They run 1:00-1:15 second 400s and 6 minute miles
They run 1:00-1:15 second 400s and 6 minute miles
I think girls and boys should play together because they both; female and Male would help on passing the ball more and taking shots.
wyatt earp wrote:
Better athletes quite often choose sports other than distance running.
This is true for powerlifting/weightlifting as well. At schools that have powerlifting teams, the strongest athletes are more likely focusing on football.
Stupid query from the OP. Futbol/soccer requires up to ~80 yard sprints, repeated with short recoveries. Mile time has no meaning.
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Stupid query from the OP. Futbol/soccer requires up to ~80 yard sprints, repeated with short recoveries. Mile time has no meaning.
The ability to run fast for a sustained period of time is very important as a soccer player who takes isn't seriously. Do you have any idea how much stamina it takes to last 90 minutes? Soccer athletes are in way better overall condition than your average 130lb just about sub 5 minute miler.
Do you seriously think that the best soccer players are running 9 minute miles?
Anyway these women would be in the 5-6 minute range for a male. Some would even be under 5. Very, very few would be over 6:40 apart from maybe the goalie in the off-season.
*for a mile
According to this data national level female soccer players average between 47 and 57 ml/kg in terms of VO2 max. These maxes would be good for around a 5:11 mile on the faster end and a 6:09 mile on the slower end, that would be the range for most players. A few could go sub 5 but not many and the ones who could would almost always have had track racing experience from a young age, an insane amount of talent and be the very fastest midfielders.
Soccerexpert wrote:
6:00 to 6:30 would be the right answer. None of them would break 6 for the mile.
Some of these replies have to be a joke, soccer players are basically just runners with extra strength and skill. 70 of their training is running so what an earth makes you think they wouldn’t break 6? At least half of them would break 6, the half who couldn’t wouldn’t be far off and could easily get a lot faster pretty easily with their talent if they were to train like a middle distance athlete i stead of more like a sprinter.
Your standards are too low. I would say the majority of these women run between 5:40 and 6:10.
Jay T wrote:
Soccerexpert wrote:
6:00 to 6:30 would be the right answer. None of them would break 6 for the mile.
Some of these replies have to be a joke, soccer players are basically just runners with extra strength and skill. 70 of their training is running so what an earth makes you think they wouldn’t break 6? At least half of them would break 6, the half who couldn’t wouldn’t be far off and could easily get a lot faster pretty easily with their talent if they were to train like a middle distance athlete i stead of more like a sprinter.
Your standards are too low. I would say the majority of these women run between 5:40 and 6:10.
Years ago, my little sister was a D-1 futbol player. She was a sub-70 400m runner & 6:05ish one miler. My little sister told me the vast majority on U.S. National Team are sub-12 two milers.
5k between 17 and 21
4:50-5:45 mile range
USWNT-er wrote:
USAUSAUSA wrote:
I've heard commentators say that Rampone, the oldest on the team at 36 (and a mother), is still one of the fastest, in terms of sprint speed, on the team. Amazing.
I played on teams with Rampone. She ran a 40 yard dash FAT timed in 4.7 which I saw with my own eyes. She has some serious speed.
Tiffany Roberts ran 2:11 in the CA state meet coming straight from a US Women's National Team training camp where she was training 2-3x per day. I know this because I was in that camp, too and remember her being extremely disappointed with her performance in the CA state meet.
Kelley O'Hara is the current player who wins the beep test. She could run a fast 800/1500 for sure. I would say 5:00 would not be out of the question for her right now with no running specific training.
Heather O'Reilly's father was ICAA Champion in the 880 in the 70's. He also ran on a mile relay team that ran 3:07. The track world lost out when she picked soccer.
There was a gal on the U20 US team, Michelle Enyeart whose father ran 1:44 and was an Olympian in the 70's.
There are some massively talented speedsters on the USWNT. If you saw these ladies in person, it would blow your mind. We're talking about running for 90 minutes at an international level, not some high school, D1 College or even professional soccer game. Believe me, I've played at all of these levels and the pace and fitness required at the international level eliminates a lot of people who just aren't fast or athletic enough to compete.
I would never believe she ran 4.7, unless I saw it myself. That’s as fast as many NFL tight ends.