Sub-5 Minute Mile Every Day for a Month

4.56.28

First, I'm loving reading up on your whole deal. Very refreshing to see someone doing something difficult just for the hell of it.

Out of curiosity, is the Jerry you keep referring to in your blog from suny cortland?

Yo Joe, you call yourself average, but I disagree. Sure there are many here faster but you INSPIRE. You keep it up. Everyday now when I'm on the road I think about what you are up to and send you whatever vibes I can afford to part with as I struggle along. Cheers mate and I'll be having a pint or three myself tonight in your honor.

Yea, Jerry went to Cortland.

I am glad I inspire, keep running; blue collar style.

Awesome first week in the books man.

1. Monday November 29, 2010: 4.57.57

2. Tuesday November 30, 2010: 4.55.97

3. Wednesday December 1, 2010: 4.55.63

4. Thursday December 2, 2010: 4.50.78

5. Friday December 3, 2010: 4.58.00

6. Saturday December 4, 2010: 4.58.35

7. Sunday December 5, 2010: 4.56.28

Any word on today?

Do you have a total for the weekly mileage for the week?

Today, just got in the door, long day at work:

4.57.35

This week:

106 mi.

Best thread in months. Keep it up, JoeMac. Reminds me of one of my all-time favorite threads on letsrun, the one where the college dude at Berkeley ran his first sub-4 mile downhill on city streets in the middle of the night with the help of his homeboys. Great stuff. The reason I love letsrun.

And now he's a 145? 800 runner and a 335 1500m runner.

i don't get this wrote:

I am not sure what the objective is here, or if the goal is anything other than ordinary.

I was a serious Division 1 level runner. I would venture from my high school days (4:08 miler) through all four years of college that most non-injury or illness days included at least one sub five minute mile.

But that really isn't the point. Some of my teammates trained much more intensely (and with more distance) than I did, making, as I say, this objective seem fairly ordinary and not really meaningful.

Highly highly highly doubt this. Coming from a 24:19 8k guy. Running sub 5 in workouts sure, easy. Every "non-injury non-illness day"... so your long runs, your easy days between workouts, everyday... Like hell. Course what do I know, maybe you were a 11min 5ker.

Not to say it couldn't be done by most decent collegiate(or beyond) runners (in fact it would be quite easy for prob 400-500 guys in college) but to do it without the specific intent to, horseshit.

Herndon xc foreva baby!!!!

Pete Sherry wrote:

Herndon xc foreva baby!!!!

Until Herndon has a guy go sub 13:57 at Burke Lake Park and set the U.S. mile record, I'll stick with South Lakes XC.

update? This is legit. Too legit to quit.

4.52.60

This is really awesome. Running a sub-5 each day with the type of mileage you are claiming is pretty sick.