I am 20 years old, and here is the current progression of my times.
16- 4:36
17- 4:32
18- 4:23
19- 4:19
20- 4:14
I have never trained for the mile, but mainly trained for longer distances, which I feel I'm better at. I think if I tweeked my training, I could have been more like 4:10 at 20 years old. Either way, 4:10 and 4:14 are lightyears from 3:59. I figure the average runners Peak is at age 26 or so, so would this be a long enough time for me to go under 4?
only if you really want it
BUT what are your 400 and 800 meter pr's ?
If you have to ask,,,,,you already know the answer.
Not Really light years you are not that far with proper coaching you can knock off 16 secs in 2 years.
The Roc
Everyone is a little bit different, but there are some minimum "requirements" you would need to achieve at shorter distances. Since you are strength-based endurance runner, you'll need 52 sec 400m speed and probably 1:52 800m speed. On the long end, you'll need to at least break 52:00 for 10 miles, but probably more like sub 50:00 since you are better at longer events.
no. it's too late. sorry.
pwsfr wrote:
no. it's too late. sorry.
Do you think you are God? How the hell do you know what he could do with the right coaching?
How do you know he's not God? why wouldn't God visit Letsrun from time to time and post here occasionally?
God moves in a mysterious way, his wonders to perform.
Sure, just improve 3 seconds a year, for 5 years. Thats not such a big deal.
marcus o'sullivan pr'ed when he was 36 yrs old in the mile
but then again he also ran like 8:0x for the 3k past forty, but it should give you hope
Jim Spivey run a 3:49 in his early 30s. Steve Scott set an American masters record in the 1500 at 35 running a brisk 3:35. This is yet another record for the great Steve Scott.
For some reason the US masters running website starts listing masters times at 35 years old.
The answer is, yes, you have a chance to eventually run Sub 4.
A better chance than most.