Training for a 4:40 mile

Get the Jack Daniels' book. With a 2:04 and a 27:20 8k, you should be able to break 4:40.

Go see how fast you can run a 5k today and base your training off that. Once you get your 5K down under 16:23 and your 400 Meter speed under 59 seconds you may be able to crack 4:40 in the mile.

bulldog35 wrote:

Go see how fast you can run a 5k today and base your training off that. Once you get your 5K down under 16:23 and your 400 Meter speed under 59 seconds you may be able to crack 4:40 in the mile.

What? When I first broke 4:40, I had run 17:40 and 61...

How much have you been training and racing recently?

Would you be willing to run up to 50mpw?

What kind of time frame would you like to run 4.40 in?

How old are you?

I thought everybody ran 4:30 in HS.

Sherter wrote:

I thought everybody ran 4:30 in HS.

lolzz i get it...OAR reference

Recently I have been running maybe 15mpw mostly easy with some random fast stuff thrown in. I have been working out everyday for a few months though, I'll ride on my bike trainer for 45-75 min on days I dont run and I lift 3-4 days a week. sometimes i'll throw in some soccer or something on the indoor feilds.

I'd really like to stay around 35 mpw with alot of cross training, my legs tend to fall apart when i go much above that, then i have to stop working out then i get out of shape yadda yadda...

I would like to run sub 4:40 sometime in the next year, but I would like to be in sub 5 shape by early summer.

I am 23, I ran most of my pr's at 18-19 and the last time I broke 5 I had just turned 20 and ran a 4:50

Anyone?

I would reccommend to make a workout schedule that is realistic and challening for you. For the first 2 weeks run what you can. Then start at about 15-25 miles a week. Nothing starneious that first few months you want to start getting the swing of things. Then, start gradually increasing your mileage. And, that's just phase I.

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