Is 11 minute pace running?

No no no Average being 13 minutes means that most people can walk a 10 minute mile at best. You're speaking of walking. I have a PB of 19:35 in 5K My marathon PB is just below 4:10.... and 13 minutes per mile is still a workout.... I have walked a 1/2 marathon at an 11:23 pace.... Which is at 87% of 13 minutes. So unless you're Philip Dunn or Tim Seaman, I doubt you know what you're speaking about. Honestly, at a 63% in general runner/walker.....at 11:23.....the average would be closer to 18:06...on average. You're full of it.

They're just unfit wrote:

what i read wrote:

Average walking pace has historically been 20min/mi (if not a rule-of-thumb).

I'm not talking about average walking pace, I'm talking about the activity your mechanics resemble moving at a 13min pace. Go outside and try it. Most college students who aren't grossly overweight could cover that pace with a brisk walk.

Btw, your average mechanics average 4.6 mph walking???

What?

Stoppit Smith wrote:

No no no

Average being 13 minutes means that most people can walk a 10 minute mile at best.

You're speaking of walking.

I have a PB of 19:35 in 5K

My marathon PB is just below 4:10.... and 13 minutes per mile is still a workout....

I have walked a 1/2 marathon at an 11:23 pace....

Which is at 87% of 13 minutes.

So unless you're Philip Dunn or Tim Seaman, I doubt you know what you're speaking about.

Honestly, at a 63% in general runner/walker.....at 11:23.....the average would be closer to 18:06...on average.

You're full of it.

They're just unfit wrote:

I'm not talking about average walking pace, I'm talking about the activity your mechanics resemble moving at a 13min pace. Go outside and try it. Most college students who aren't grossly overweight could cover that pace with a brisk walk.

This is some failed reading comprehension. I start off my post saying "not average walking pace" and you go on to interpret it as average walking pace. Just fail. Also as I said earlier, 13min/mile is the point where walking and running mechanics converge, as in you could feasibly do either at this speed.

Regardless..

Unless you have spent more than an hour at a pace quicker than 13 minutes/mile....i have and can prove it...you aren't qualified to speak about averages for walking.

You think you can..but...no dude

Stay in your lane.

As someone who used speedwalking as a means to get back into running after a major back injury, you have a LOT to prove to me that you know more about the walking aspect.

Unless you know what it even feels like to WALK a sub 10 mile, you'd best just shut it.

Stoppit Smith wrote:

As someone who used speedwalking as a means to get back into running after a major back injury, you have a LOT to prove to me that you know more about the walking aspect.

Unless you know what it even feels like to WALK a sub 10 mile, you'd best just shut it.

This topic has nothing to do with speedwalking, idk how sub 10 minute walk is even relevant. You seem to be an older gentleman with a frail ego, so I feel bad even arguing with you.

Anyways, here's a quote from 80/20 Running by Fitz:

"Why do most runners spend so much time running at moderate intensity?

The discoverer of the 80/20 Rule, Stephen Seiler, found the reason may

be that, unlike other forms of exercise, running has a minimum threshold of

intensity. Very slow running is not running at all but walking. The average

person naturally transitions from walking to running at a pace of roughly

thirteen minutes per mile. If you start off at a slow walk and gradually

increase your speed, you will find yourself feeling an urge to transition to

running somewhere near that pace. Likewise, if you start off running and

gradually slow down, you’ll find yourself wanting to transition to walking

at about thirteen minutes per mile."

If you don't agree with him, that's fine, but 13min/mile isn't just some random number that popped into my head.

With a 40lb ruck, in boots and uniform, you're expected to walk @ a 15:00 mile.

Even with my stubby legs I can walk at 12-13:00 mile.

I can airborne shuffle/light jog at 9-11:00 mile.

During day to day PT your average military bro is jogging 9:00 mile....maybe down to 8:00 if he's in shapes

So, it's totally believable that someone in the general population is jogging at 10-11:00 mile.

Alan

Yea I will agree....somewhere around 12-13:00 you will want to start shuffle running.

Alan

Yes troll

Why not apply the race walking rules? If both feet are off the ground at any point it is running, it isn't fast running but that is a completely subjective number anyway. It is interesting to put on a Garmin and see what is the fastest walking pace you can sustain for a mile while not changing your gait to race walking or jogging.

Ok. I get what your point is now.

You're actually saying that for the average person, 13 minutes is no longer truly possible as a running pace.

Your original statement was confusing but the quote makes it clear. Thanks.

Welp it seems like everyone agrees that they were NOT running! I’ll go post it on my neighborhood facebook group to let everyone know that i was right!

I was once a 34:30 10k, 2:56 marathoner. Now at 49, my averaging training pace is around 11:00 per mile. I can not break 27 for a 5k right now. I average about 20 mpw. I am 5'10" 175lbs. No major health issues. I personally am really working hard to walk even 1 mile at 14:00.

54 yo male with master’s “ PRs” of 22:45, 48:26, 1:48:25. My recovery runs are typically 11-11:20 min pace; HR stays at 120