Add me to the list (probably). I haven't tried in a while but like another poster the fastest I run right now is quarters in 68ish - even though my workout 400 PB is 54, set in university. On the other hand, 60 mins for 10 miles is currently a brisk easy day. No problem there.
The better question as stated before is who can break 50, and also break 50 minutes in 10 mile?
I have done 50.1 in split
Ran 51:22 10 mile
1:52 800
30:09 10k
Still I think there are few people who have broke 50 in 400, and 50 minutes in 10 mile.
Steve Cram ran under 50 for 400m and 10miles
At one point while in high school I could run .53 in 400 and about 53 minutes for 10 mile, now I can run .47 for 400 and would probably be lucky to run under 60. for ten mile
Yeah there are people, but I'm not one of them. I run about a 53 for 400 and usually around 55's for 10 miles.
I would guess there hundreds, if not thousands, of guys that can run under the hour for 10miles without breaking 60sec for 400m.
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The better question as stated before is who can break 50, and also break 50 minutes in 10 mile?
probably quite a few here. i was a mediocre college runner with PRs of 50.6 and 54:20. surely there are guys in D1 who can do it, and that means plenty of elite athletes.
in any case, thinking about this - there might be a few elites who can run sub 50 400 and sub 50 10 miler in the same "workout" - and have it take them less than 50 minutes total!
Michael Johnson ran a 43.18 400 meters....don't think he can even finish a 10 mile jog.
Rod Dixon could go sub 50 in the 400 and the 10 miles..and that includes stopping for a pint at mile 5 of the 10 miles
i can barely break 60, but have run 52:23 for 10 miles, so it is easily done
Dave Bedford was reputed to have difficulty running much under 60 for the 400, yet ran the 10.000mts in 27.30.
In one European championships he was leading at the bell, and yet was 14 seconds down on the winner at the finish.
you guys know that for a male it should be much easier to break 60 that 400m than 60min for 10miles. i mean, i can pick guys out of gym class that can run a sub 60sec quarter, but if their life depended on it couldn't run a 60min 10miler.
For the poster who said "there are probably thousands of guys who can break 60 for 10 but for 60 for four"
that there are proably hundreds of thousands of guys who can break 60 for four but could not break 60 for 10.
You letsrunners don't get it twisted, breaking 60 sec 400 is childsplay. If you can't do that than you are running too much mileage and not focusing on your power enough. And I'm not talking to the "I ran 61 is practice so thats my PR" kinda dudes, we all know you can go 53-54 in a race, I'm talking to the I ran a 400m all-out and coulnd't break 60 dudes.
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For the poster who said "there are probably thousands of guys who can break 60 for 10 but for 60 for four"
that there are proably hundreds of thousands of guys who can break 60 for four but could not break 60 for 10.
only because most people have a lot more experience sprinting than they do distance running. watch any kids sport and what do you see - thousands and thousands of wind sprints during practice and the game.
yet virtually no kid goes out an runs for 30 minutes straight when they're 6. but every kid knows how to chase someone on the playground.
Fastest 400M=57sec
Fastest 10 mile=53:38
My pr for the 400 is 61.9 and i've run 14:53 for the 5k. I havent' raced a 10miler in a while but routinely break 60 for 10miles in workouts and stuff. I'm yet to break 30 for the 200. We ahve a bet going of what i'll break first; 30 in the 200 or in the 10k.
400 PR 50.9 high school
10 mile PR 53:17 college
A good friend of mine has a 400m PR of 62.5, but has run 10 miles in practice in 57:34. So... yeah, no big deal.
I don't believe that there are many people who can break an hour who COULDN'T break 60 seconds if they trained a little for it. It's just that all they do is donkey distance and/or long intervals/tempo work.
60 seconds requires little to no talent.
I ran 62 in college, then ran 48:24 for 10 miles when i was 22 yrs. old
When I lived in Sussex a gentleman by the name of Ray Mainstone ran 50.? for 400metres and 50 mins for 10 miles. I seem to remember he only ran 2.03 for 800m, not that this a slow time and I seem to remember he went through at about the same time in a mile race.