1500m and 5K Predictiom

From "Jim Ryun, Master of the Mile"

15 year old sophomore

- 5:38 mile time trial

- 11:51 2 mile XC first time trial

- 11:23 4th is first JV race

- won the next JV race

- 10:36 in first varsity race, eventually becoming Wichita East's top runner

- 6th at State meet, leading the team to victory.

- 4:40 self-timed time trial during the winter of his sophomore year

- 4:32.2 loses his first mile race by 0.2 to defending State champ Charles Harper

- 4:26.5 down 15 meters with 100 to go, Ryun digs deep and finds that kick of his, winning his first mile over Harper.

- 4:21.7 leads from gun to tape for win #2

- 4:21.3 wins again, runs first 880, a leg of winning 2mi relay team

age 16

- wins another mile

- 4:16.2 wins state meet

- 4:08.2 MVAAU loses to college runner, doubles back with 1:54.5 880 (5th)

- 1:53.6 5th again, behind four college kids

- 4:07.8 USTFF 6th to college kids

during the Summer he ran 5 miles at 5:30am. The harder he worked, the more talented he became. Will YOU run 5 miles at 5:30 am this Summer? Will you?

junior year cross country he was undefeated

- 4 mile AAU XC meet against college runners he finished 3rd

- indoor meet at Cow Palace (SF) Lindgren in race. Ryun stubles off track then finishes well back in 9:22.6

- 4:06.4 wins state meet in national hs record time.

- 4:01.7 3rd in Modesto behind Burleson and O'Hara

- 3:59.0 8th in Compton, first ime that 8 runner had beoken 4:00 in the same race, and the first time a hs kid broke 4:00.

- 1:50.3 5th in open competition

- 9:06.5 in KS allcomers

- 3:39.0 4th at AAU 1500m

- 3:46.1 4th NY Randalls Island OT

- 3:41.9 3rd LA Olympic Trials

- 3:44.4 4th Tokyo heats

- 3:55 DFL Tokyo semi

senior year

- 3:58.3 State meet win, first and only sub 4:00 in all hs competition

- 3:56.8 Modesto 3rd behind Snell and Grelle

- 4:04.3 Golden West HS 1st

- 9:04 Golden West HS 1st

- 3:55.3 1st San Diego American Record, defeats Snell

- 3:40.4 2nd US/USSR dual meet

- 3:49.9 1st US/Poland dual meet

- 3:41.6 1st US/Germany

Thanks so much! Does anyone else have an opinion?

what killarney posted is incredibly irrelevant

your 21 minute time is useless to us. surely you had a race on a flatter surface? how about a 3k or 3200 time?

with 5:10 1500m speed, you should be close to 19:30 for a 5k. to egt 18:30 you'd need to be able to run a 1500 in 4:55

you won't run 4:40 for 1500 unless you literally never trained in the past before your 5:10. 30 seconds is a ton of time

your goal should be sub 19 for xc, then sub 5 for 1500m or sub 11 for 3k.

Thanks for your opinion! I understand that 30 seconds off my 1500 is a lot of time, but I ran 5:45 my freshman year, and dropped 35 seconds within a few months, despite injury. I know 30 seconds off my current time is a lot, but I'm hoping that somehow it's possible.