Could Lebron James Break 5 in the Mile?

But of course if he actually trained for the mile, I think he could do it. But right now or even when he's in peak b-ball shape, nope.

You have to remember that most letsrunners have a vertical jump of 36inches or more, can bench 300 at bodyweight 135 lbs and aced the sat without studying. You really need to acknowledge what an exceptional group you are talking to. Some can even run 53 second 400 meters at a bodyweight 210 lbs. I know, I have seen it on a video

Dennis Reynolds wrote:

Very good, yes. Not great. Runners are the worst in the world at dismissing other sports. Lebron plays a sport where he has to sprint, run up and down, jump a lot playing 40+ minutes a game. In a sport where he is paid millions and millions of dollars. If he was lacking endurance it would show up and he wouldn't get paid. And you seriously don't think think think he can run a mile in a time that middle school girls would destroy (6 minutes)? No wonder everyone hates distance runners, god come on. Change the culture.

Middle school girls aren't bad at running. They are very often better than highschool and college females.

Could Galen Rupp make 3 three pointers in a row?

hi my name is mike Im knew here and i was just looking for advice on how to train but I'll tell you about me first

I'm a freshmen in high school and im knew to running but i played badminton so im fit. I train at 100 miles per week but i only run 20 miles per week so i have aerobic base but have room for improving. My coach says i have ferocious kick I did a 100m tt from blocks FAT handtimed and I ran 10.98 so I have the lrg speed but i think I need endurance

I did a workout of three times a mile in 8:00-7:00-6:00 with 10 seconds jumping jacks recovery. My race will be my first 5k but I think im more of a miker. I hope to move up to marathon in 2016

thanks!!!

mike

Who cares? He dominates a sport that people actually care about.

LeBron could hold on to that pace for the first three laps. It's the fourth quarter where he'd die off.

aaaaaaaaaahhhh SWOOSH!

BGJ2013 wrote:

He's 250 pounds. Whats the heaviest fastest person you know and that should give you an idea. Maybe subtract 45 seconds from their mile time since he's a professional athlete who does a lot of running in general and you'll get his mile time. I say Lebron is about a 5:50 guy tops with training.

250 pounds yea...

On a 6'9" frame. That is similar to a 5'10" guy at 185 pounds. There are definitely people of that weight that can break 5.

I'm not sure how I feel...but the "too heavy" argument isn't doing it for me.

Mothman wrote:

hi my name is mike Im knew here and i was just looking for advice on how to train but I'll tell you about me first

I'm a freshmen in high school and im knew to running but i played badminton so im fit. I train at 100 miles per week but i only run 20 miles per week so i have aerobic base but have room for improving. My coach says i have ferocious kick I did a 100m tt from blocks FAT handtimed and I ran 10.98 so I have the lrg speed but i think I need endurance

I did a workout of three times a mile in 8:00-7:00-6:00 with 10 seconds jumping jacks recovery. My race will be my first 5k but I think im more of a miker. I hope to move up to marathon in 2016

thanks!!!

mike

This could be candidate for most nonsensical statement I have read yet.

I'm giving this 6/10...incorporates lots of cute little mistakes and goofy sht people say.

Cleveland Steamer wrote:

Personally, I think there's no way in hell king James' runs under 5 minutes in the mile. He's way to big to carry all that weight that far and that fast. Thoughts?

He can do it with running specific training. But if it's his first attempt, he'll go out too fast and will struggle to get under 6.

No way Lebron. Ashton Eaton, a good sized guy (6' 1 ", 185 lb, but not nearly as big as Lebron) has 46 400 meter speed but still runs only about a 4:30 1500 (4:50 miler, tops). He makes his living at this. I think 5:18 is optimistic for Lebron, even if he drops basketball for several months to train for it.

Vhhkki wrote:

No way. My guess:

100m. 10.9

200m 23.8

400m. 54.2

800m. 2:13

1500m. 4:48

Mile 5:18

Vhhkki wrote:

No way. My guess:

1500m. 4:48

Mile 5:18

Huh?

A 4:48 1500 is like a 5:10 mile.

Do you think that basketball plays are naturally well-adapted to the 1500, and/or have some particular problem with that last 109m??

Too Heavy. Too Big.

Lynn Swann, one of the most graceful NFL players ever, tried to break 4 hours in a mrathon. Couldn't do it.

There is no way. Here is the proof. A 4:30 1500 converts to a 4:52 mile (according to the Mile Split calculator).

Here are the results from the 2013 T&F World Championships Decathlon 1500m. These are the best multi-sport athletes in the world running at their peak trained form. Ashton Eaton is only running 4:52ish for a season's best. Many of these decathletes aren't breaking 5. Have you seen Eaton's 400m times? Have you seen how huge LeBron is? I rest my case.

Men's Decathlon IAAF World Championships 2013

1500 m

Heats 11 August

Heat 1

1 Gaël Querin FRA 26 Jun 87 4:18.58

2 Marcus Nilsson SWE 3 May 91 4:20.11 SB

3 Mihail Dudaš SRB 1 Nov 89 4:26.62 SB

4 Artem Lukyanenko RUS 30 Jan 90 4:32.97 SB

5 Mikk Pahapill EST 18 Jul 83 4:33.16 PB

6 Eduard Mikhan BLR 7 Jun 89 4:33.71

7 Pelle Rietveld NED 4 Feb 85 4:35.94 SB

8 Brent Newdick NZL 31 Jan 85 4:38.54 SB

9 Keisuke Ushiro JPN 24 Jul 86 4:38.91 SB

10 Sergey Sviridov RUS 20 Oct 90 4:46.43 SB

11 Maicel Uibo EST 27 Dec 92 4:48.29

Heat 2

1 Leonel Suárez CUB 1 Sep 87 4:23.87 SB

2 Willem Coertzen RSA 30 Dec 82 4:24.60 SB

3 Eelco Sintnicolaas NED 7 Apr 87 4:24.64 SB

4 Kevin Mayer FRA 10 Feb 92 4:25.04

5 Michael Schrader GER 1 Jul 87 4:25.38 SB

6 Ashton Eaton USA 21 Jan 88 4:29.80 SB

7 Damian Warner CAN 4 Oct 89 4:29.97 SB

8 Gunnar Nixon USA 13 Jan 93 4:35.82

9 Carlos Eduardo Chinin BRA 3 May 85 4:36.01

10 Ilya Shkurenyov RUS 11 Jan 91 4:36.95

11 Pascal Behrenbruch GER 19 Jan 85 4:37.21

12 Rico Freimuth GER 14 Mar 88 4:37.83

13 Thomas Van Der Plaetsen BEL 24 Dec 90 4:37.93 SB

14 Andrei Krauchanka BLR 4 Jan 86 4:39.63

7-1, 250 lb Spencer Hawes ran 5:23. Majerle 4:36. (see my earlier posts). LeBron runs all day on court & bikes 20-40 miles before games to boot.

YEA LeBron breaks 5:00.

LennyZ wrote:

These are the best multi-sport athletes in the world

Wrong. If they were truly the best they would play real sports where they can make way more money.

I'd be inclined to agree except for the fact that you're forgetting that these guys ran these times AFTER THEY COMPLETED 9 OTHER EVENTS.

5 minutes would be EASY for Lebron.

8 X 200 in 30 seconds with 15 seconds walk recovery between repeats.

(the walking will easily cover the other 9 meters)

This would result in about 4:58

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Am I the only one that sees the math error here? 8x200 in 30 seconds takes 4 minutes. 8 recoveries in 15 seconds takes 2 minutes. Total is 6 minutes, not 5 minutes. A more realistic set of assumptions with an easier target for 200's for this workout is to assume Lebron could do 7 200's in 32 seconds resulting in 3:44. He would then have 6 recovery walk/jogs, assuming his first 200 began the set and he finished after his 7th 200, not after a recovery. So Lebron has 76 seconds for 6 recoveries or 12.66 seconds between 200's to walk/jog. Should be easy since he has to slow down after each 32 second 200, ie. he's not walking when he finishes them. And of course, the assumption is he's continuing his walk/jog around the track, not do the walk "in place." So if he can do that and cover his 8th 200 on his walks, he merely needs to average 36 yards on each of his 6 recovery walks to get under 5 minutes. I don't think he'd have too much trouble with this if he kept them all at 32 and didn't waste himself by running too fast on the first few of them. Although the last few might be on the difficult side.

Their open PB's are not much faster; they do run them occasionally.

I'm in the camp that says there is no way James is anywhere close to 5 minutes for a mile. It really comes down to specificity; he just doesn't ever have to run a mile without stopping and won't somehow be magically decent at it. If he were to run one today, I would be surprised if he broke 6.