55 year old David Taylor runs an extremely downhill mile in 3:54

so that's 2:29 per km pace for 1.6km distance.

i like how David Taylor threw in a slight criticism of himself in this thread to throw us off the scent. 6/10

Who is this guy? His regular training runs look ridiculously fast for a 55 year old.

70 year old Silas McDoogal runs off a 1609m extremely downhill cliff. Mile time is sub-1 minute. He did it he did it he did it!!!

Hey I resemble this run! And I'll do it again if somebody else wants to crush the 4 with me, it's a perfect segment to do it on

Not bad. Lives near Provo. Does he run for BYU?

What kind of shape do you need to be in to go sub-4 here?

Yeah, what do you (Dave) think you could run for a flat mile right now?

10/10

My flat mile PR (set last year) is 4:51, I think I could go 4:47 right now. I was more of a hang gliding guy during my BYU time so I didn't run for them.

Connor Mantz is his uncle

Connor Mantz is my favorite runner right now. I got to cool down with him after he ran the Speedy Spaniard with his wife in July

yeah i heard he has another season of indoor

So the dude admits to doping (unprescribed inhaler) and runs a mile with -500ft elevation drop: who cares. Get on a track and race/

Good job! I've been the guy that likes talking about downhill running here. You beat me to sub-4 at 50 (I'm a DNS so far). I was thinking about trying it at 50 when I was bombing fast downhills effortlessly in training in my 40s, but my fitness fell off a cliff at 47, and I never gave it try. I might still make it happen at some point if I get back into similar form (I'm 54 now).

I downhill because I love the mountains, but a sub-4 downhill mile got lodged into my head by Big Wave Dave Torrence (RIP) when he was in college/well before he became a top pro. Do you know about this classic LR thread?

Oh wow that was the most awesome thread I have ever read. It was glorious, then a little sad, then great again. Thanks for the pointer

Don't worry too much about the inhaler, I have a prescription :)

Bu seriously, don't argue about it, just come do it! It's a total rush and if you are at all into the fours in a real mile then you will break 4 here and your body will learn what it feels like and maybe help you break 4 for real later on.

Or you can just listen to "Made of Earth" by Thomas Bergersen, that is exactly what it feels like

Do it loud, 80s style