So we've all seen discussions on the fastest downhill mile times ever recorded. How about the opposite? Say we take a prime El Guerrouj and the fastest 1500m guys throughout history, line them up together and have them run up the Queen Street Mile. Would they break 4:00?
What is the fastest uphill mile that could be run?
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magical miler wrote:
So we've all seen discussions on the fastest downhill mile times ever recorded. How about the opposite? Say we take a prime El Guerrouj and the fastest 1500m guys throughout history, line them up together and have them run up the Queen Street Mile. Would they break 4:00?
Do you mean any uphill mile (thread title) or solely Queen Street (post question)? And for the latter, just look at comparables and Strava GAP.
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All you need is a 1mm difference between the start and finish. No reason to think someone can't run that as fast as a flat mile.
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Look at dis
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That could be ran. Not run.
Depends on the incline
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Yes, exactly, it depends on how steep the hill is!
I think there are several skyscraper races. Obviously not technically hills but the elevation is fairly large.
What qualifies a course as a hill? Is there a minimum incline? I've looked and there doesn't appear to be. It just says that hills tend to be less steep than mountains which isn't very helpful. So I suppose find the least steep/gentlest thing defined as a hill with a road/tarmac surface leading up and then hold a mile race up it.
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How long is a rope?
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the430miler wrote:
That could be ran. Not run.
Depends on the incline
*That could be randed, not ran.
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hsueuwy wrote:
All you need is a 1mm difference between the start and finish. No reason to think someone can't run that as fast as a flat mile.
Yes. I know it's not what the OP is interested in, but an uphill mile without specifying grade only really makes sense if you are talking about a vertical mile. So, 5,280 ft elevation gain on a steep climb, like how vertical Ks are raced in the mountain running world.
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Continuing that line of thought, a vertical mile can probably be (or has been) run in about 50 minutes.
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It would be epic to see Bekele do this. He has the best combination of 1500m speed and hill speed from XC. He has run 3:32 without even focusing on the distance, so his untaped 1500m talent is probably just as good as El Gourrouj's.
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