB pace, I guess.

At best it was my moderate tempo pace.

Then it slipped to my 5K pace.

Now it's back to mile all out pace, maybe.

about 50 mile pace probably

About my 400m pace

Go on, laugh ?

Long run pace, especially if one of the guys gets antsy and we bring it down at the end.

epicTCK wrote:

lmao how short are ya'll? 200 cadence at 6:00 pace? That's insane!

remember you said this when you are over 55 and 6:00 pace feels like a heart attack because your flexibility and strength (not to mention maxHR) has faded radically

in my teens 6:00 was daily pace, now it's race pace and only at high cadence

Too fast for a "hard run" but too slow for tempo.

ran an HM at 5:57 but I think I'm in a little better shape, so somewhere between M and HM.

it's kind of a funny pace. it feels hard on my body and mind but I'm not winded after a mile or two. this is in contrast to 3 years ago when it was my 2 mile race pace.

yessir wrote:

10k race pace.

Am I a hobby jogger or fast man?

Pretty fast man if you're over 40.

Around 50K race pace

Hopefully, marathon pace

Long run pace, not an easy long run but nothing too taxing.

5K pace (age 45).

And I use that pace rarely in training, only in 30/30 strides.

After a 5k race at that speed, my muscles hurt for four days.

50 miles race pace

Little slower than 5k pace and a little faster than tempo pace

1973: 1-mile race pace

1975: 2-mile race pace

1977: 10K race pace

1983: Marathon race pace

2003: 10K race pace

2017: 5K race pace

2019: Only a memory

Allen1959 wrote:

1973: 1-mile race pace

1975: 2-mile race pace

1977: 10K race pace

1983: Marathon race pace

2003: 10K race pace

2017: 5K race pace

2019: Only a memory

Read about what happened in the road racing training thread. How are things going? Praying it's possible for you to return to running again. Be well man.

6 minute man wrote:

People have a lot of different thoughts about a 6 minute mile pace.

For you, is it a:

Half marathon race pace?

5k race pace?

Easy long run pace?

Fast tempo run pace?

Mile repeat interval pace?

Mile PB?

Hopeless hobbyjogger pace?

Fast pace?

Would like to hear your thoughts.

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