SserPrun95 wrote:
i don't get this wrote:I am not sure what the objective is here, or if the goal is anything other than ordinary.
I was a serious Division 1 level runner. I would venture from my high school days (4:08 miler) through all four years of college that most non-injury or illness days included at least one sub five minute mile.
But that really isn't the point. Some of my teammates trained much more intensely (and with more distance) than I did, making, as I say, this objective seem fairly ordinary and not really meaningful.
Highly highly highly doubt this. Coming from a 24:19 8k guy. Running sub 5 in workouts sure, easy. Every "non-injury non-illness day"... so your long runs, your easy days between workouts, everyday... Like hell. Course what do I know, maybe you were a 11min 5ker.
I also highly doubt this. I was a low 4 minute miler, low 23 minute 8k and there were some weeks I probably didn't even run one sub 5 minute mile, much less everyday. Most of my distance days and long run days were around 6 minute pace, with perhaps some strides after. Shorter intervals were sub 5 pace, but those weren't for a mile at a time. Tempo runs might get under 5 at times, but often would be over 5. So really the only time I was doing a mile under 5 was for longer repeats or races of a mile to 10 miles and some tempo runs. If I had to guess, I would say I was running probably around 5 days a month with a sub 5 minute mile, with some months being higher than others and some being less. Not sure what kind of collegiate training would include at least one sub 5 minute mile everyday.