Letsrun sticklers - are you OK with me claiming a mile pr based off my 1500?

Only if you round up; and that means a 4:12.1 is a 4:13.

Who cares? You're not fast, comparative to what actually matters. you're just a collection of atoms in the enormous thing that is the universe. You'll never run for much more than a hobby, so judge your pr the way you want to judge it

o.o wrote:

Only if you round up; and that means a 5:12.1 is a 5:13.

Fixed

Well what exactly is your time?

I'm good with it. Carry on.

If you are speaking to someone who knows mid-distance running, just give the 1500 PR. Otherwise, you need to give the qualification that you are converting - dont actually claim a mile pr from a 15.

If the lay person is good at math, they might wonder why you think another 109+ meters would take that much longer, but whatever.

No.

If your 1500 is better than your mile, why not just say "My 1500 best is 6:01, thats like 6:30 for the mile."

Your mile PR is the fastest you have ever covered a mile. 1500 conversion BS doesn't count.

Only use it if your 1500 is under 4, or if you're talking to somebody who doesnt know what the bloody hell a 1500 meters is.

Yeah, totally depends on who you're talking to. If some guy at my office gym sees me hammering on the treadmill and asks my mile time, and he obviously isn't a runner or knowledgeable about running, I'll just give a converted 1500 time without bothering to explain.

If it's a recreational runner, I'll usually give them the 1500 time and explain what it would be equivalent to. I figure they have enough interest in running that their eyes won't glaze over when I mention the metric system.

If it's an ex collegiate runner, they're asking for my 1500 time anyway.

Rob Finnerty --

I've run 4:01.09 for 1 mile but 3:38.34 for 1500 which is equivalent to 3:56.24

Ahoy Ladies wrote:

Well what exactly is your time?

I've run 3:57 and change for 1500, so I call myself a 4:16 miler.

My goal for next season is to go sub-4:10 for the mile but I won't be in peak shape indoors, so the equivalent 1500 goal is 4:09.99/1.08 = 3:51.47.

If I run that you better believe I'm not rounding up to 4:10. I'll be declaring 4:09 from here to eternity.

There are some strict mofo's on this thread.

Finnerty wrote:

Rob Finnerty --

I've run 4:01.09 for 1 mile but 3:38.34 for 1500 which is equivalent to 3:56.24

Oh yeah, I'd definitely call myself a 3:56 guy with that.

You can declare 4:09 all you want but the fact of the matter is you will never have run a mile that fast in your life. I hope you realize that, if you can live with telling a lie good for you.

Sure, why not? In fact, if you are using Vent's tables then it is valid for you to claim not only a mile pr but a pr at every distance from the 100m to the marathon. As long as you remember to call each and every poster who disagrees with you an IDIOT! and a MORON! then your all of your new pr's will be perfectly valid.

Congratulation on your ten new PRs!

I'm not OK with that.

I have a 3:42.1 1500 PR which converts to 3:59.9.

My mile PR is 4:04.8.

I claim my mile PR is 4:04 but I will say I have run a 4 flat equivalent.

I never say I have run a 4 flat or sub 4 mile.

Otherwise you are just saying something that you didn't do.

If someone says - what can you run a mile in?

I'm OK with giving the conversion.

Because you can run that.

If the question is - what have you run for a mile?

You say your actual time.

Just use your 100 time and multiply it by 16.09.

You can't claim a PR for a distance you haven't run. Maybe you can convert times from 1500 to mile for seeding or something like that, but it's still not a PR because you didn't actually run it. 1500m en route to a mile is fine if timed because you actually ran the shorter distance. Shorter to longer doesn't work for a PR because you don't actually run it and the longer distance is therefore not actually timed.

If you want to say "I could run a ... mile" based on a conversion that's probably accurate, but a PR means you actually ran it. "Could do" is different from "actually did." Woulda, coulda, shoulda doesn't get you a PR. You might as well claim a 5000m PR based on converting your 1500m time.