Tool trained 8 weeks to run a 5 minute mile, guess how it went

FFF wrote:

I got about three minutes into it and just wondered why he didn't run intervals every day, you know, like basically every single high school program ever.

Eight weeks is pretty standard for most track teams in this country, unless you're in a better climate. You start March 1 (believe it or not), and by early May you're into divisional contests or whatever. If you're a scrub, there's your eight weeks. He COULD have done this, assuming he'd hold up to the grind. Yes, there are five or six things he did that were very wrong, aside from training totally incorrectly, but if nothing else he could have hit 800 at 2:30, faded some for a 3:38 at the bell, and at least stood a chance.

"Training," as he did, to never take a single step at an actual 5-minute pace didn't do him many favors.

Yeah this is possible if he dropped 40-50 lbs as well in the process.

I don't need to watch the video to know he could not do it. I'm a typical former-4:30 miler and it took me 5 months or so of solid training to get back under 5.

I have a friend that recently started running and thought he could beat me in a mile and run under 5. I ran into him when I was out on a training run and he was huffing and puffing at 7:30 pace while I was warming up. I like to ask him every time I get when we are gonna race and shoot for sub 5. And then I just laugh in his face.

Kqajsjdhdjso wrote:

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Why exactly is he a tool? Delusional maybe, but he seems fine. He's not a jerk or arrogant.

No, no, no....he meant the BAND Tool!

Yeah, but those guys are arrogant jerks!

" Ran a full mare cold turkey on a bet. "

Well did he race a female horse or a freezing bird?

tooltoo wrote:

Best friend wrestles 165 at OSU (redshirt freshman), we have a bet, he needs to break 5 and I need to 10/225. We are going for 8 week training.

Like I said, I am sub 4:30 and 155 and he can do 16 reps and best 5k is 21:?? in HS

Anybody guess who might win this one?

Are you fellas going to compete shirtless?

vivalarepublica wrote:

I don't need to watch the video to know he could not do it. I'm a typical former-4:30 miler and it took me 5 months or so of solid training to get back under 5.

I have a friend that recently started running and thought he could beat me in a mile and run under 5. I ran into him when I was out on a training run and he was huffing and puffing at 7:30 pace while I was warming up. I like to ask him every time I get when we are gonna race and shoot for sub 5. And then I just laugh in his face.

You sound like a real good friend, amigo.

out and about wrote:

This is one of the best running videos I've seen in awhile and this guy is awesome! This thread has the potential to be a reference link for many many years.

The only thing that will make this more awesomer is if this guy continues to focus on the same goal and periodically posts updates.

I'd wager sub 5 is not possible in the next two years for him. I'd also love to watch his progress and I'd hope he could make it. He'd truely be a legend amongst men of a certain age.

Seriously, how many people announce goals and you never hear from them? This guy is legit!!!

You know he's getting paid to do this, right? That's how YouTube works. It's not to be an inspiration or for love of the sport.

Yeah. His "Wolverine Workout" and "Six Week Abs" videos are doing as well as the running one, and his "Twirl a Pen" video is captivating.

Content is content is content.

Really annoyed me that he seemed to be taking it so serious and doing proper training only to run the mile dressed like THAT.

The improvement was pathetic. Either he didn't train as outlined (10 training sessions per week) or he has no talent. Probably a mix of both. I'd like to see him try again starting from 6:40 now and give it a proper go.

DC12 wrote:

Really annoyed me that he seemed to be taking it so serious and doing proper training only to run the mile dressed like THAT.

The improvement was pathetic. Either he didn't train as outlined (10 training sessions per week) or he has no talent. Probably a mix of both. I'd like to see him try again starting from 6:40 now and give it a proper go.

The improvement was normal.

It seems Mr. Tool also took on a month of HIIT to try and slim down. Something tells me his diet did 99 percent of the work, but I'm impressed by his workload and persistence. Had he focused half as much in his 5 minute mile effort, he might have run nearly 6 minutes.

Maybe if his HIIT stuff was 200 and 400 meter intervals, that would have helped, too.

https://youtu.be/uHVxDk3Lwyw

FFF wrote:

It seems Mr. Tool also took on a month of HIIT to try and slim down. Something tells me his diet did 99 percent of the work, but I'm impressed by his workload and persistence. Had he focused half as much in his 5 minute mile effort, he might have run nearly 6 minutes.

Maybe if his HIIT stuff was 200 and 400 meter intervals, that would have helped, too.

https://youtu.be/uHVxDk3Lwyw

He hired a personal trainer for his 5 minute mile, that's pretty focused.

I watched the 5 minute mile one last time around. I don't recall him running a single step at 5, or even 6 minute pace, prior to that attempt.