How fast could I have been?

4:45 mile, sub 3 marathon, 30:30 5 miler

so... wrote:

4:45 mile, sub 3 marathon, 30:30 5 miler

I could run a sub-3 marathon and even sub-29 for 5 miles long before I could touch a sub-5 mile.

... what I mean to say before I hit "post" was that the major differences in distance predictions really depends on leg speed, obviously - which I don't have. Even now, I can run sub-17 for 5k and can barely break 5 for the mile. A sub-3 marathon is easy enough to be a joke for me.

I am quite different.

4:40 mile off of 3 months of running/56 400, my first xc race the next season was just under 12 minutes.

Granted I worked my ass off over the next two years and dropped my 3200 to 9:15 which was in comparison better than my 1600

Just giving another example to show how completely different people are.

I ran a 5:00 mile when I was a freshman in high school and didn't run in the 17s for 5k until I was a senior. The mile came a lot easier for me.

You really could not have gone much faster than you did. Possibly sub 4:50 mile, at best. Your other times would not have been much faster either. Don't worry about it. You did the right thing.

Partial Disagreement wrote:

so... wrote:

4:45 mile, sub 3 marathon, 30:30 5 miler

I could run a sub-3 marathon and even sub-29 for 5 miles long before I could touch a sub-5 mile.

Man, that just blows my mind. You could run at least 6:49 pace for 26 consecutive miles, but you couldn't touch the 5min mile barrier? Your endurance is light years better than mine. I remember back when I ran my first sub 5 mile I couldn't break 20 in the 5k. My endurance SUCKS.

i kinda like running wrote:

Man, that just blows my mind. You could run at least 6:49 pace for 26 consecutive miles, but you couldn't touch the 5min mile barrier? Your endurance is light years better than mine. I remember back when I ran my first sub 5 mile I couldn't break 20 in the 5k. My endurance SUCKS.

I didn't start to run until I was 30 - maybe that's why. I'm sure I would have had faster mile speed had I started at a younger age. I remember I ran under 20 for 5k within 6-8 weeks after the first time out.

doo doo wrote:

I am quite different.

4:40 mile off of 3 months of running/56 400, my first xc race the next season was just under 12 minutes.

Granted I worked my ass off over the next two years and dropped my 3200 to 9:15 which was in comparison better than my 1600

Just giving another example to show how completely different people are.

umm.....im going to call bull shit on this one.... how can you split 4:37.5 miles and only run 4:40 open. ya thats what I thought, if you cant make up good track times then just shut the fuk up....

Partial Disagreement wrote:

doo doo wrote:

4:40 mile off of 3 months of running/56 400, my first xc race the next season was just under 12 minutes.

Granted I worked my ass off over the next two years and dropped my 3200 to 9:15 which was in comparison better than my 1600

umm.....im going to call bull shit on this one.... how can you split 4:37.5 miles and only run 4:40 open. ya thats what I thought, if you cant make up good track times then just shut the fuk up....

Um...he didn't say that 4:40 was his mile PR. He said he ran 4:40 after 3 months of training. Way to get worked up about it, though.

You missed something wrote:

Way to get worked up about it, though.

... as well as stealing my username for this thread. Someone needs some originality as well.

he trained dumby. i ran 5:08 open in the mile, then trained for 3 or 4 months and was going out in 5:05 for my 5k's. its called improving, it happens

Partial Disagreement wrote:

You missed something wrote:

Way to get worked up about it, though.

... as well as stealing my username for this thread. Someone needs some originality as well.

Yeah, I wondered about that. I couldn't tell if you had some kind of multiple personality thing going on, or if some dick just stole your name. Option B it is.

thanks much for the speculation - I did eventually run around 29 for 5 miles - w/ no speed work. I used to work at a running store part-time, back in the day when Reebok was starting grassroots/type teams, and I ran with a couple of guys from work who used to say after a 68 min 10 mi. "You need to hit the track!" Once after playing around w/ 800 repeats for a couple of months, (10X 2:50) I ran a 5K in the upper 17s. But that's as far as it went. Back to LSD. Maybe that's why I still enjoy it....