Race Distance You Could Eventually Hold Your HS 2-mile Pace At?

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8 years ago 05/02/2016 7:51pm EDT

re: Adult in the room

Adult in the room wrote:
10:15 for 2 miles in HS
1:05 for half and 2:15 marathon

To me, this seems exceptional. Without doing the math it seems that the marathon was faster than the 2 mile. The half was significantly faster.

This makes me wonder........

I clicked on this thread since I wasn't running during my peak years (another sport, and I couldn't have done both) but always have wondered what I could have done at 30 yo.

I don't have a 2 mile PR since I never entered a race of that length. My main event in HS was 10k and I think the PR was around 33:30 (road). Now, many of the posts on this thread suggest that 3 times the distance is almost a given but 4X likely doable. So, could I have possibly done a marathon under 5:30 pace? My HS marathon PR was only low 2:50s.

What about a half? I am now (and knew I was then) better at that than any other event. Unfortunately the 1/2 wasn't nearly as popular then as now so no real HS PR exists. Still I wonder how fast some of you think I could have done one during my best years........?????

8 years ago 05/02/2016 11:24pm EDT

re: smd

I can hold my high school two mile PR for one mile now.

8 years ago 05/02/2016 11:38pm EDT

re: holseles

holseles wrote:
damn, that's impressive
every high school kid on Letsrun should read this thread and think to themselves:
"be patient"
hulse wrote:
Title
For me it was 10k. 9:37 to 29:53

I agree that every high school kid should read this thread. But I don't particularly agree that this time range is that impressive.

8 years ago 05/02/2016 11:58pm EDT

re: hulse

I was a 400 runner that started running 800s junior year of high school and eventually dabbed with the mile senior year (51, 2:01, 4:38). I only ran the 2 mile twice my freshman year before my coach figured out I was a mid-distance/400 runner and they were in 12:23 and 11:52. I ran 17:02 in xc (I probably split like 10:50ish for 2 miles) in high school and translated that to 26:43 for 8k in college but I've never raced longer. I still don't really have an official 2 mile PR not from when I was 15 though.

8 years ago 05/03/2016 12:10am EDT

re: Other options

HS PRs: 4:33 1600 (12th grade) / 10:10 3200 (10th grade) / 16:34 (11th grade) - 35 mpw in 10th-11th grade, 25 mpw in 12th (different coach)

College / All Time PRs: 4:15 1500 / 9:11 3000 / 16:25 5K / 27:00 8K - 60 mpw

6 x 400 in 66 with 3 minutes rest once a week in high school got me a 4:33 1600

8 x 1200 in 3:50 with 2:30 rest twice a week in college got me a 4:15 1500

Needless to say, a little disappointing. Oh, well.

8 years ago 05/03/2016 6:42am EDT

re: zephito

Only raced up to 1500m at High School = 4.53.

66.04 half marathon now...hoping one day to run the marathon at 4.53 1500m pace which is 2.17

8 years ago 05/03/2016 3:41pm EDT

re: Blotto lotto

Blotto lotto wrote:
Some random dude wrote:
I think a very "general rule of thumb" is that you should be able to carry your high school two-mile pace for 10,000 meters by the end of college. If you keep running competitively, you would, theoretically, improve even more.
So German Fernandez should have been running 26:30 as a Senior. Let the Dave Smith sucks chanting begin!

Another genius using an outlier on the gausiann curve as an example against a statement.

8 years ago 05/03/2016 4:19pm EDT

re: hulse

10:31 HS 2 Mile

2:18. 32 Marathon

8 years ago 05/03/2016 11:57pm EDT

re: hulse

9:13 two mile in HS

13:10 three mile indoor in college - just before NCAA moved to 5K

28:21 10K

Ok, so I'm an old fart, who cares!

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